Additional Battle Ranks! - Page 3

KeviN · 2005-01-16, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by I Hate Pants

My point is the only person he'll be healing is himself. Because just about everyone now can cert as medic. So therefore you won't be needing the help of other medics and this will encourage players to go solo spraying away with thier heavy assualt weapons.

Players don't have specific roles on the battlefield anymore. This is killing teamwork.

This is in no way killing teamwork. Teamwork is a squad a mossies gunning down 3 galaxies. Teamwork is hacking out 4 scattermaxes in a spawn room at the same time. Teamwork is covering the advanced hacker while he resecures the base.

I have engie and medic, and if I see that something needs healing, I'll heal it. That's not really teamwork, that's me fulfilling my role on the battlefield. If someone chooses not to heal other players, three more cert points won't change their actions. That's selfishness killing PlanetSide, not BR 23.

FatalLight · 2005-01-17, 09:52 AM

You put that into words I couldn't

juggalokilla · 2005-01-18, 06:50 AM

so when's the patch? just logged off and still nothing

FatalLight · 2005-01-18, 09:49 PM

They come out the 19th =/

Kuraltai · 2005-01-19, 03:58 AM

Originally Posted by Warborn

Who at BR20 doesn't already have medical and engineering? I mean, really now. Anyone who seriously plays infantry has these certs. That's just all there is to it. You cannot be effective as an infantryman unless you have the self-sufficiency these certs provide you.

You'd be surprised how many have forgone medic for some other vehicle/weapon certs. Being a support whore, I'm often healing/repairing and reviving folks.

As for the teamwork problem mentioned earlier, that would depend on the folks you play with. I play TR on Markov and our outfit belongs to an alliance of several outfits. We make sure a medic or two and a couple engies are along for all missions .. and attack as a team. I also heal/repair those I come across .. even if they aren't in our alliance.

The ones I like are those that holler for help but continue to run amuk .. I ain't chasin' yer butt.

MdKharaa · 2005-01-19, 01:20 PM

BR23 is the best addition PS had since battle isles...

/me ignores BFR's...

Zaxis · 2005-01-20, 11:45 AM

I think that these recertifications and additional Battle Ranks, will only keep the BR 20's in PlanetSide for 6, maybe 7 months or so. Unless they add something else soon, possibly that new vehicle coming out soon (I forget the name of it), PlanetSide will lose nearly all of it's influence within 6,7 months. That's just my opinion on this. This new patch will keep me playing for a while though, good idea by the devs.

FatalLight · 2005-01-20, 04:35 PM

You don't think merits will keep people in?