Hello planetsiders !

Griffevent · 2012-05-31, 03:29 PM

Hi there.

I'm french, usually an rpg enthusiast. I had never heard of Planetside before, and got interested when I stumbled accidentally on Totalbiscuit's videos.

I hope to find here some answers about Planetside 2, particularly concerning the monetary system.

THrONeBeaST · 2012-05-31, 04:01 PM

Welcome to PSU!

Dale · 2012-05-31, 04:09 PM

Greetings and welcome to PSU!

Best place to start looking for answers is the New Player Question section of the forums.

Also, regarding the monetary system, this game will be Free2Play, meaning you won't have to buy a box and you won't have to pay for a subscription to play. The game will feature a shop, and you can find out what types of items it will and will not contain below.

Originally Posted by Higby

I've addressed this a few times in interviews in the past, but here's the basic gist. Planetside 2 has three fundamental types of items:

Power adding items - items such as grandes, med kits, certain types of implants (like a run speed booster), these items fundamentally alter player power and are acquired exclusively with resources earned in game.

Playstyle items - these are sidegrades for vehicles and weapons, these switch up playstyle, and as much as possible are balanced against one-another to not add absolute power. These are available for Resources earned in game or Station Cash.

Non-gameplay affecting items - things like cosmetic skins, resource or xp boosts, etc. These don't have any impact on moment-to-moment gameplay and therefore player power and are available for Station Cash

So, as you can see, anything that gives any gameplay impact of any kind is always going to be available through gameplay. You wont be able to unlock a gameplay affecting item exclusively for Station Cash, there will be an in-game acquisition path as well, you're just bypassing (or shortcutting) it by using Station Cash.

Additionally, none of our item sidegrades really give a discrete power advantage, and those items which do (such as grenades, etc) are available exclusively for in-game resources. So, while you can unlock different playstyle choices with Station Cash, you're not really buying an advantage overall, you're just unlocking different situational breadth.

Snipped from the Planetside 2 Information Thread v2.0 thread.

Griffevent · 2012-05-31, 05:37 PM

Thanks Dale, but in fact, I'm kinda worried about the "premium membership" thing Higby mentioned recently. I'm ok with spending some € on "play-style items", mainly to support the devs, as the game will surely be stunning. It will certainly be free-to-play, but I suspect it won't be free-to-enjoy.
So, if enjoying it imply to let go 5 or 6 €, fair enough; but more money or some kind of monthly subscription would be disappointing.

Hamma · 2012-05-31, 11:23 PM

Welcome!!

Mastachief · 2012-06-01, 07:44 AM

Welcome to PSU and the world of Planetside, there are quite a lot of french players from the old game.

Dale · 2012-06-01, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by Griffevent

Thanks Dale, but in fact, I'm kinda worried about the "premium membership" thing Higby mentioned recently. I'm ok with spending some € on "play-style items", mainly to support the devs, as the game will surely be stunning. It will certainly be free-to-play, but I suspect it won't be free-to-enjoy.
So, if enjoying it imply to let go 5 or 6 €, fair enough; but more money or some kind of monthly subscription would be disappointing.

Well, it's hard to talk about the "premium membership" (and the whole PS2 marketplace for that matter) since the details about it hasn't been finalized at this point. We can only hope that they stick to their game plan, and that the subscription only includes things similar to what is said to be offered on the marketplace. If not, and they include things that gives you advantage over others, it would surely be disappointing. But that is something only time will tell.

Since this is a introduction forum, I think we need to move over to a proper thread if we want to discuss this subject further:

Subscription what we get & want.

Once again, welcome to PSU!

XPquant · 2012-06-01, 04:43 PM

Hi there Griff! I would not be to worried about anything until we see it for ourselves. Just remember that Higby has staunchly stated power will not be sold and a 5 year vet will never have the complete edge over a new player.

KiddParK · 2012-06-01, 09:55 PM

First, Welcome.

Second, Dale's right, good guy.

Third... did i already say welcome?

Shinjorai · 2012-06-01, 09:56 PM

Welcome to PSU and the planetside community