So - It's been a year this month

[MadCat360]

You know, I may just start playing again...I don't know though...We'll see.

[Wraithlord]

oh nice sig

I love mechwarrior 4

[SporkfirePS]

Wow.

Thank you, everybody. The rest of the team definately needs to see this to brighten up their day.

And we'll do everything we possibly can to make year two live up to year one.

[EarlyDawn]

Year one was good, don't get me wrong, but I'd prefer a better year two. First, I'd like to see more marketing to make sure we have a year two. Overall, these little additions and tweaks are nice, but there's so much more you can do.

[Lartnev]

If you don't get the little tweaks sorted before you stick the big tweaks on top then you'll have an even larger mess to deal with when stuff goes wrong

Core combat I feel proved that, new content rushed out the door before the rest of the game had been ready for it. As I think has been said by some other people, if Core Combat had been released now, things could have been a whole lot different

But that's the past, we hope for a brighter future, one filled with content and much more fun

[WritheNC]

I think the best way to get more people to play is to optimize the game engine.

I have worked at EB Games for 2 years. I think everyone that shops at a gaming store knows that one sales associate that just LOVES Xbox, or PS2, or Gamecube, or whatever.

I'm probably the only EB salesperson that holds that towards PlanetSide. I tell a lot of people about it, and the most surprising response was, "Yeah I saw it, but it runs so slow, even on my friend's "(insert 2.0ghz, 512mb ram, 128mb video card computer.)"

That is what I hear more than anything else about PS. Most FPS junkies have already played it, and aren't gonna go back until it's fixed.

Until the engine is optimized for people with lower system requirements instead of just the hardcore computer junkies, the game will have a limited population.

[EarlyDawn]

I was not refering to bug fixes. I was refering to (relatively) small changes like BWGs and the LLU when most would have prefered more in-depth character development or OBO or the like.

I mean, c'mon. Who can really say they would have rather had Core Combat over Outfit Base Ownership or getting Elite abilities early?

[Queensidecastle]

I agree with Navaron. Some of the decisions they have made are just ass. I wont be back unless the devs get thier shit together about Infiltrators and put in new bases and/or urban areas. I might re-up for a month after post BR 20 skills go in to see if they suck or not

[Red October]

I got addicted when a friend of mine let me play for a little while. That day foward I decided to get a good computer...and I did. Now the only thing that stops me from playing is 1) Work 2) Wife 3) Yard/House Work.

I think Planetside has huge potential that hasn't been tapped into yet. Some serious marketing, a way for Playstation console's to get in (open up a whole new market and stab x-box a little). I agree core combat felt rushed, but with the addition of new vehicle variants for free, it may wipe the bad taste everyone got. Should another expansion occur (space, water, whatever), it should be well thought out. But of course the priority should be improving whats already there. And I think the Dev's are doing a good job thus far.

[TheN00b]

Originally Posted by SilverLord

Planetside + PSU > Any other game or site I have been with.

A-bloody-men

[Lartnev]

a way for Playstation console's to get in (open up a whole new market and stab x-box a little)

I don't think the xbox is good enough to run Planetside, although I may be wrong if they can optimise it in such a way that it does run pretty well.

However, can you imagine playing Planetside with a controller? I suppose some people have keyboards and mice for their consoles but it'd still be a massive feat to pull off for those who don't have those accessories.

[Lonehunter]

I mis the old look of PSU

[Onizuka]

Originally Posted by Lonehunter187

I mis the old look of PSU

Agreed

But, I do not agree that PS is a let down... I've had so much fun playing the game. It just got old, but as said, the massive battles can't be beat.

I doubt I will play it again, but it is a special game to me.

[Red October]

Originally Posted by Lartnev

However, can you imagine playing Planetside with a joypad? I suppose some people have keyboards and mice for their consoles but it'd still be a massive feat to pull off for those who don't have those accessories.

More fodder for the cannon


But Sony could do something similar as they did to Final Fantasy (game + hard drive). It would be Game + Keyboard + Mouse

[Lartnev]

That could work