Why do people like boosters so much? - Page 4

Otleaz · 2012-06-30, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by noxious

Boosters won't be the huge, balancing breaking factor some of you guys are expecting. The skill system is very much like EVE Online, where you can max out a specific role in a relatively short amount of time. In EVE, a new player can generally pick a role and fill it as well as the oldest characters in the game after a few months. What the old characters have over the new players is flexibility; they have the skills to perform many roles very well.

From what we've seen of PlanetSide 2's certification system, this is how things will work here as well. Old/boosted characters will be more flexible than young/non-boosted characters, but the cert-ceiling will ensure that people on either side of the fence can fill some role perfectly, even if the latter group can't fill many roles perfectly.

What about resource boosters? If the booster is for 200%, they are bringing in two times as many vehicles to the fight.

OutlawDr · 2012-06-30, 02:16 AM

Boosters are a necessary evil of f2p games. Nobody actually LIKES boosters, but they do like how it allows them to get stuff faster....since the game is designed to make you want to buy boosters in order to avoid some of the grind.

OutlawDr · 2012-06-30, 02:20 AM

Originally Posted by IDukeNukeml

Holy shit, really?

Ya rly. I decided to sage up the place since we are on page 4 on something that seems very obvious. BTW I like how the rest of your post is basically what I said but more long winded.

Pepsi · 2012-06-30, 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by Otleaz

What about resource boosters? If the booster is for 200%, they are bringing in two times as many vehicles to the fight.

Boosters only affect one person at a time, and you can only pilot one vehicle, so I'm not quite sure who "they" are. If you do well enough in your vehicle and earn enough resources to offset the cost of your vehicle, then any extra resources gained from the boosts is just excess. You can't use any of those excess resources until you die, and even then only you can use that vehicle.

That is, if the resource gains are that fast. I could be completely wrong.

Sirisian · 2012-06-30, 02:32 AM

Wait can someone cite where the resource booster talk is coming from? I'm confused. I usually think I've read everything, and I can't recall them ever discussing resource boosters. I mean we've talked about why it shouldn't be in the game in a few threads, so I want to make sure it isn't one person spreading a rumor.

// edit oh they are in an E3 video in the item shop apparently. hmm

OutlawDr · 2012-06-30, 02:32 AM

Originally Posted by IDukeNukeml

Then don't post something after you post something completely different. I read it and we are on the same page in similar ways, but what you said that I quoted, you boasted some crazy ass money making scheme. It's not about that.

Edit: Especially the part where you say " nobody really LIKES boosters " because I do. I need them. I work too fucking much.

Crazy ass money making scheme? Its a business nothing more. F2P games are designed to temp you into buying boosters via some sort of grind. Sorry, but thats pretty undeniable. Compare that to a game where you don't need boosters at all...like say counterstrike or starcraft 2. It would be better if there was no need for boosters and I just got all the game content as is...but then they wouldn't make any money. Again, pretty damn obvious.. I didn't really think it needed to be said.

CutterJohn · 2012-06-30, 03:17 AM

Originally Posted by Tooterfish

In my opinion, boosters only inhibit the overall experience. The grind, the well-deserved rank, the all around effort that is associated with leveling and progressing.

Are you kidding? You really don't want to know what I'd be willing to pay SOE for a character with max rank/certs, so I could skip all that nonsense. A lot.

I hate grinds, and I loathe them in FPSs. Well deserved rank? You could literally roll your face across the keyboard and eventually reach max rank. It is meaningless.

I want access to everything so that I can get better with that stuff. I shouldn't have to wait for my character to cross some arbitrary threshold of points.

OutlawDr · 2012-06-30, 03:23 AM

Originally Posted by IDukeNukeml

So the people who could effectively grind for 15 hours a day as opposed to me who can only grind 8 hours a day has no bearing? Really? It's that damn obvious?

Ok I need to stop you there. Take a big breath, and stop with the knee jerk comments

Yes its sad and unfair how f2p games give guys who have 15 hours a day to grind an advantage, but thats the point. Busy, employed people don't have that kind of time, I don't have that time...and it makes boosters very appealing. Yes thats the business model f2p rely on...but Im fine with it..it is a necessary evil to keep the devs in business. Again, boosters wouldn't be necessary if the game wasn't designed around this grind, and gave you all the game content up front ...this would include visual customizations. I will buy boosters, but i don't exactly LIKE boosters. Who LIKES spending money?