Where the people at?

Huzzman · 2013-08-01, 09:41 AM

I was excited to hear about PS2 players getting 6 months of PS1. Figuring there must be tons of people taking advantage of this deal I logged on Gemini and made a TR soldier. Once I got through the tutorial (note this is my first time with PS1) and hit Instant action I was greeted with...

Nothing. There were no players I could see, no groups to find. I captured a NC base hoping to attract someone but noone came. Does anyone play?

Atheosim · 2013-08-01, 06:57 PM

Died because a bug where an interceptor aircraft which was intended to do very little damage to ground targets was capable of taking out main battle tanks in about 2 seconds, which is something nothing except an OS is capable of doing. Mysteriously popped up right around when the 6 months started, and when unfixed for weeks, which caused a massive amount of population hemorrhaging.

Also, all of the content from the expansion Core Combat was mysteriously disabled, and as far as I know, was never fixed.

So it's unsurprising that so many new players left immediately, despite the fact that most that I talked to said they greatly preferred it to PS2.

Minigun · 2013-08-02, 01:36 AM

I apparently showed up 2 months late for the party, that's unfortunate, does anybody still play anymore?

Wahooo · 2013-08-02, 03:09 PM

Minigun,

Question: how and when did you hear about the free time?

Minigun · 2013-08-02, 03:39 PM

I didn't, I stopped browsing these forums after the embarrassment that is PS2, didn't even make it through beta.

Nostalgia made me want to come back and browse the Tech and off topic subforums when I happened to click up here and saw the free time sticky. I remember coming by early in May and there being all sorts of F2P petitions for PS1 but they had been ongoing for months, I even signed it, but didn't think they would actually get any support from SOE.

Seems as though i missed my final chance to play, the game is terribly glitchy for me, I can't even set my sensitivity for my mouse or set any keybinds.

Funny the only way they can keep us from playing PS1 is to break it.

Baneblade · 2013-08-02, 07:28 PM

PS1 is SOE's Anne Boleyn. Murdered because someone people imagined having fun with her.

OpolE · 2013-08-03, 06:54 AM

In all honesty. Theres just not enough people playing it. Enclave outfit logged on 1 night and fucked off within hours and it still wasn't a big fight with an organised platoon.

Essentially I dnt think anyone can be bothered to play unless the masses are told and it welcomes any new people in as well.

Mastachief · 2013-08-03, 09:40 AM

It's old and past it let it die in peace.

Wahooo · 2013-08-04, 03:39 AM

Originally Posted by Minigun

I didn't.

That's too bad, but not unexpected as almost nobody did.

Pretty much why absolutely no one is in there. It went free but at the same weekend as a big PS2 patch and double XP weekend.

You didn't really miss anything because there was nothing to miss. I don't think it hit 200 total online since it went free.

lazer1982 · 2013-08-04, 07:47 AM

if your lucky it hit 200 ppl some old names but nut much

Huntsab · 2013-08-19, 12:43 PM

People log in and see that one empire has hacked everything and then log out again. Usually the NC. Well done NC, I don't see what enjoyment you get from having no one to fight. Each to their own.

basti · 2013-09-04, 06:39 PM

I say it loud now: when the free time ends, his forum will get the usual folks posting again that Smed promised to make the game F2P, and that it would really make PS1 big again, if they would just try.

Then the theorys start that they just wont do it as that would eat players away from PS2, all logic will be cast aside and we once again have a small mob of fools yelling crap.

Then after a few months everything will die down again. Maybe, in a few years, even the last guy will understand a simple fact: Planetside 1 died the day Planetside 2 went into beta, and there is absolutly nothing ANYONE (not you, not SOE) can do to make it big again. Its dead, thats a fact. Remember the good times, forget the bad times, and enjoy your memories.

Wahooo · 2013-09-05, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by basti

I say it loud now: when the free time ends, his forum will get the usual folks posting again that Smed promised to make the game F2P, and that it would really make PS1 big again, if they would just try.

Then the theorys start that they just wont do it as that would eat players away from PS2, all logic will be cast aside and we once again have a small mob of fools yelling crap.

Then after a few months everything will die down again. Maybe, in a few years, even the last guy will understand a simple fact: Planetside 1 died the day Planetside 2 went into beta, and there is absolutly nothing ANYONE (not you, not SOE) can do to make it big again. Its dead, thats a fact. Remember the good times, forget the bad times, and enjoy your memories.

Careful, you could hurt your elbow if you pat yourself on the back any harder.

MasterChief096 · 2013-09-05, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by basti

I say it loud now: when the free time ends, his forum will get the usual folks posting again that Smed promised to make the game F2P, and that it would really make PS1 big again, if they would just try.

Then the theorys start that they just wont do it as that would eat players away from PS2, all logic will be cast aside and we once again have a small mob of fools yelling crap.

Then after a few months everything will die down again. Maybe, in a few years, even the last guy will understand a simple fact: Planetside 1 died the day Planetside 2 went into beta, and there is absolutly nothing ANYONE (not you, not SOE) can do to make it big again. Its dead, thats a fact. Remember the good times, forget the bad times, and enjoy your memories.

Free time that the majority of PS1 players didn't even find out about. I think one dude in our outfit got an email from PSU, that was it.

You want a fact? SOE is not making PS1 F2P the right way. Free on Steam, blast email every account, fix the damn Wasp and Core Combat bugs, make Core Combat free as well. Then figure out how to monetize.

But SOE doesn't care about PS1 because their stockholders don't. I don't blame them for that.

Gunuko · 2013-09-05, 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by MasterChief096

Free time that the majority of PS1 players didn't even find out about. I think one dude in our outfit got an email from PSU, that was it.

You want a fact? SOE is not making PS1 F2P the right way. Free on Steam, blast email every account, fix the damn Wasp and Core Combat bugs, make Core Combat free as well. Then figure out how to monetize.

But SOE doesn't care about PS1 because their stockholders don't. I don't blame them for that.

Keep sending Smedley Emails. Get Planetside 1 on Steam.

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