Originally posted by jetface I don't understand why people complain about Planetside not having a point. What point does any game have? Entertainment. I play because when I log off, I was entertained. Everytime I play there is a unique battle that my outfit and I work together to do our best to win. True there is no real point to the battles, no war to win, but who cares? What is the point of everquest? Killing MOB's and looting imaginary equipment. Getting levels that have no real meaning. What is important is whether you are having fun, level 1 or 100. What is the meaning of solving quests that thousands of others have solved before you or will after you?
Exactly, its like the quests might as well be in a singleplayer game ... only your failure or success doesnt change anything in the gameworld, cause 2343248 other players need to do the same quest after you. But people doesnt demand anything more from MMORPG:s so they dont ever change or develop away from this grind-concept.
i can see where the thread starter is coming from. after a few months it does get boring. but what i have found is when you join an ORGANIZED outfit who do galaxy drops and not just foot zerg with everyone you enter a whole new aspect of the game.
-you have not expierenced planetside until you've joined a organized outfit with teamspeak or ventrilo.-
You are so right Term. The game is great, but the game is awesome when you play with an organized dedicated outfit that uses TS or Ventrilo. It is like playing a whole other game. I've been playing for 2 years now and when I try to play other games I'm like...god this is so boring. I think I have been secretly brainwashed by subliminal messaging techniques that are hidden in game.
Originally posted by Teala You are so right Term. The game is great, but the game is awesome when you play with an organized dedicated outfit that uses TS or Ventrilo. It is like playing a whole other game. I've been playing for 2 years now and when I try to play other games I'm like...god this is so boring. I think I have been secretly brainwashed by subliminal messaging techniques that are hidden in game. Planetside...is just that good of game to me.
Most sceptic people who has given PS more than just a small chance thinks the same. If you can play this game under the right conditions, optimal conditions ... well, youd be lying out of your ass if you thought it was a bad game :P
I actually shouldn't make DEVS plural since SOE has fired or laid off the entire DEV team. I'm fairly certain Planetside's staff currently consists of two people. One guy basically does it all and SOE hired some chick to calm the nerds on the forums.
Planetside is far past its prime, if it ever had a prime.
Originally posted by Teala Ahhh...you are proving my point Recon with every post you make regarding Planetside. Thanks.
Your response is like Planetside, shallow and unimaginative.
Why would anyone spend $12.95 a month to play a two year old FPS with lag, client side hit detection, horrible devs, and a pathetic player base?
Know what else is clientside? having a shitty configured rig and being full of BS
Seems you really care about the game since you still troll threads on it, saying how bad it is. One would think there are other titles to play if this one sucks so bad.
LAG? What lag? the only time i had lag is at my old house. I had cable and I was losing packets in big battles. PS CSRs told me it was my ISP, my ISP CSRs told me it was PS servers. After I moved to a new house, packet loss disappeared completely. So that means PS servers are just fine. After upgrading my puter(AMD64 3000 and ATI x600) i get nothing less then 30-50 fps in big battles and 120fps in an open place. AND I turned ALL settings to max, best graphics, all details, 32bit textures, everything is ON or on MAX setting. So before flaming this game, why wont you upgrade your calculator first.
Agreed... However I do not like the pop locks.. I mean so what it one side has an advantage, how else is someone supposed to win?! ;p By all other accounts the game is great
i don't believe the pop locks are in place or were in place for balance issues. the empire pop locks are indeed in place for balance issues but the idea of pop locks are to prevent the server crashes planetside had once it took off. th ecrashes were becoming common place and this was their fix. i might add that this was an effective fix and i think has helped the game.
Originally posted by Cobra1107 Whatever you people are smoking, please give me some. Planetside was best in beta and in the first 2 months of release, but it has gotten progressively worse since then. Can somebody please tell me what's so great about this game? Sure, it's fun for a month or two, but after that - you realize that it's just a constant zerg with no sense of incentive or meaning. If you guys want a good MMOFPS, without a mass zerg and actual incentives, then come play WWIIOL. www.wwiionline.com So. Can somebody please tell me what is so great about it? Disclaimer: I've had more then a year of playing time in this game, so I'm not a noob to it.
planetside started off strong but during its life it has gone through a lot of balancing issues. i can go through the history of them but i don't think that will help you think the game is good. if you are an experienced gamer and one who knows their stuff then just take my word on this one. currently, planetside has never been more balanced. i have played it almost from the moment it went live and been through the h3ll that was corecombat and the throat slasher to a lot of accounts called BFR's. right now you will have more fun in PS than i think ever before. of course if you don't play with an outfit that uses teamspeak you won't get the full planetside experience.
also, planetside has a free trial offer. you can download the game and play for free for 7 days. no reason not to try it out.
Originally posted by Teala Ahhh...you are proving my point Recon with every post you make regarding Planetside. Thanks.
Your response is like Planetside, shallow and unimaginative.
Why would anyone spend $12.95 a month to play a two year old FPS with lag, client side hit detection, horrible devs, and a pathetic player base?
See...you're doing it again Recon. Why does anyone pay to play UO, EQ, and AC still? Lag? What lag? Seriously...I get upwards of 90+fps in the largest of battles(maybe you need a better computer and learn to optimize it). Nothing wrong with client side hit detection. Horrible developers? LMAO! Are you kidding me? Show me any game that can track and keep track of everthing that is taking place with 390+ people in one area in a game. We're talking thousands of bullets, hundreds of bombs, missles, rockets, players, gear, ce, and tons of other things at one time. Pathetic player base? Of you mean the most fervent, loyal and dedicated players to ever play a game. If that is pathetic - I'll take it any day. We love our PS so much we started our own advertising campaigne! How many players of other games do that?
