FPSGuru.com "How PS2 might change gaming"

Trolltaxi · 2011-11-28, 03:55 PM

http://www.fpsguru.com/game/284/arti...ge-Gaming.html

He emphasis more on mmoRPG-ish elements like resources and the 'unique' 3-way system (bet he never participated in a 3-way Cyssor...).

Crator · 2011-11-28, 04:01 PM

Isn't most of the resource talk in this article speculation? Have they confirmed that induvidual players will get in-game currency or resources? Did they say we would get these things via killing other players? I thought SOE said you got resources via capturing land mass... I assumed the resources would be obtained by the empire, not an induvidual.

Hmmm, after re-reading, looks like he kept it generic enough to not really say if it was one way or the other actually....

Vash02 · 2011-11-28, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Crator

Isn't most of the resource talk in this article speculation? Have they confirmed that induvidual players will get in-game currency or resources? Did they say we would get these things via killing other players? I thought SOE said you got resources via capturing land mass... I assumed the resources would be obtained by the empire, not an induvidual.

Hmmm, after re-reading, looks like he kept it generic enough to not really say if it was one way or the other actually....

Resources can be acquirable by indiviudals. i.e. through salvage or from the territory you control on the cont your fighting on.
Via the PS2 info thread, thank you Bags.

Lonehunter · 2011-11-28, 07:08 PM

A nice short article on what Planetside 2 could bring

"it’ll be a game that could change the face of multiplayer gaming as we know it."

Finally they start realizing this

Linkage

dsi · 2011-11-28, 07:22 PM

Anyone who has played PS has already faced the change really. (and boy is it awesome)

Now what I'm interested in, change-wise, is Dust 514, too bad it's console only and is doomed to fail once the CoD after it releases :/

ShockNC · 2011-11-28, 09:57 PM

Danny "Tenebrion" Wojcicki

Ha! nice to see Tenebrion is still in the press.

Atuday · 2011-11-28, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by dsi

Anyone who has played PS has already faced the change really. (and boy is it awesome)

Now what I'm interested in, change-wise, is Dust 514, too bad it's console only and is doomed to fail once the CoD after it releases :/

Yeah Dust will fail due to being limited to only 1 console. Every one owns a pc but not every one plays on a console. This is part of the reason Eve is so successful and part of the reason the first planetside did so well. No MMO has ever come out of console because the main thing needed is communication which can't be done on console by everyone.

Peacemaker · 2011-11-28, 11:11 PM

Did I Fkin miss something? This is the first ever mention of anything to do with "Money". In game money. It says it right there,

Speaking of valuable resources, PlanetSide 2 will offer FPS fans something rarely experienced in shooters these days – character wealth. In short, players will be able to vie for control of wealth, giving gamers another tangible reason to keep playing the game after sinking hundreds of hours logged in. But, fortunately, unlike in most MMO games, wealth will be acquired through killing other players, rather than fighting against AI controlled opponents.

Cash baby! Counterstrike-ish? Have to buy your upgraded weapons and vehicles with your in game credits, which can also be microtransactions.
Idk if anyone else noticed this, but its saying there will be an in game currency.

Sirisian · 2011-11-28, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by Peacemaker

Did I Fkin miss something?

Did you miss the discussions about the resource system and the concept of buying sidegrades with resources at spawn or to unlock things? Possibly. Search the information thread for "resources".

CutterJohn · 2011-11-28, 11:27 PM

Duh. What did you think the resources are? Just a form of currency.

Zulthus · 2011-11-28, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by Peacemaker

Did I Fkin miss something? This is the first ever mention of anything to do with "Money". In game money. It says it right there,

Cash baby! Counterstrike-ish? Have to buy your upgraded weapons and vehicles with your in game credits, which can also be microtransactions.
Idk if anyone else noticed this, but its saying there will be an in game currency.

Yeah, resources.

SKYeXile · 2011-11-28, 11:31 PM

Wheather they're tradable though is another thing, they could verywell be a faction thing where you need XXX resource per person and you can use this. to prevent zergging.

I dunno hows it gonna go down with F2P though, empire hope much.

Khellendros · 2011-11-28, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

Wheather they're tradable though is another thing, they could verywell be a faction thing where you need XXX resource per person and you can use this. to prevent zergging.

I dunno hows it gonna go down with F2P though, empire hope much.

I had a sudden vision of "resource farmers" spamming chat in PS2. *shudder*

Peacemaker · 2011-11-29, 08:07 AM

Seems to me like they are not talking resources. Resources and currency are mentioned as different things. This could possibly be a mistake oooor we could be getting personal resources ooooor we actually are getting in game currency.

SgtMAD · 2011-11-29, 08:14 AM

the devs have already told us about having to control certain map points to be able to access certain resouces that will give us the ability to build some veh variants,who knows what else they have in mind for that system.

I chalked up the money talk to someone that didn't have the facts straight.