The 'Exploration Commendation'

6thEdition · 2004-11-03, 05:08 PM

Doesn't anyone but me think it's just pointless? Spend 10ish minutes goin cont to cont endin up with just 900xp the better and a little coloury thingy on ur shoulder. They should make it that every commendation you get you get an extra certy point

ORANGE · 2004-11-03, 05:11 PM

you have all sorts of ideas they just aren't very well thought out, they put the cap at 24(?) certs so no one person could have every cert and you would have to work with people in a team

and this isn't a flame just to let you know, ideas are good

Baneblade · 2004-11-03, 05:22 PM

If they were serious about limiting certs, they never would have made combinations. (ie Air Cavalry).

Ghryphen · 2004-11-03, 05:29 PM

They are serious about limiting cert points. However some certs were not being used fully so they combined them to add diversity to the battlefield, not so they could become a one man army.

hazzer2007 · 2004-11-03, 05:31 PM

No one told me you had to put on "help-Start" when getting the merit. I just spent 1 hour getting the merit wondring why there was nothing coming up teaching me about PS. No i will never know. Thanks devs, pointless merit.

Ghryphen · 2004-11-03, 05:33 PM

They could have put in nothing at all.

hazzer2007 · 2004-11-03, 05:36 PM

They could have put in nothing at all

yer, i know. But the whole idea was to learn about PS, and thats why i did it.

Incompetent · 2004-11-03, 05:39 PM

No one told me you had to put on "help-Start" when getting the merit. I just spent 1 hour getting the merit wondring why there was nothing coming up teaching me about PS. No i will never know. Thanks devs, pointless merit.

Actually, if you go to the training screen (the one with all the little checkboxes) you can scroll through and read it from there, just double click on whichever cont/monolith and the screen should pop up like it normally would. Some prick in an Aphelion was camping the monolith on ceryshen when I went there and I had to go through and find it that way.

Baneblade · 2004-11-03, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Gryphon

They are serious about limiting cert points. However some certs were not being used fully so they combined them to add diversity to the battlefield, not so they could become a one man army.

I have never really understood the OMA argument, you can't carry all the weapons or drive all the vehicles even if you do have all the certs, so what is bad about it?

On the other hand I like teamwork, but as it is there are too many cert points (23) available to promote that.

Rexo is only 3, so the change from Surgile probably didn't do a lot to promote teamwork.

So really, what would be the difference?

hazzer2007 · 2004-11-03, 05:46 PM

Actually, if you go to the training screen (the one with all the little checkboxes) you can scroll through and read it from there, just double click on whichever cont/monolith and the screen should pop up like it normally would. Some prick in an Aphelion was camping the monolith on ceryshen when I went there and I had to go through and find it that way.

thanks alot dude

EarlyDawn · 2004-11-03, 05:46 PM

Somebody mind explaining it to me? I haven't had a chance to log on today.

You just arrive at each continent to get credit, or is there a specific area (monolith?) that I'd have to visit?

Warborn · 2004-11-03, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

I have never really understood the OMA argument, you can't carry all the weapons or drive all the vehicles even if you do have all the certs, so what is bad about it?

On the other hand I like teamwork, but as it is there are too many cert points (23) available to promote that.

Rexo is only 3, so the change from Surgile probably didn't do a lot to promote teamwork.

So really, what would be the difference?

It could work either way. The certification point business is an RPG mechanic, mainly. Certification points are the main reason for people to want to gain battlerank, after all, and because gaining battlerank takes time, it adds a healthy incentive for people to want to stick with Planetside.

So you're not wrong, you're just asking for something that PS wasn't designed to give. The RPG elements are only going to get stronger now that these merits are being added. And Samhayne has already said that he would like to add ways to advance your character to specialize, having to choose a path for your character, rather than being able to do everything. Similar to ceritifications.

Originally Posted by EarlyDawn

Somebody mind explaining it to me? I haven't had a chance to log on today.

You just arrive at each continent to get credit, or is there a specific area (monolith?) that I'd have to visit?

The latter.

hazzer2007 · 2004-11-03, 06:20 PM

Somebody mind explaining it to me? I haven't had a chance to log on today.

You just arrive at each continent to get credit, or is there a specific area (monolith?) that I'd have to visit?

you have to visit each monolith

BlackHawk · 2004-11-03, 07:54 PM

Yeah, but first you have to get past the monolith campers. You know, the guys who sit at each one with BFRs...

JetRaiden · 2004-11-03, 08:09 PM

not sure if this deserves a merit. I went to all the continents in my first week of planetside.