I'd definitely play more ps2 if there was battle royale mode (similar to pubg/fortnite, ~100+ users pvp match) and there would be many ways to improve your own from those 2 popular games. (so that its not just a simple copy) please give us some teaser/info if there are such plans! *I did notice there are couple threads suggesting similar to this, and some rumors, but just wanted to voice out (in case shareholders read these forums randomly **battle royale = profits** https://forums.daybreakgames.com/ps2/index.php?threads/battle-royale-after-alert.248479/ https://www.freemmostation.com/news/are-everquest-3-and-planetside-3-in-development-at-daybreak/
Doesn't fit at all with the rest of the game. Resulting in an entirely different game, that couldn't use the vehicles or aircraft or maxes, nor half of the tools & weapons of the game. And those players of that Mode wouldn't play the original game, nor would the originals play that. Resulting in funding & players that have nothing to do with Planetside, and dev time having to be spent on everything but this actual game. And if they're in the same world, that's a ton of players who are taking slots whom aren't here at all for that world, just that mode. Which basically means a flood at the warpgates of people \ population affecting the population controls & pop balance, that would never leave the warpgate. IE, there's a lot of problems with that.
There are so many things to criticise with that link for a so-called PS3. For starters, the blog post doesn't even show a credible author; in fact it doesn't even have an author. How can we trust what was said to be true if we can't contact the one who wrote it for clarification? Second, the post that the blog refers to relates to this Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside...s_layed_off_heres_some_information_you_might/ As you can see it has long since been deleted and the so-called Daybreak employee has been removed. Thirdly, a blog is a blog. They are a person's thoughts and opinions on something, based on a quick google or something they saw and thought would make a good story to write about; but it doesn't mean that it's reliable or true. Finally, the writer themselves even admitted that the rumours are bound to be the work of a troll. All they did was write that story for just that, a story. When a person wants something, it's easy to become more susceptible to rumours and false information. Do not believe everything you read on the internet. If you want information, look for credible sources, or even ask Daybreak themselves. If they say no, take their word for it - even if you don't believe it - and move on.
There are plenty of games with "battle royale" modes. Planetside 2 never has been and never should be one of them.
Battle royale in PS2 should only be possible within the main game. splitting the playerbase is a terrible idea and would more likely kill the game faster than improve it. Theres also plenty of questions that need answering. How do you handle weapon pickups? Classes like Infil or HA being blatantly superior in most situations on such a battlefield? Ammo management, vehicles or the maps not designed for this kind if warfare?
AT BEST this could be implemented for qued players on a koltyreskmap all being HA looking but not having any of the abilities and no access to vehicles or weaponterminals ... players start with a NS pistol like the underboss or emmisary only and are limited to 1 primary, 1 secondary and 1 toolslotoption ... suit for the suitslot has to be gathered on the battlefield as well as grenades and consumeables like medkits, c4 and mines .. winner gets some iso (depending on how many players were participating thus the more players the more iso but still a rather small amount) but that´s it .. no xp no certs or anything as you are meant to get these from the maingame ... and that is already complexenough for something that should (AGAIN AT BEST) be a sidegame ... but as a coremode? nope .. this is a battlefieldesk conquestgame with capturing territory and teamplay in mind .. not hungergamesesk survival ...
One important fact to reiterate is that a number of our core mechanics do not lend themselves to a battle royale environment and they would require heavy modifcations from their current form, including UI overhaul more substantial than list-scoped and banner-size elements. Even PlanetSide Classic would be much more flexible to a "battle royale" than we currently are.
I'd rather ps2 not trend chase your failboat. I rather like it's current style and don't need it to be just another run of the mill game... they are literally everywhere, go play one of them, when you get bored come back and play something alittle more unique.
