Are you happy with the direction Planetside 2 is going?

Foxirus · Nov 9, 2015

zaspacer said: ↑

“One of the main problems is that SOE/DBG are fixated on routing Teamplay through Outfits and to a lesser extent Squads. It starts the playerbase off fractured, hamstrings basic inter-Faction communication, and Caps # people who can reasonably work together, etc.

It also extends to things like the lack of general Looking-For-Group support, to help players find other players to fill seats on multi-player vehicles. Or stuff like lack of commands like /whoall in order to determine who/what are in what region.

And yes, that is why Infantry and Vehicle Loadouts consistently focus on being self-reliant.

Organized play on massive scale only pops-up during Server Smash, and that is a totally fabricated system where everyone starts in the same unified faction group... which they should have done for the Standard Game... but instead they favor being Outfit-centric and having everyone start isolated and then have the option of opt into pocket groups (Outfits) that are themselves just fractured elements of the Faction.

It's a SOE/Sigil/DBG culture problem/fixation. They force it into most their games.

They should probably just remove Hossin, or overhaul it to fix the complaints most players almost uniformly seem to have about it (choke points, roadblock terrain, haze, etc.). In its current state it's just a place that most players don't want to play and so they avoid it. And it being unlocked is just a pox. On Connery right now only Amerish and Hossin are unlocked, there is an Alert on Hossin, and Hossin is a handful of 1-12 fights while Amerish has 2 96+vs96+ battles and 1 48-96vs48-96, and a handful of 12-24 battles.

I agree that there has been much more encouraging content released more recently. Prior to that, this game was bankrupt of positive developments for a LONG time, and that kind of neglect took its toll on the game and playerbase.

I do wish players could vote on at least one area of the handful that are hosted on the In Development section (NS Black Ops Mercs please). Like how UFE has a running poll for users to rank the upcoming content/features they want worked on:
http://www.ufe3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=42”

I do wish they would hurry and get the blackops system functioning. Amusing thing is, All these replies and only one alert for it

marcelomormaii · Nov 9, 2015

I think the significant change that would make everyone happy would be this:

Remodeling WEAPONS OF ALL FACTIONS.

I believe the desing of them had no creativity.

MorganM · Nov 9, 2015

For the first time in a long time... yes.

OldMaster80 · Nov 9, 2015

Foxirus said: ↑

“I personally am not and think they need to import more things from Planetside 1.”

Like what? Like the old fashioned inventory? Like the those horrible caves no one wanted to step in? Like those alien tech vehicles that looked like a hi-tech suppository?

I've played and love PS1, and I think many of us did. But not everyone. Planetside 2 is a strange beast, more in line with modern FPS. You might not like everything but the ANT + construction system has potential. If they develop it the right way it might be a new life for PS2.

Then imho they should definitely focus on better command tools, and possible move the focus from KDR to score per minute / hour.

PWGuy93 · Nov 9, 2015

Foxirus said: ↑

“Are you happy with the direction Planetside 2 is going? If not, Please explain in detail what needs to be done to make it better.”

Performance sucks, look at the forums, many many threads

Population, nearly always too many on one side

Too many Continents. I know sounds weird just not enough population to support 4 continents on Connery perhaps even on Emerald

Weapon balance - again- this time 'Gatekeeper'

"Promises" made, not kept still waiting on stuff that was supposed to roll out a long time ago and didn't

Did I mention performance sucks, oh ya, performance sucks...

Foxirus · Nov 9, 2015

OldMaster80 said: ↑

“Like what? Like the old fashioned inventory? Like the those horrible caves no one wanted to step in? Like those alien tech vehicles that looked like a hi-tech suppository?

I've played and love PS1, and I think many of us did. But not everyone. Planetside 2 is a strange beast, more in line with modern FPS. You might not like everything but the ANT + construction system has potential. If they develop it the right way it might be a new life for PS2.

Then imho they should definitely focus on better command tools, and possible move the focus from KDR to score per minute / hour.”

A suppository shaped vehicle? COUNT ME IN! In reality though, Yes. They could pull some things that were not detrimental to the old game and bring it over to planetside 2. I have grown tired of NS vehicles and weapons :c

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