Planetside 2?

[Rahl]

http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/27/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm

Discuss-

[MVTek]

I still say that SOE will never reach the level of subscribers that Blizzard has gotten with World of Warcraft. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, Planetside is more of a gamer's game... WoW tends to be a newb-fest a lot of the time (at lower levels).

But I only have the money for one MMO and I'm a WoWbie. Time to go raid Tauren Mill again.

[myrtar]

no indications of whether it's first-person or not, but i'm down with it if it's another mmo action title.

[mag]

I hope they decide to stay in the PlanetSide "world" per se... Already have a decent backstory.

[IncomingFire]

Rumors had already been going around of them starting to remove funding from planetside over the next year.....

[Sobekeus]

Those rumors are not new, infact there was a similar one that most people believed completely...then we got that shitbag called Core Combat.

[P0INTMAN]

on the likleyness of them removing funding from planetside, what would you all say the likleyness of it is?
im optimistic about it, not sure...

[Fragmatic]

on the likleyness of them removing funding from planetside, what would you all say the likleyness of it is?
im optimistic about it, not sure...

I'd say it's very likely, unfortunately.

[NeoPhoenixTE]

This is how rumors start people.

Seeing how PlanetSide has been "moderately successful" it's really up in the air.

On one hand, you have an established game with a fanbase running that just needs a boost.

On the other, you have a game that didn't live up to expectations.

So...yeah....had it said PS did terrible, then we may as well start writin our eulogies now. But...there is hope.

Time to lean on SOE via ForumSide.

[myrtar]

i quite honestly don't think PS is in any short-term danger.

i can't say why yet.

[mag]

Only game of its type on the market.

[P0INTMAN]

I'd say it's very likely, unfortunately.
only cuz your british and your line to it prolly sucks and you dont like lag because your line makes it hard :P

[P0INTMAN]

This is how rumors start people.

Seeing how PlanetSide has been "moderately successful" it's really up in the air.

On one hand, you have an established game with a fanbase running that just needs a boost.

On the other, you have a game that didn't live up to expectations.

So...yeah....had it said PS did terrible, then we may as well start writin our eulogies now. But...there is hope.

Time to lean on SOE via ForumSide.
agreed...its up in the air

[Hayoo]

i can't say why yet.

You can tell me, but then I'd have to kill you. ...wait, that's not how it goes, is it?

[IncomingFire]

Only game of its type on the market.
Your right but many new players don't like it because of what it is....a large scale tactical game instead of an rpg where you grind for days/kill same beast over and over for a sword or an fps where you just run around blowing crap up for 5-15 minutes before next map.

[mag]

With a bit more advertising (as evidenced by Marco's guerrilla campaign) I'd imagine SOE could reach some interested parties.

[TotalBiscuit]

only cuz your british and your line to it prolly sucks and you dont like lag because your line makes it hard :P

I assume this guy is joking and is not genuinely this stupid.

TB.

[P0INTMAN]

I assume this guy is joking and is not genuinely this stupid.

TB.
you are maybey one of the only people on this site that gets it, i joke...alot.

[mag]

Joking and trolling are two different things.

[P0INTMAN]

Joking and trolling are two different things.
but they can be done at the same time!
anyone who has talked with me on ts or even yim/aim knows i crack too many bad puns.
edit- i also thread hijack and take things off topic alot, too.

[Sobekeus]

You crack more than bad puns.

[TotalBiscuit]

He cracks mirrors.

HAHAHAHAHA

TB.

[tigersmith]

Guys I just hope for some game that is at least good enough for us planetside players even if it is not planetside 2. If it is Planetside 2 Kick ASS!

[P0INTMAN]

Guys I just hope for some game that is at least good enough for us planetside players even if it is not planetside 2. If it is Planetside 2 Kick ASS!
the only fps that has caught my attention even after ive tried quitting, is PS. if it goes down, well...bye bye to soe until PS-2

[Callaway]

Well, First time posting here... I think if it is PS2 then great bring it on. But one thing id like to point out but know if it has ever been done. Planetside Comercials(tv) or advertisement(websites). I heard of this game by word of mouth. If there was some sort of preview like you see for other games on tv, you may get a bigger audience. Hell if you show a nice 3 way battle at one base and people getting ready for a raid and moving into battle in a commercial put up like it was for a movie and tell people its actual game play... that would be such an eye grabber and spread the word of the game much more than it is now.

