Will you change your play style for PS2?

WarChimp130 · 2011-07-12, 10:01 AM

I know it's still early and we don't have anywhere near all the details, but are you planning on changing HOW you play Planetside?

I spent most of my time in PS playing as a cloaker or doing the whole hot dropper infantry/tower whore life style. I liked it for PS because it got me where I wanted to go fast and kept me in the battle at all times.

This time around though I'm really looking to do some ground cavalry/armor ops instead. Especially since they are making outdoor fighting more valid, I think it would be really fun to do mass armor movements to take over a wide open area, or mount up a large amount of Infantry in Marauders(or whatever their equivalent will be), set up a perimeter around a forested area and dismount Infantry to seize the objective.

I'm just glad to see they are giving more play styles some validity, and while enjoyed my previous play style it'll be nice to get a change out of the game. How about you, you sticking with what you know or branching out?

Hamma · 2011-07-12, 10:06 AM

Personally I was always a variety of different things depending on how I felt at the time. With the skill system I am hoping to become much more specialized in a specific role. What that role is yet I'm not sure though.. I look forward to beta to try different things out to see what I enjoy most in 2.

Tikuto · 2011-07-12, 10:09 AM

I'm hoping with classes that SOE really makes use of it. A battle may need more of Technicians but how can we know if there's some out there already?

Something that shows of what is lacking where it is needed - classes.

I tend to just enjoy running and gunning with a bit of chit-chat so I'll be considering having my Outfit skills focusing on infantry which in return may affect how i play. Generally I'll just do anything and everything given the time. Yeah. What the hell kind of question is this? lol

FrittsUSKTA · 2011-07-12, 10:23 AM

This is going to be hard for me , I do mostly support since I hit BR40 and have never been much of a killer. I hope there is no BFR's but I like the Flail still and I can't kill anything when I fly so I guess it is a wait and see kinda thing for me.

Rarntogo · 2011-07-12, 10:31 AM

Asking me how I'm going to play a game I havent even seen yet? I have no clue.

Logit · 2011-07-12, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by Rarntogo

Asking me how I'm going to play a game I havent even seen yet? I have no clue.

I think it's pretty safe to say that the game play styles will be similar to the ones from the original, since, ya know..it's a sequel and all..

WarChimp130 · 2011-07-12, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by Tikuto

I'm hoping with classes that SOE really makes use of it. A battle may need more of Technicians but how can we know if there's some out there already?

Something that shows of what is lacking where it is needed - classes.

I tend to just enjoy running and gunning with a bit of chit-chat so I'll be considering having my Outfit skills focusing on infantry which in return may affect how i play. Generally I'll just do anything and everything given the time. Yeah. What the hell kind of question is this? lol

A lot of people didn't just play a general game, a lot of guys back in the old days played a focus'd play style and this newest incarnation seems to foster that. I think we will see many focus'd players who put all their skill points into one type of play style to be the best at it.

I'm sure their will be plenty of opportunities for people who want to play whatever whenever, but I personally intend on going in one direction and trying to be the best at it. I'm just not 100% sure what direction that will be yet. I'm leaning towards armor though.

WarChimp130 · 2011-07-12, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by Rarntogo

Asking me how I'm going to play a game I havent even seen yet? I have no clue.

Thats why I said "I know it's still early."

Nobody knows, but I know a lot of people have a general idea of what they'd like to do already.

p0intman · 2011-07-12, 12:02 PM

possibly, depending on how things work. I know that for now, in current planetside I'm focusing on being more of an Empire leader and battlefield coordinator than I am a pilot, sniper, cloaker or anything else. Of course, I do a lot of hotdropping and such, but it isnt my primary focus. That said, theres a few things I'm waiting for more details on before I decide what I might like to do in PS2.

I might very well like to be a Commander in PS2, less of a grunt or pilot. Its something I currently enjoy and spend a decent amount of time doing atm in PS1.

razor851 · 2011-07-12, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by pointmanFAF

possibly, depending on how things work. I know that for now, in current planetside I'm focusing on being more of an Empire leader and battlefield coordinator than I am a pilot, sniper, cloaker or anything else. Of course, I do a lot of hotdropping and such, but it isnt my primary focus. That said, theres a few things I'm waiting for more details on before I decide what I might like to do in PS2.

I might very well like to be a Commander in PS2, less of a grunt or pilot. Its something I currently enjoy and spend a decent amount of time doing atm in PS1.

People are "commanders" because they suck ass at aiming. I remember dozens of great players that were also far better "commanders" than anyone that's around the game today.

Rbstr · 2011-07-12, 12:49 PM

I tend to gravitate toward hybrid support/combat classes or lighter/speedier combatants that favour the mid range. That's medics when they get decent weaponry or recon. Even sniper - as long as you can pick up a more midrange "designated marksman" weapon instead a traditional bolt-action.

My outfit is likely to be mechanised-infantry based with a good smattering of tanks. I'll likely end up in the command tree with, depending on how much breadth you can get, skills branching to medic, MA, AV, and one of the ground vehicles.

I used to be a Reaver pilot, I'd rather give that up for the sake of neat deeper-specialisation stuff.

Hamma · 2011-07-12, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by razor851

People are "commanders" because they suck ass at aiming. I remember dozens of great players that were also far better "commanders" than anyone that's around the game today.

Not cool..

Ease up there killer.

Remember, in PlanetSide 2 a commander will be more than a glorified player with continental and global chat. There will be entire skill trees dedicated to it so it is a viable option.

Vancha · 2011-07-12, 02:07 PM

I'd like to focus more on sniping in PS2.

Seriously though, sniping, deployables, cloaking and commanding. 2-3 of those depending on what form they take.

Of course, that's not considering any new roles that may exist.

Ravanos · 2011-07-12, 02:14 PM

dedicated AA max lawl

nah probably sniping, infiltrating ... but thats basically how i played in Ps1

MgFalcon · 2011-07-12, 02:29 PM

I've always been a sucker for coordinated Outfit attacks, I'd probably focus a lot of points into the Commander skill tree. As much as I like to killwhore, I loved doing Gen drops 10X more.