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[GSF][P]aradox  8180 posts
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PlanetSide 4/9/03 2:26pm
I'm interested in finding out who's going to be playing PlanetSide. I recieved notification today that I've been accepted into the open beta, and I'm probably going to be playing with an umbrella organization called Allied Tribal Forces (ATF). My brother is a part of it as well (with members of his own clan, TKB). Currently they have over 70 members. If a bunch of us are planning on playing, it'd be a good idea to get into this together - we just aren't big enough to have a organization like that ourselves. We could definitely have our own outfit (in-game battle group) if we had some 10-15 members.

So, who's going to be playing PlanetSide?

 

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Jihan_Xan  3836 posts
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RE: PlanetSide 4/9/03 2:30pm
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I might be playing if I don't have to give them an arm and a leg to play.

 

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RE: PlanetSide 4/9/03 2:31pm
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All they're asking is your heart, liver, and small intestine after you die.

 

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pineappledeep  1104 posts
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RE: PlanetSide 4/9/03 2:56pm
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I'd certainly be willing to try out the open-beta, if indeed it is completely open. Do you know how much their monthly charge is gonna be? Could you possibly post linkage?

 

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RE: PlanetSide 4/9/03 3:27pm
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I'll join up if it's cheap, and a good game.

I'll probably only play until the end of the Summer though.

 

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Codename98  1135 posts
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RE: PlanetSide 4/9/03 4:28pm
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I might play PlanetSide, but it depends on when I get my new computer. My current computer isn' powerful enough to run PlanetSide so playing the beta is a no-go (unless I get my computer then sign up for the beta and get in). Now, if I am going to get the game, I'll have to make sure its worth coughing up the cash per month. Also, hopefully I'll have a job that pays me enough to play PlanetSide. As much as I would like to play PlanetSide, I won't be getting my MMOGaming groove on any time this month or even next month.

 

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[GSF]JohnDoe  1939 posts
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RE: PlanetSide 4/10/03 7:46am
I might be interested but... what is PlanetSide?

 

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pineappledeep  1104 posts
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RE: PlanetSide 4/10/03 9:48am
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This is Planetside.

 

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[GSF]SJ  6374 posts
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RE: PlanetSide 4/10/03 12:19pm
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Star Wars Galaxies is likely to steal all my money, sorry.

 

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RE: PlanetSide 4/10/03 1:43pm
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Im not at all conviced on planetside yet, as with all mmog's ill wait a few months before taking a serious look

 

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Walbomb81  1976 posts
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RE: PlanetSide 4/10/03 8:00pm
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I'll be joining up for sure [P]. Those bastards must have lost my open beta invitation, jeez.

 
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[GSF]JohnDoe  1939 posts
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RE: PlanetSide 4/11/03 2:34pm
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You're gonna play SW:G? c00lness. Try to be a darkside Jedi grin

 

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RE: PlanetSide 4/11/03 9:45pm
Hopefully I'll get it.

 

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RE: PlanetSide 4/11/03 11:16pm
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I will be, hopefully. Other than a new discman and some credit for my mobile, it's the only thing I've got some cash put aside for.

Here's hoping something shiney doesn't distract me before I reach the checkout.

 
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RE: PlanetSide 4/12/03 9:42am
I'm considering getting it. I'll probably have to stop at the beginning of the school year though. I could easily see myself as a buggy driver. Buggy driver that drives to a base to farm and provide support.

What I worry about is Team Killing/Damage. How will they handle this? Team Killing MUST be on, for all servers. Artillery splash damage or line of fire accidents or invasion outside, quick trigger finger accidents. They're all part of war, and totally necessary if you want to simulate it on the net.

How will they manage this? I would think a system similar to the GM system in UO, where if you feel it was purposeful you can contact a GM, and tell them your story and the players name. Then the GM will talk to the perpetrator, hear their side, and if they decide it was purposeful give them a strike? 3 strikes your out sounds better, but harsh if you plan on playing the game for a long time and sometimes meet with friends and do a friendly TK (like sometimes in BF1942 I'll TK 00033 joking around) and you only get to do this 3 times before you're banned? What about a week suspension with pay? If it happens again one month without pay?

Also, although I'm not quite done reading all about each vehicle (almost though) I see a lack of artillery vehicles, and a lack of large mothership type air, or sea vehicles. Part of BF1942 was the artillery. Scouts planting those Arty interface places are key to winning. Key to realism too.

Also I see a lack of farming options. I see mineral gathering with the ANTs, but not much else like turret building and maintaining, mine field deployment (Imagine a truck that could be used to deploy mines 10x more quickly and effeciently then a person, or 5 respectively. Then that'd open up options for mine detectors, sensors, and bomb disposal.)

What about good bombs? I haven't reread the weapons at all, but I don't remember seeing too many explosives other then various grenade types. What about a few different bombs? Say, base destruction bombs that take a minute or two of pure vulnerability to plant, with maybe a 5 minute timer? It'd open opportunities for insertion tactics and infiltration units. Or maybe traps, like a road great for a train of troops to thread through? Leave some bombs there (less destructive then a base buster) and sit back at a good position and wait. Or again bomb planting trucks.

Also I don't see the purpose of air vehicles. It seems that they are only equipped for dogfights? Why fight for control of the air if you're only going to use it for dropships? We need more bombers. The planes need bombs too. That's why BF1942 included planes. B17 for heavy bombing, fighters to take it down, the 2 person bomber for medium bombing with the fighters also to take it down. It gives those fighters a reason for being there. If they don't have bombers, then we'll be fighting for a sky we don't need.

That's it for most of my ideas towards the game, or concerns.

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[added Apr 12 2003 10:01AM]

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OH! What about Sea battles?

 

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RE: PlanetSide 4/12/03 10:27am
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Actually, that's exactly what I'll be trying to do. I'll try to be heir to Darth Maul's legacy. I'll be a Zabrak, and I'll probably start as a scout. However, I'm not entirely clear on the Jedi skills system, so I'll hold back from promises.

 

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