[Sputty]

I hope PS II is more simulationified, rather than 25-50 bullets required, it would take 5 bullets, as well as vehicles being weaker to certain weapons, but tanks for example, being invulnerable to anything but the heaviest AT weapons which would be expensive cert wise and difficult to use(requiring a huge amount of inv space) but would have more firepower and be more effective and aircraft! Oh boy, aircraft. The VTOL crafts are nice, but they don't act like helicopters and lose the best of both worlds. True "airplane" style flight characteristics, as well as VTOL aircraft would be better, VTOL craft would be gunships or transports, much like modern helis, designed for close support(something even reavers suck at doing in intense combat) and the airplanes would be designed for AA and powerful, but less adaptable, attacks. Galaxies would be a good mixture, allowing for multiple uses as they do now(high alt cargo style paradrops for aircraft safety and lower drops for surprise and quicker/easier ground combination)

[TSR-Joel]

Hmm...PlanetSide 2 sounds good to me...

[P0INTMAN]

Hmm...PlanetSide 2 sounds good to me...
going to give us any spoilers anytime soon?

[myrtar]

Following the success of the EverQuest series of massively multiplayer online games, Sony Online Entertainment is now working on an action MMO and will show the game off at E3, according to SOE president John Smedley.

Speaking to CNN Money, Smedley confirmed that the title will feature modern-day weaponry and said he's hopeful that it'll do better than PlanetSide, SOE's 2003 MMOFPS.

"We know what we're doing now and we're going to take it to the next level," he said.

He also hinted that an online strategy game is on the way too, despite the failure of previous effort Sovereign

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=58825

[TotalBiscuit]

I hope PS II is more simulationified, rather than 25-50 bullets required, it would take 5 bullets, as well as vehicles being weaker to certain weapons, but tanks for example, being invulnerable to anything but the heaviest AT weapons which would be expensive cert wise and difficult to use(requiring a huge amount of inv space) but would have more firepower and be more effective and aircraft! Oh boy, aircraft. The VTOL crafts are nice, but they don't act like helicopters and lose the best of both worlds. True "airplane" style flight characteristics, as well as VTOL aircraft would be better, VTOL craft would be gunships or transports, much like modern helis, designed for close support(something even reavers suck at doing in intense combat) and the airplanes would be designed for AA and powerful, but less adaptable, attacks. Galaxies would be a good mixture, allowing for multiple uses as they do now(high alt cargo style paradrops for aircraft safety and lower drops for surprise and quicker/easier ground combination)

If you want people to die fast then you need a game that is not CSHD and lagged as badly as it is. Also, it's a massive battle, chances are you're going to die a HELL OF A LOT.

TB.

[handballdemigod]

I also agree. Planetside is not a game for quick kills. There are way too many people coming from every direction. It would be impossible to take a base with multiple MA on its walls.

in my opinion, they should keep the physics, damage, and story. Then revamp everything else.

[Callaway]

And better advertising so more people get to see the greatness that is planetside. I never knew about the game cause I had my focus in Counter-strike when ps came out. If I knew about the game then I woulda Started playing it. PS is quite better then CS now in my perspective.

[AtmaWeapn]

I think a new MMOFPS would be great, and I think SOE can see that. I for one fear a bad PS copy with out the great weapons like the MCG, JH and lasher that will live on forever to me, even if PS ends. Think of a Planetside 2 without the things that make Planetside what it is, it would fail to bring the vets from Planetside 1 over and fail in its own way, even if they can hook the CS:Sers.

WW2 MMOFPS for teh lose!

Bring on NeoPlanetside

[myrtar]

i agree, i really like the future sci-fi setting. it gives the developers a lot more freedom.

i can only hope. and, of course, i'll try to get to e3 next year to see it for myself.

[NeoPhoenixTE]

NeoPlanetsideYou know, I can't help but snerk at that name.

[Sputty]

I also agree. Planetside is not a game for quick kills. There are way too many people coming from every direction. It would be impossible to take a base with multiple MA on its walls.

in my opinion, they should keep the physics, damage, and story. Then revamp everything else.
So instead of requiring tactics, you can just zerg because it takes 45 bullets to kill someone.

