PS Next: Wishlist

[I SandRock]

Pretty big thread to read it all so not sure if this has been mentioned before:

Day/night cycles or planets with constant low-light/darkness

Adds new depth to gameplay on those planets / times. Having to use flashlights, vehicles with search lights, perhaps some ground vehicle can be given a secondary option (besides its usual daytime fuctions) that puts up a huge light you can point at the base you are attacking. Night vision goggles / scopes etc.

[Sirisian]

Originally Posted by I SandRock

Day/night cycles or planets with constant low-light/darkness

Adds new depth to gameplay on those planets / times. Having to use flashlights, vehicles with search lights, perhaps some ground vehicle can be given a secondary option (besides its usual daytime fuctions) that puts up a huge light you can point at the base you are attacking. Night vision goggles / scopes etc.

gamma++ unless your sight range for enemies falls off 1/distance.

[I SandRock]

Originally Posted by Sirisian

gamma++ unless your sight range for enemies falls off 1/distance.

True, though there must be some way to circumvent that? :s

For instance what would happen if you point a flashlight at that person who has his gamma pumped to the max. Would his screen go completely white? If so, it seems fairly useless then?

[nbsp]

I hope that a) max's are still in, and b) the Terran Republic Anti-Air max is still the Flak based one.

I thank PS for my ability to track (and hit/kill) a moving target

[Sirisian]

I just got two more wishes. The ability to loot armor like MAX suits. You pick them up and then take them to a terminal to put them on or something assuming you have the cert.

[Valverde]

I mentioned mine in another post but:

Space Combat
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Features
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• Planetary Defense
• Capitalship Orbital Attack
• Planet System Capture
• Space-to-Space Combat

This would give a lot more Specialization and Certifications.

[Valverde]

Another thing I would like to see is more uniqueness to weapons. Instead of a Weapon that shoots 12 different types of ammo maybe one that you have to customize to shoot that type of ammo. Also modifications. Maybe a mod for a scope or suppressor or laser sight or my personal favorite a thermal camera attachment. Maybe to use the weapon that you got from a looted body you have to have someone hack the trigger mechanism so you can fire it or give it to an engineer to reverse engineer it so you can take parts off it and put them on yours. Feels very RPG-like but still a fun idea.

[Tikuto]

Originally Posted by Valverde

Space Combat
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Features
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• Planetary Defense
• Capitalship Orbital Attack
• Planet System Capture
• Space-to-Space Combat

• Segregation of armored combat and infantry combat (zero vehicle interference)

[Hamma]

I want to be able to switch weapons faster.. not instantly just a *little* bit faster please!

[Bags]

Originally Posted by Hamma

I want to be able to switch weapons faster.. not instantly just a *little* bit faster please!

If they remove 3rd person view this is pretty necessary. If not it's fine as is; you can use 3rd person to see someone behind you and switch weapons faster than if you wait until you're being shot at in first person view.

[Hamma]

It just seems to take ages - always bugged me.

[I SandRock]

Originally Posted by Hamma

It just seems to take ages - always bugged me.

Yeah it does. Which can be annoying, but I also think in the end it gives some nice gameplay. Like you can actually get the drop on somebody and have it matter. Somebody running around unaware without his weapon out is at a nice disadvantage when you pay attention and surprise him. Takes awhile to get his gun out so you get to do some nice damage on him first. Opposed to a lot of other games where you do some really sneaky maneuvering, get the drop on a guy, he turns around in 0.5s gets his gun out and shoots you right between the eyes Always makes me go angry german kid :P

But I think perhaps combat overall could take a bit longer, die slower. I never liked the trend towards quick killing. If killing took a bit longer then the advantage of getting the drop on somebody becomes somewhat less (its pretty much a definite win atm) and you get more time for thinking and employing tactics.

But you obviously don't want combat to drag out because its impossible to kill somebody before he goes into hiding and repairs/heals. I've always found medic1/ engineering1 to be way too mandatory in PS. If you want to do infantry combat you pretty much need this. I'd rather see some delayed natural regeneration without the need of any implant for everyone and raise the cost of engineering/medic. So it becomes more of a choice whether you do get it and whether you get both.

At the same time I'd like the ability to equip things with a keybind rather than having to go to the inventory and switch it. I fully understand the philosophy behind it in terms of gameplay. But it's just not fun at all, it's a hassle and very inconvenient and not something I think belongs in such a way in a modern game. I'd rather see a mechanic where say, things in your inventory take longer to equip when you switch them with a keybind. So if I have my engineering tool + medic tool in slot 1 and 2 and I want my hacking tool and press 3 it will take awhile longer to switch to it than if i had it in slot 1 or 2 and switched between those.

Or just merge the engi/medic/hack tool into one tool and make the different usages keybindable. With a cooldown or charge time when you switch between them.

I feel the game becomes much more fun if you can switch between hand grenades, pistol, gun, and your tools more smoothly. Right now I don't bother to take grenades with me (besides EMP for those crucial moments) because its way too much of a hassle. But on my ALT which doesnt have the Cert points for engi/medic yet I do take them with me and it's quite fun and makes gameplay more varied. It's just not worth dropping the engi/medic tool over...

[Bags]

No please, regenerating health is one of the worst things to be added to games. Completely ruins map control.

[I SandRock]

Originally Posted by Bags

No please, regenerating health is one of the worst things to be added to games. Completely ruins map control.

But you already have it in the game really. Because every grunt takes medic1/engi1 and will sit around a corner and heal themselves when theyve been hurt.

When I say regenerate health I don't mind it like in BFBC2 or Black Ops where just a few moments out of combat will get you healed. But much slower. Slower than it takes to hide and engi/medic up at the moment (because you'd still have those two). A lot slower.

But if you spend 5 minutes without being hit (for example) you're healed back up.



I don't know. Basically what bugs me is that it's compulsory for any infantry player to take medic1/engi1. If it's compulsory just give it to everyone :/ You know what I mean?
I'd like engi1/medic1 to be a choice you can make whether to get or not to get. If you dont have it at the moment, it seems to me you are at a major disadvantage. You cripple yourself. The first thing that came to mind to change that was regeneration. But perhaps there are other ways to achieve the same thing better.

[Hamma]

Yea I'm not so sure health regeneration fits in PlanetSide.