AI in 5 Year Plan - Page 9

**Malorn** · 2012-03-22, 07:02 PM

4th faction as AI seems completely ridiculous to me. If it isn't needed on day 0, why would it be needed several years later?

It's also inconsistent with their statements that "players are the content"

I really, really don't like the idea of an AI faction. I hope they elaborate a lot more on why they are even considering this.

**Malorn** · 2012-03-22, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by ThGlump

Wow i almost wish they forget about PS2 after release and dont make any content patches, so they dont ruin good game with stupid AI faction.

Ya I kinda feel this way too.

AI Faction = PS2's BFRs

LONGFELLA KOJ · 2012-03-22, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by Death2All

The point is, is that they should continuously be adding amazing content and properly balancing the game for 5 years so that players remain happy and the game retains high populations throughout it's life span.

AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

megamold · 2012-03-22, 07:10 PM

5 years from now is ( like he said ) a LONG time.
when i read it i smirked, and moved on.

Shanesan · 2012-03-23, 02:59 AM

Aliens.

Coreldan · 2012-03-23, 04:21 AM

Do not want, does not have a place in Planetside.

I seriously hope they will take this thread seriously. No, just no!

We'll trade the AI faction for one more playable continent

At least you dont have to bother coding AI then and can keep on doing them beautiful continents!

megamold · 2012-03-23, 04:24 AM

maybe it will be a continent with an AI dinosaur faction

maybe want?

Skitrel · 2012-03-23, 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by Coreldan

Do not want, does not have a place in Planetside.

I seriously hope they will take this thread seriously. No, just no!

We'll trade the AI faction for one more playable continent

At least you dont have to bother coding AI then and can keep on doing them beautiful continents!

Given that the VS are using alien tech and fighting on Auraxis to collect that tech I have to disagree. Aliens play a very key role in the entire lore of one of the factions.

Coreldan · 2012-03-23, 04:27 AM

Originally Posted by Skitrel

Given that the VS are using alien tech and fighting on Auraxis to collect that tech I have to disagree. Aliens play a very key role in the entire lore of one of the factions.

I was referring to the AI in general, that doesnt have a place. I got no problems with alien techs and whatnot.

Skitrel · 2012-03-23, 04:31 AM

Originally Posted by Coreldan

I was referring to the AI in general, that doesnt have a place. I got no problems with alien techs and whatnot.

Ah I see. I dunno, I think it could be fun for special events type things as I said, not necessarily as a permanent thing that's always around though.

Death2All · 2012-03-23, 04:33 AM

I sometimes question if PS2 devs ever played the original...

Anyone who played PS1 (okay maybe not anyone because there's a few people in this thread for it...but MOST) would be/are against the idea of AI as a fourth faction.

It just totally undermines the entire point of the game. I don't get it sometime. They've announced and introduced some of the most brilliant concepts and ideas, then they every now and again announce one of the worst ideas possible for the game.

Bags · 2012-03-23, 04:45 AM

Hoping he meant as an invasion... like, a rare event would be okay... but a permanent 4th faction? WTF?

megamold · 2012-03-23, 05:35 AM

but the 4th "faction" could be anything, it does not mean that it will be a new empire.
animals roaming the continent would also constitute as an AI "faction"
so would an alien invasion.

maybe they want to have a certain situation where the 3 empires will need to band together to fight a larger threat ( like the aliens the story is built around )

MrSmegz · 2012-03-23, 05:46 AM

What about having some wildlife like some sort of alien bears that live in the mountains, or some kind of giant man-eating Venus fly trap, kind of things living in the swamps.

cellinaire · 2012-03-23, 05:47 AM

Somehow, I doubt they'll introduce the 4th official faction to the game.

For several reasons :

1) Simply because they will have a harder time balancing it. So they probably won't want to do that(I think they also know it's extra unnecessary work and burden for dev team).

2) Possibility of mis-typing

3) They've said they will make many changes even in Beta if some aspects of the game is proven bad or wrong. And plans are a lot easier to modify because they're just not implemented yet [whether it be short-term or long-term](possibly, many things in the 5-year plan document are, technically, not even in the designing phase yet), because they're just 'plans' for now. So if the '4th players faction' thingy is clarified to be right, then we just have to strongly voice our concerns as fast as we can, so that we make them alter or remove their specific plan.

4) Smedly doesn't seem to be that cold-blooded man as we think he is, from what I know.

(he recently left the EQMac servers alive, so there's at least a glimmer of hope)