I may play, played a little at the start but it just didn't have a lot of holding power and the micro-transactions didn't rub me the right way. If you guys get a group going i may join in for some shenanigans.
I would play if SoR had an official presence, but until that point I will probably try it out solo for a little while and I predict my interest will die off as I get sick of the microtransaction model.
I'm ticking the on the fence category just because I'm not getting back into this unless we have a major presence. It's too big of a time sink to dip into every once in a while.
I have no problem with people having misgivings. However, the fact that it is F2P (and no longer Pay2Win), basically supports unlimited number of players, and is no longer suffering from launch-day balance issues, I think it would be crazy for us as a group not to try this out at the very least. I fully support effort made on making this a regular thing. Will download the client later tonight. Assuming they have time for it, all I ask is that people give it an honest try with our group before writing it off completely.
Only somewhat related: I was sifting through the old Planetside 2 thread trying to remember what my impression was before and found something ironic on multiple levels... ever wonder what made us adopt "Borg" for a faction tag? I can't take full credit, but I'm pretty sure I contributed to it: http://www.theskjaldborg.com/index.php?threads/planetside-2.1565/page-6#post-73317 also: http://www.theskjaldborg.com/index.php?threads/planetside-2.1565/page-6#post-73598 I'm inclined to merge the threads together, but will defer to my fellow Commissars on that. I do realize a lot has changed.
i'm totally down for some PS2. i sunk a huge amount of time into NC as a high-level medic/budding engineer but i'll start from scratch with a different faction and be happy if that's what the call is. the game had its faults but those only really started to poke through when you were solo and getting bored of the back and forth aspect of the combat or things slowed down during a point defense. operating in a coordinated squad while in the thick of battle though was absolutely glorious
Based on everything I'm reading, I cannot stress enough that this is a game with teamwork in mind. Not saying lone wolf work is completely off the table, but you are definitely limited in your scope if that is what you choose to do.
while we are testing this out, might be worth mentioning this: For the sake of coordination, I personally will probably focus on a "fixer" role at first: Engineer + Medic + Sunderer upgrades. Also, I was very confused to learn that apparently SOE is no longer a thing, but your account will still work: http://www.polygon.com/features/201...ames-sony-online-entertainment-history-future
More food for thought regarding servers and factions: (posted yesterday) Apparently there is a stigma that NC is teh weakest faction, but I can't be sure if this is true. Here is a one counter argument from one player: Can't really agree with everything he said, but he does make a good point about the NC guns being less "new player" friendly. From what I've gathered, here is the general gameplay differences between each faction: TR = highest rate of fire, lowest damage per bullet, fastest speed on most vehicles, lowest chance for 1-shot kills VS = middle of road in terms of fire rate and damage per bullet, more maneuverable vehicles (ie. they get hovertanks) NC = lowest rate of fire, most damage per bullet (but greatest kickback), generally slower, but tougher vehicles, arguably best shotguns & sniper rifles (highest chance of 1-shot kills) And just to be thorough, here's a faction analysis from a player who knows a lot more than me: Also, it appears the Vanu hovertank finally got the nerf it deserved: Personally, I've always been a fan of 1-shot kill weapons, but based on the above data, I could definitely see newer players having trouble playing as NC on account of their guns having slower fire rates and greater recoil. By comparison, the VS are generally considered the "noob friendly" faction on account of their extra mobility and laser accurate weapons. However, it appears the TR are perhaps the most "forgiving" in the sense of having more spammy weapons which would help with aiming also. At any rate, it is something worth discussing before we commit to anything concrete.
More On Servers: Emerald, Connery and Cobalt seem to be our only reasonable options. Each one operates in a different global region and it breaks down like this: Emerald = US East Coast Connery = US West Coast Cobalt = EU Amazingly, our old Skjaldborg accounts from before seem to have been preserved and were migrated to Emerald for some reason. Based on that info alone, Emerald seems like the logical choice for most of us to pick up where we left off. However, we must also consider our Euro members. While it doesn't seem feasible that Cobalt would be ideal for the majority of us, Connery seems just as bad as it would basically prevent any of our Euro friends from playing. Based on that, again, Emerald seems like the only logical choice if we are trying to be as inclusive as possible for all members. In regards to which faction we choose, we should probably be aware of who our potential allies and enemies would be: http://www.planetside-universe.com/outfit_leaderboard.php
I know people are probably dismayed by "the easy noob friendly" faction tag but I think we should go for the Vanu for that reason. It seems to me that to really get the NC and TR weapons down youd have to learn their spray patterns and it took me forever to get the spray patterns down in Counterstrike. I doubt our outfit would be THAT dedicated so if the Vanu offers an easy entry where we can pick up the weapons immediately and do well with them (which I did with the Vanu) then that is perfect. Movement speed also sounds nice, I am a very mobile player (light infantry jet pack ftw), and well its just nice not being a turtle. Anyway I would totally get into the game. 150 ping to Emerald sounds a bit scary but it should still be fine me thinks.
Yea being in hawaii an EU server would be unplayable, east coast is doable but not great, which is the same as it is for EU, so I'd say we settle on that one. I don't think the guns have spray patterns ala counterstrike, just slower shooting, more damage per shot type guns. Like a bolt action rifle vs a semi auto? Granted its not super noob friendly.
Depends on how strong the rifles are. I am not a sniper player, i imagine for snipers NC is amazing but if you cant spray the NC attack rifles/carbines somewhat accurately and they dont do 1-click headshots it would make them a bit unviable. I noticed that I can keep the Vanu rifle on the head of the enemy while spraying at close range and they can take a few shots to the head so thats useful.
just checked my account, my toons got ported to emerald as well with the migrations. have a BR 34 NC medic and a BR 11 TR who i believe i was focusing on assault NC rifles were very accurate iirc, you just have to burst them and god help you if you tried going full-auto at anything beyond CQB. excellent guns for mid/long range. i loved my medic's DMR, just bust out that shotty/SMG when close. small mags, big damage, slow ROF. were the highest in terms of skill cap for infantry back in the day, not sure if that still holds true TR rifles were always stable/fast/huge mags but did low dmg per hit, were amazingly fun in the close/mid range. i hated fighting TR LMG's since they could just hose you for days. i always thought of the TR being the "easiest" faction to start out with since their guns/vehicles all operate in a very familiar manner to any gamer and their guns seem to be the most forgiving. they also always seemed to have the most organization of any faction, not sure why that was but there were always good groups operating together. vanu was nice just since there is no drop-off at range since lazors but they don't shoot as fast as TR or do as much damage as NC guns as a general rule of thumb. i never worried about fighting vanu infantry but their vehicles were a giant pita since they were so maneuverable. my impression from my stint was that their infantry is meh but their vehicles were probably the highest in terms of skill cap among the 3. always seem to have the lowest pop so you get the XP boost if that's still a thing granted this is all based on experiences from playing years ago, no idea to what extent they've changed things around at this point
Alright sounds like emerald it is... looks like I have a level 6 NC on Emerald as well. Low level so I don't really care if we swap factions
I have an NC character at the moment, but I'm not invested in it. Willing to switch. And it sounds like given the rest of the people we would playing with, Terrans or Vanu would better.
Just played about an hour with NC, the base weapon I had no issues with, got a few kills, just burst fire like any other FPS like battlefield or COD. I also got the auto shotgun, goddamn that thing annihiliated people. I don't have an issue switching but its probably not as big as a deal as people make it out to be.
Yeah I tried NC out today too, its really not harder. Maybe at really long ranges I didnt get to play at those ranges yet, especially concerning bullet drop. But at close range it works really well even when completely spraying.
