Doesn't matter if the changes are good or bad, this patch has been on PTS FOR 3 DAYS ONLY. There wasn't enough time for us to give feedback, there wasn't enough time for bugtesting. They're decreasing the quality of this game by releasing broken updates because they need to release on every week. Honestly, how much testing can we do in less than a week?
Death cam is annoying because it gives away a person's position. This may not be crucial in a 48+ v 48+ but in a 1-12 v 1-12 it is game breaking - especially for snipers (!). I haven't yet been bothered even once to read the details of the death screen, as it takes too much time because the death screen is too cluttered with (redundant) information. Assist xp is back to january 2013 standards. People now hold back their shots in order to get the kill, thus more xp. It seems obvious that not much time has been spent on implementing neither death cam nor assist xp. You can do better than that devs. edit: the death cam is just a minor annoyance, however, there is enough spam from all angles already, and a feature that reveals your position just adds even more spam and makes the game unnecessarily frustrating and less rewarding
While I don't really care for death-cam as long as it only shows enemies that are spotted anyway, the new values of kill assists are a bad joke. This game is about teamplay, and assists were rewarded in a fine way. Now it got changed and instantly got completely broken. This will lead to a competition where everyone is trying to get the last shot at a person or vehicle (hello my trusty Lancer) and have a VERY BAD INFLUENCE to the game as a whole. In fact there is almost no point shooting at a vehicle when you know someone else will probably kill it. Also the current assist values will make Planetside2 VERY UNFRIENDLY FOR NEW PLAYERS because new players usually live from assists until they figured out the aiming of this game.
I absolutely agree with Exoz. The new vehicle kill assist values are a bad joke, which doesn't need to be elaborated any further, and the death screen is just annoying and useless.
On an additional note, right now the spotting bonus is HIGHER than the regular assist bonus, A LOT higher actually.
SOE!!! Fix bugs and work on releasing Hossin NOT on thing we don't need!!! We loosing players because of this.
This is overdue. You can find tons of stuff the playerbase is begging you for ages to fix or implement in the bugs and gameplay sections of this forum. Lots of those changes are done very easily, but instead, you focus on implementing stuff nobody asked for. With lock-ons and shotguns for free and showing where your killer is, you're NOT making this game noob friendly. You're making it idiot friendly. People are now going for vehicle kills instead of working together and destroy it. Continue and you will lose your playerbase as every other game that did so lost before you. Just read your own forums SOE! That's all the (even too much) suggestion you need.
Does it really matter what we even say on this forum? They don't even care about their precious "official forums". All they care about is Reddit. Don't waste your time complaining here.
