Planetside

Post by **Fingoniel** » Thu May 15, 2003 9:41 am

Anyone thinking of trying this out?

Kinda like massively multiplayer tribes... don't imagine it'll have the same "lock you in forever" like DAoC but might be fun to pop over to for an evening every so often...

Wardywonderland · Post by **Wardywonderland** » Thu May 15, 2003 10:59 am

I have only read the stuff on amazon about it and it sounds naff tbh. It will be ruled by l33t nerds who will 1 shot you all the time. Sounds like a mixture of Timepliters and BF1942.

Larik · Post by **Larik** » Thu May 15, 2003 11:03 am

Wardywonderland wrote:It will be ruled by l33t nerds who will 1 shot you all the time.

Bit like DAOC then?

Looks good though, just checked the screenshots on the homepage. Plus massed battles sounds cool, might check it out!

Aule Valar · Post by **Aule Valar** » Thu May 15, 2003 11:32 am

will definitly be gettting it, and possibly quitting doac to play it more
and there are no one shot kills, except possible by ramming
also there are no headshots

Afroninja · Post by **Afroninja** » Thu May 15, 2003 1:39 pm

have been playing the beta for a while now, and im off to it next week. not quitting cam completley, just taking a much needed break from it

Rincewald · Post by **Rincewald** » Thu May 15, 2003 3:26 pm

Doh, double post - see below

Rincewald · Post by **Rincewald** » Thu May 15, 2003 3:29 pm

I have been on the Beta for a few months now And here are my impressions:

Its a lot of fun to begin with, but it does get monotonous after a few weeks (picture playing a never-ending game of capture the flag). There are no variations on the theme - you have to capture the enemy's bases, and defend your own. You can be a sniper, infiltrator, tank driver fighter pilot etc etc and you can change from one to the other with little fuss. You dont gain new skill with every new level as such, but the level you are determines the amount of specialisations you can have i.e. higher levels will have more certifications meaning they can be more versatile (a sniper AND a pilot AND a trooper AND a hacker etc etc..). You dont have to reach a certain level to be affective at something which is pretty good, so you can be as good as anyone else from the first time you use a certification.

The problem is variety... or the lack thereof; its capture that base, defend this base, capture that base, defend this base, capture that base, defend this base (im sure you get my point).

Needless to say, im playing the beta while its free, but I wont be playing it once I have to pay for it... plus, it will be £25 a month... a bit steep if you ask me.

Bottom line, its like 24 hour RVR with guns, but no tasks, quests, or PVE to break the monotony.

Aule Valar · Post by **Aule Valar** » Thu May 15, 2003 3:43 pm

Rincewald_CoZ wrote: but no tasks, quests, or PVE to break the monotony.

pve = zzzzz
rvr = the only reason to play daoc

prods lenda for good measure

Vorcyn · Post by **Vorcyn** » Thu May 15, 2003 4:43 pm

pve = zzzzz
rvr = the only reason to play daoc

Total bollocks.

Wardywonderland · Post by **Wardywonderland** » Thu May 15, 2003 5:38 pm

[quote="Rincewald_CoZ"]plus, it will be £25 a month... a bit steep if you ask me.quote]

Dont care how good it is it aint gonna be worth £25 a month. We all moaned when daoc went up to £7

Wardywonderland · Post by **Wardywonderland** » Thu May 15, 2003 5:40 pm

Rincewald_CoZ wrote:plus, it will be £25 a month... a bit steep if you ask me.

Dont care how good it is it aint gonna be worth £25 a month. We all moaned when daoc went up to £7

Aule Valar · Post by **Aule Valar** » Thu May 15, 2003 5:51 pm

pretty sure its the same as eq, about 15 dollars a month
there was a thing on sony's webby that mentioned $25 a month, but that was for access to all of their online games (ps, eq, eq2 etc)

Tera · Post by **Tera** » Fri May 16, 2003 2:11 am

i heard that ther aint much content to the game.............................................

a few people told me that

and 25squids they can foad tbh ;]

i also dont think it will be able to keep the players tooo :S

Wardywonderland · Post by **Wardywonderland** » Fri May 16, 2003 9:09 am

I cannot get ovet the idea that if you do not play it 24/7 then you will be seen as some sort of plague. Just have this image of pepole shouting at me

wtf i said to kill the assian on he left not the one in the middle

or words to that effect, or you will find it hard to get grps or at least effect grps.

Post by **Fingoniel** » Fri May 16, 2003 9:14 am

we can make an alliance guild over there or whatever

gogo Fellowship cannon fodder

Aule Valar · Post by **Aule Valar** » Fri May 16, 2003 11:36 am

Wardywonderland wrote:I cannot get ovet the idea that if you do not play it 24/7 then you will be seen as some sort of plague.

i'd be suprised if that happened any more so than in daoc

Luapo · Post by **Luapo** » Fri May 16, 2003 1:39 pm

Guilds are called Outfits fingo m8.

And remember DaOC took a while to get all their content in like the dragons and everything else. So it will take planetside some time to get going, and remember planetside isnt trying to be a RPG its just fragging people in a really big enviroment. Which TBH i like it has aspects of FPS and MMO which i think will make a good game.

Sure it aint every1's cuppa tea, but its mine.

The devs actually listen to their player base, they even implimented a major change to the game which a player suggested whislt still in beta.

Now how long does it take the mythic devs to impliment something their player base wanted......

And also they have tried to balance everything, but not to the fact that different 'realms' are the same.

It will probs only last me about 5-6 months, but then more info about trails of atlantis might be out, so ican see if i still want to play DaOC.

Comments please, wanna get a good debate going on this.

Post by **Fingoniel** » Fri May 16, 2003 2:29 pm

Luapo wrote:
The devs actually listen to their player base, they even implimented a major change to the game which a player suggested whislt still in beta.

Now how long does it take the mythic devs to impliment something their player base wanted......

Easy to listen to a small number of players

And you can do stuff like that in beta

as the numbers increase the reactionary whines to ANY change (proposed or implemented) get bigger and bigger...

Mythic are actually quite good

sounds like this lot are quite decent too...

yeah "no content" is something every new game suffers from.

I'll maybe give it a shot anyway.

Luapo · Post by **Luapo** » Fri May 16, 2003 8:02 pm

what faction u looking into m8, mike and i are pretty dead cert on the Vanu, they are the under dogs in the beta but we want a challenge so were gonna go purple

Aule Valar · Post by **Aule Valar** » Fri May 16, 2003 9:02 pm

i'm definitly going vanu
reason is
jump jets on maxes and hovertanks
okay 2 reasons
oh and lightning guns