[Drsomewhere]

Hitboxes Ftw! My biggest beef

[SniperSteve]

in my opinion, they should keep the physics, damage, and story. Then revamp everything else.

Yep.

The storyline is cool, i love the 3 empires, but to bring MORE life into the game they may have to change their story.

I just got done looking at Huxley and its not the same type of game as PS.
I dont want to go on 'quests' i want to kill stuff.

[BizSAR]

Hey all,

I love PS as much as any player, but every MMOG has to end at some point. The technology moves on, better things come along, etc. My hope is that even though PS is supposedly "moderately successful", SOE and/or other gaming companys take note and we see a logical game to migrate to once it's all over for PS. Like what's been said, there isn't any other game quite like it.

[acespacer]

i remember hearing rumers about a planetside 2 and read something like that they woudent name it "planetside 2" and have u seen the frist pics of planetside and the stuff removed or changed...

[Aut]

I seriously hope there is a planetside 2, I would preorder so fast . . .

[minignu]

Woooooo thread necromancy.....

But anyway it's unlikely SOE will throw money at another PS. Sad but true.

[DennisTheMenace]

I love to post this http://66.129.87.69/candidate/default.cfm?szTemplate=3&szOrderID=1495
Sr. Game Designer
Job Title Location Date
Sr. Game Designer Seattle, WA Aug 4
Requirements
SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT
Position Title: Sr. Game Designer
Location: Seattle, WA

Sony Online Entertainment is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation and Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment. SOE produces and distributes online entertainment targeted to mainstream consumers and game enthusiasts and owns and manages The Station@sony.com, one of the leading online entertainment networks. SOE also works with Sony's U.S. operating companies in the area of online advertising and sponsorship sales. We are headquartered in San Diego with offices in Austin and Seattle.

Primary Responsibilities:
• Create design documents/specifications for systems and tools from scratch
• Create design synopsis that may become full game designs or usable toolsets
• Analyzing and improving upon current design documents and concept documents
• Research on other titles and art forms to improve on game designs
• Communicate design goals to fellow game designers
• Help to deliver a finely tuned massively multi-player game
• Scripting of game-specific behavior using game specific tools
• Development of balanced game data and entry of said data into game databases
• Assist in the development of game maps
• Development of game fiction, scenarios and backstory

Requirements:
• Prior design experience on a first person shooter or a third person action related title.
• Design experience on multi-player or massively multi-player titles.
• Extensive experience playing massively multi-player online games.
• Working knowledge of Word, Excel and other office software.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must.
• Ability to work alone and in a team environment.
• Experience working with common and/or proprietary programming or scripting languages

Preferred, but not required:
• Prior experience with Unreal development.
• DBA experience.

SOE is an equal opportunity employer.
Benefits
Compensation/Benefits: Sony Online Entertainment offers a competitive salary and a generous benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, 401K, Vision and additional perks.

[Biohazzard56]

Hopefully its UE2 or 2.5. I couldnt imagine any MMOFPS running at playable frames using UE 3.

For all you nubs:

UE2 is the engine that powers, UT2k3/UT2k4. UE 2.5 is the engine that powers Unreal Championship 2. And UE 3 is the new fancy engine.

[land_leech]

He cracks mirrors.

HAHAHAHAHA

TB.

He dosn't crack, but he smokes crack! :D


Your right but many new players don't like it because of what it is....a large scale tactical game instead of an rpg where you grind for days/kill same beast over and over for a sword or an fps where you just run around blowing crap up for 5-15 minutes before next map.

YAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also agree that is pintless to kill the same things over and over in a multipalyer game. I guess people sometimes cant cope with the fact that in PlanetSide, these are real people with unique tactics and some play day in and day out, thus they get owned by the same guy about 30 times. It's time to adapt. ]:o

[DviddLeff]

Id be a very happy man if PS2 was announced, heres my wishlist:

Dynamic Lighting (Night Fighting foo'!)
Buildable Bases
Territory Control
Urban Combat
Multi Crewed BFRs (no single player death machines, proper, 3-4 people heavy vehicles).
Empire Specific everything.
Outfit Cruisers
Multi Crew Gunships
Air Fighter Craft
Outfit Alliances
Outfit Mergers
Outfit Divisions
More customisation of character
Less roles per char (teamwork is what we need, not one man armies... no more air cav hotdropping HA-agile, do anything killwhores
No Infantry 3rd Person
Special Forces tools (grappling hooks, zip lines, silenced weapons)
No red names on enemies.
Better grenade system
Deployable infantry weapons (Morters, MG, etc)
Headshots
Better physics
Smoke Grenades
Door Breaching
Context sensitive orders keys for SLs
No perma CR5 rank, let us be able to get rid of the tards from /c chat.

