Confirmed, Hackers banned for 3-10 days. [Statement from Smed] - Page 6

MrBloodworth · 2013-02-26, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by Sturmhardt

@bloodworth: that game doesn't need a constant population of 300+ players to be fun.

I didn't realize you needed 300 people to have good graphics.

Sturmhardt · 2013-02-26, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by MrBloodworth

I didn't realize you needed 300 people to have good graphics.

Hehe, but it would be cool if you could get that with 300 people

What I wanted to say is that nostalgia games might be fun for the individual, but ps1 is very unlikely to be revived ever because it needs so many active players to be fun... And those potential players probably rather play ps2. It's a waste of SOEs resources if they put any effort in it. Just my opinion.

.sent via phone.

MrBloodworth · 2013-02-26, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by Sturmhardt

Hehe, but it would be cool if you could get that with 300 people

What I wanted to say is that nostalgia games might be fun for the individual, but ps1 is very unlikely to be revived ever because it needs so many active players to be fun... And those potential players probably rather play ps2. It's a waste of SOEs resources if they put any effort in it. Just my opinion.

.sent via phone.

It plays with 3. But yes, I agree. They will likely toss it out as free because there is no loss there. But the gain is it becomes another bullet point in marketing.

Sturmhardt · 2013-02-26, 10:43 AM

BTW, vote this guy's reddit answer up, this is an answer worth supporting, not the deluded first answer right now, smiling over smeds lawyer talk... (Hint: many companies have tried to stop cheating/botting with lawyers and failed miserably)

http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/c...ension/c8lqjj1

.sent via phone.

Crator · 2013-02-26, 10:49 AM

Hamma · 2013-02-26, 10:52 AM

Moved to it's own threads so it's seen:
http://www.planetside-universe.com/s...ad.php?t=53231

Chaff · 2013-02-26, 11:21 AM

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PS1 died - years ago. We never had official services for it.

I just wish the PS2 SOE Team had chosen to retain a few more game mechanics from PS1. I miss deployed AMS (cloaked), most of the old Engie abilities, & Implants. Stamina is something I'm borderline on.....PS1 Died for many reasons. It was not solely due to the hacking. I LOVED that game for a good two years. The repetitive game-play was what killed it for me.
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raw · 2013-02-26, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by Smed

Here's the truth - when PS1 is F2P maybe 100 people will play it.

That's about 10x what we have right now.

No I'm not kidding.

PS1 is a ghost town and it's going to likely stay that way.

hard truth but there it is.

I know I won't be going back to PS1, allthough I miss gunner/driver separation of MBTs.

Baneblade · 2013-02-26, 12:13 PM

I think more than 100 will play, but it will never see poplocks again.

Wahooo · 2013-02-26, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Chaff

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I just wish the PS2 SOE Team had chosen to retain a few more game mechanics from PS1.

That is really all a lot of us are saying. Obviously not everything, and there are many things about PS1 I would not want to see in another game, but there are still many game mechanics that would seem to fit into PS2 seamlessly and improve the game play.

maradine · 2013-02-26, 01:36 PM

Relevant to this thread's interest:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/c...result_of_the/

Hamma · 2013-02-26, 01:43 PM

Here's a short list. I'll add more later.

1) Our GMs are going to be doing a lot more broadcasting when they are on servers to make sure people know they are there and dealing with the hackers.

2) We will be implementing and TESTING a "batphone" system for larger outfits to call and report large scale issues. Who's going to have that #? Not a ton of people. It will be people we trust and have gotten it right in the past. We'll expand it if this works.

3) In the very near future (the second I get the final report) we will be announcing banned numbers.

4) We are going to be working on increasing the quality of our reporting system in game and specifically to make sure the right reports float to the top. This is going to take a bit of time but it's being moved up the list immediately (we already had a task for this but we're moving it near the top).

Smed

Interesting.

CrazEpharmacist · 2013-02-26, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by Smed

Here's the truth - when PS1 is F2P maybe 100 people will play it.

That's about 10x what we have right now.

No I'm not kidding.

PS1 is a ghost town and it's going to likely stay that way.

hard truth but there it is.

Sorry Hamma, something just came to mind and I couldn't help not posting it.

http://www.change.org/petitions/sony...nthly-charge-2

Petition from a few months ago. Almost 300 people who signed want to come back to PS1. So right there your post loses credibility. I'm not sure where you pulled that 100 number from but clearly it is nonsense.

Micro · 2013-02-26, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by Hamma

Interesting.

Indeed. Hope we get this stuff in the near future, not after 20 years of waiting...

. Sent from my phone

Micro · 2013-02-26, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by CrazEpharmacist

Sorry Hamma, something just came to mind and I couldn't help not posting it.

http://www.change.org/petitions/sony...nthly-charge-2

Petition from a few months ago. Almost 300 people who signed want to come back to PS1. So right there your post is disproven. I'm not sure where you pulled that 100 number from but clearly it is nonsense.

Yes. We all know - including Smed and Hamma - that there are more than 100 people who want to play PS1, including me. And not everyone who wants this has seen that petition. I can guarantee that PS1 as F2P will work and be fun.
As long as you don't have more than one server (or two if the interest is really high).