Planetside 2 XP Farming...Is it gonna be easy to do? - Page 2

SKYeXile · 2012-05-30, 08:08 AM

yea the mission system could potnentially be open to exploits like that, im very intrested to see it.

also by the looks of things kills in PS2 are fixed, eg: 100 for an infantry kill, 200 for a vehicle, so i would be concerned about boosting.

Dreamcast · 2012-05-30, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by Hmr85

I see, your talking similar to what they did in COD? Killing the same guy over and over again for the nuke unlock?

No, I don't think it will be a problem. In ps1 if you remember the more frequent you killed the same player the less xp he was worth. Besides, going that route is to much of a hassle and the moment you get caught might as well say goodbye to your character.

Now my one fear for a possible xp exploit is missions. Who says I can't just pick some random tower in the middle of no where and send a group of guys out there to repeatedly take areas not contested for xp. I'm really waiting to hear some more about how missions will work/ get my hands on it.

Missions do seem like another possible exploit.

The Xp for killing troops seems to be fixed at +100 so Im not sure if they will bring back the old system but they should...Is a free game so if u were to get caught, it doesn't matter much especially if a person can get +100 per kill.

Imagine if reviving is +100......thats like +200 in like 5 seconds.

and people are desperete and sad enough to do that for hours just to get an achivement or damn badge.

Fuse · 2012-05-30, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

yea the mission system could potnentially be open to exploits like that, im very intrested to see it.

also by the looks of things kills in PS2 are fixed, eg: 100 for an infantry kill, 200 for a vehicle, so i would be concerned about boosting.

Given that the mission system is such an obvious potential issue, I'm sure they're working on it.

Have they said anything about the rewards? I know what you say is what we've seen in videos, but they were all internal alpha tests, I doubt they would have the variable xp and ranking system all in place so soon.

Hmr85 · 2012-05-30, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by Fuse

Given that the mission system is such an obvious potential issue, I'm sure they're working on it.

Have they said anything about the rewards? I know what you say is what we've seen in videos, but they were all internal alpha tests, I doubt they would have the variable xp and ranking system all in place so soon.

Well from watching the last video on the front page they said they where still not sure what they wanted to do for rewards yet.

CutterJohn · 2012-05-30, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Fuse

Why isn't this how you play all the time? Do what's fun. The level system is just a carrot and stick there to keep you playing if your interest wanes.

Its also a way to unlock new stuff. RPG leveling is one of the great evils of any pvp system, imo. That its caught on as much as it has is disheartening. Everyone should be equal.

Sadly, since they don't seem to be going away, I can only hope they are as short as possible.

Fuse · 2012-05-30, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by CutterJohn

Its also a way to unlock new stuff. RPG leveling is one of the great evils of any pvp system, imo. That its caught on as much as it has is disheartening. Everyone should be equal.

Blame Pavlov.

If PS2's side-grades are balanced properly it shouldn't be a problem. This isn't an RPG. Leveling is not supposed to make you more powerful, and there's no item grind to keep you replaying the same content. If what we've been told is true, everyone will be equal.

CutterJohn · 2012-05-30, 01:02 PM

Then there would be no issue with me buying access to everything, and skipping the grind entirely. Hopefully.

Fuse · 2012-05-30, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by CutterJohn

Then there would be no issue with me buying access to everything, and skipping the grind entirely. Hopefully.

Agreed. If the system is properly balanced there's no reason not to let people buy the unlocks.

Dreamcast · 2012-05-30, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by Fuse

Agreed. If the system is properly balanced there's no reason not to let people buy the unlocks.

People are cheap tho.

I mean it just looks crappy when u see people boosting...IDK it just kills the immersion of the game.

In the new video with higby he mentions about detecting cheaters....Not sure if boosting is considered cheating but maybe they could detect if somebody raises in lvl up way too fast or something.

Toppopia · 2012-05-30, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by Dreamcast

People are cheap tho.

I mean it just looks crappy when u see people boosting...IDK it just kills the immersion of the game.

In the new video with higby he mentions about detecting cheaters....Not sure if boosting is considered cheating but maybe they could detect if somebody raises in lvl up way too fast or something.

Thats where you go and make those boosters lives a living *place where bad people go for eternity*. Like in BF3, seeing people doing the EOD bot glitch, i jusy run up and shoot the bot and quickly run away jumping and acting as stupid as possible, just to annoy them. Then i wait 5 minutes, then i see them doing it again then i repeat. So will there be friendly fire? Because if so, then it is our job as a community to troll those people that boost