DISCUSSION: How do you feel battles will last days, weeks, months?

[Geist]

Originally Posted by Figment

If it's anything as indicated in the post linked below, yes, battles could be virtually endless.

http://www.planetside-universe.com/f...9&postcount=24

That's exactly how it could work. I think people are thinking of battles over individual bases. If there are only 3 continents at launch and thousands of players per side per server, I have no doubt that completely locking a continent will be very rare, meaning battles on the scale of an entire continent could in fact take days, weeks, or even months.

And that is exactly how I want it.

[Reni]

Originally Posted by Geist

That's exactly how it could work. I think people are thinking of battles over individual bases. If there are only 3 continents at launch and thousands of players per side per server, I have no doubt that completely locking a continent will be very rare, meaning battles on the scale of an entire continent could in fact take days, weeks, or even months.

And that is exactly how I want it.

Agreed.

Beta will tell I guess. I just hope the content is there. I loved PS1, but I am also looking for more content and improvements for the sequal.

[Graywolves]

You know those stories or parts in those games where you find two ancient armies doomed to battle each other for an eternity?

That's pretty much how I see Planetside.


Personally, I don't mind if there's an occasion where it take half a day to take a certain area. But that gets dull quick and makes some players feel like they are missing in content if their playtime is limited.

An average battle should probably be 1-2 hours. -edit- for base and its surroundings.

[IronMole]

5 minutes when the generator gets found...

[Mastachief]

Graywolves i presume you mean 1-2hours per base (and associated hexes/towers/outposts)

[Rbstr]

I would hope there's a diversity in the ease with which objectives change hands.
It would really suck for all objectives to be very hard to capture, such that all battles became prolonged affairs.

A couple days of battle would be OK if the objective was highly significant in terms of the war effort, through resources or tech access or some kind of regional control solidification. But if it's some podunk mine, or tower or even smaller sections of a larger base, it should fall quick or be decisively defended in sub-hour time frames.

[Graywolves]

Originally Posted by Mastachief

Graywolves i presume you mean 1-2hours per base (and associated hexes/towers/outposts)

Yes. I was not clear. You are correct.

[Mastachief]

Seems ideal time wise then if say there are 5-6 base areas per continent.