Like I said Recon...with every post you are proving my point that you are just a disgruntled little former player that is pissed off because Planetside isn't made just to cater to you.
I cant wait BF2 does everything PS does or promised to do, except BF2 does it right. SOE and SamHayne can suck it.
Im sure BF2 will be a fine game. How do you expect your shitty rig to run it though? Lets see if we can spot you on the BF2 boards later this year, complaining about lag, shitty devs etc.
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Exactly, its like the quests might as well be in a singleplayer game ... only your failure or success doesnt change anything in the gameworld, cause 2343248 other players need to do the same quest after you. But people doesnt demand anything more from MMORPG:s so they dont ever change or develop away from this grind-concept.
i can see where the thread starter is coming from. after a few months it does get boring. but what i have found is when you join an ORGANIZED outfit who do galaxy drops and not just foot zerg with everyone you enter a whole new aspect of the game.
-you have not expierenced planetside until you've joined a organized outfit with teamspeak or ventrilo.-
You are so right Term. The game is great, but the game is awesome when you play with an organized dedicated outfit that uses TS or Ventrilo. It is like playing a whole other game. I've been playing for 2 years now and when I try to play other games I'm like...god this is so boring. I think I have been secretly brainwashed by subliminal messaging techniques that are hidden in game.
Planetside...is just that good of game to me.
Most sceptic people who has given PS more than just a small chance thinks the same. If you can play this game under the right conditions, optimal conditions ... well, youd be lying out of your ass if you thought it was a bad game :P
Planetside sucks, the few remaining fan boys are trying to get some fresh meat into the boring game since everyone is leaving.
Avoid Planetside.
Planetside was good untill they implented the BFR's.
Banzai!
Your response is like Planetside, shallow and unimaginative.
Why would anyone spend $12.95 a month to play a two year old FPS with lag, client side hit detection, horrible devs, and a pathetic player base?
I actually shouldn't make DEVS plural since SOE has fired or laid off the entire DEV team. I'm fairly certain Planetside's staff currently consists of two people. One guy basically does it all and SOE hired some chick to calm the nerds on the forums.
Planetside is far past its prime, if it ever had a prime.
Your response is like Planetside, shallow and unimaginative.
Why would anyone spend $12.95 a month to play a two year old FPS with lag, client side hit detection, horrible devs, and a pathetic player base?
Know what else is clientside? having a shitty configured rig and being full of BS
Seems you really care about the game since you still troll threads on it, saying how bad it is. One would think there are other titles to play if this one sucks so bad.
LAG? What lag? the only time i had lag is at my old house. I had cable and I was losing packets in big battles. PS CSRs told me it was my ISP, my ISP CSRs told me it was PS servers. After I moved to a new house, packet loss disappeared completely. So that means PS servers are just fine. After upgrading my puter(AMD64 3000 and ATI x600) i get nothing less then 30-50 fps in big battles and 120fps in an open place. AND I turned ALL settings to max, best graphics, all details, 32bit textures, everything is ON or on MAX setting.
So before flaming this game, why wont you upgrade your calculator first.
I am the type of player where I like to do everything and anything from time to time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor - pre-WW2 genocide.
i don't believe the pop locks are in place or were in place for balance issues. the empire pop locks are indeed in place for balance issues but the idea of pop locks are to prevent the server crashes planetside had once it took off. th ecrashes were becoming common place and this was their fix. i might add that this was an effective fix and i think has helped the game.
If the enemy is in range, so are you.
planetside started off strong but during its life it has gone through a lot of balancing issues. i can go through the history of them but i don't think that will help you think the game is good. if you are an experienced gamer and one who knows their stuff then just take my word on this one. currently, planetside has never been more balanced. i have played it almost from the moment it went live and been through the h3ll that was corecombat and the throat slasher to a lot of accounts called BFR's. right now you will have more fun in PS than i think ever before. of course if you don't play with an outfit that uses teamspeak you won't get the full planetside experience.
also, planetside has a free trial offer. you can download the game and play for free for 7 days. no reason not to try it out.
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If the enemy is in range, so are you.
Your response is like Planetside, shallow and unimaginative.
Why would anyone spend $12.95 a month to play a two year old FPS with lag, client side hit detection, horrible devs, and a pathetic player base?
See...you're doing it again Recon. Why does anyone pay to play UO, EQ, and AC still? Lag? What lag? Seriously...I get upwards of 90+fps in the largest of battles(maybe you need a better computer and learn to optimize it). Nothing wrong with client side hit detection. Horrible developers? LMAO! Are you kidding me? Show me any game that can track and keep track of everthing that is taking place with 390+ people in one area in a game. We're talking thousands of bullets, hundreds of bombs, missles, rockets, players, gear, ce, and tons of other things at one time. Pathetic player base? Of you mean the most fervent, loyal and dedicated players to ever play a game. If that is pathetic - I'll take it any day. We love our PS so much we started our own advertising campaigne! How many players of other games do that?
Like I said Recon...with every post you are proving my point that you are just a disgruntled little former player that is pissed off because Planetside isn't made just to cater to you.
The death of Planetside.
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I cant wait BF2 does everything PS does or promised to do, except BF2 does it right. SOE and SamHayne can suck it.