[land_leech]

Id be a very happy man if PS2 was announced, heres my wishlist:

Dynamic Lighting (Night Fighting foo'!)
Buildable Bases
Territory Control
Urban Combat
Multi Crewed BFRs (no single player death machines, proper, 3-4 people heavy vehicles).
Empire Specific everything.
Outfit Cruisers
Multi Crew Gunships
Air Fighter Craft
Outfit Alliances
Outfit Mergers
Outfit Divisions
More customisation of character
Less roles per char (teamwork is what we need, not one man armies... no more air cav hotdropping HA-agile, do anything killwhores
No Infantry 3rd Person
Special Forces tools (grappling hooks, zip lines, silenced weapons)
No red names on enemies.
Better grenade system
Deployable infantry weapons (Morters, MG, etc)
Headshots
Better physics
Smoke Grenades
Door Breaching
Context sensitive orders keys for SLs
No perma CR5 rank, let us be able to get rid of the tards from /c chat.

Thats, pretty much, a sumeriztion of what has come out of the Idealab so far. I love it! PS2 FTW!!!!!

DEVS READ MY LIPS: P-l-a-n-e-t S-i-d-e 2!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yaya!!!

[Cyphaze]

I hope PS II is more simulationified, rather than 25-50 bullets required, it would take 5 bullets, as well as vehicles being weaker to certain weapons, but tanks for example, being invulnerable to anything but the heaviest AT weapons which would be expensive cert wise and difficult to use(requiring a huge amount of inv space) but would have more firepower and be more effective and aircraft! Oh boy, aircraft. The VTOL crafts are nice, but they don't act like helicopters and lose the best of both worlds. True "airplane" style flight characteristics, as well as VTOL aircraft would be better, VTOL craft would be gunships or transports, much like modern helis, designed for close support(something even reavers suck at doing in intense combat) and the airplanes would be designed for AA and powerful, but less adaptable, attacks. Galaxies would be a good mixture, allowing for multiple uses as they do now(high alt cargo style paradrops for aircraft safety and lower drops for surprise and quicker/easier ground combination)
/agree 100%

I've always wanted more realistic damage, physics, and especially flight mechanics. Three point-blank shotgun blasts or 13 bullets to kill somebody is cartoony at best.

Basically, a futuristic, massively multiplayer version of the Battlefield games would be nice.

And by the looks of it, that's what's gonna happen: "Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is focusing on more modern weapons this time around." Unless this was pure speculation on the part of CNN, there will be no PlanetSide 2, but something modern and present-day.

[Kam]

My beef has always been the lack of hitboxes and the seemingly random ability of bullets to kill me through solid walls (and I'm not talking about the lag issue). Fix those two things and it will be much better.

[firestormrct]

E3 on G4! Maybe we will see it... I don't want it to be "realistic". America's Army is the "Realistic" game I play, and it just wouldn't work for an MMO-FPS.

[myrtar]

don't get too excited.

we discussed this a bit at the fan faire. it won't be planetside 2, as nobody from the ps team is involved.

i don't expect to see anything at all.

[Fragmatic]

Woah, bumpage anyone?

[Hezzy]

I can't wait for the Phantasm. Did they say why it took so long to release it, martyr?

[mag]

http://sonyonline.com/corp/company_info/Bios/john_smedley2004.jpg

[Marinealver]

customizable bases
starship battles
aquatic and submersible vehicles
empire supreme commander

am I expecting too much from them?

[Marinealver]

Id be a very happy man if PS2 was announced, heres my wishlist:

Dynamic Lighting (Night Fighting foo'!)
Buildable Bases
Territory Control
Urban Combat
Multi Crewed BFRs (no single player death machines, proper, 3-4 people heavy vehicles).
Empire Specific everything.
Outfit Cruisers
Multi Crew Gunships
Air Fighter Craft
Outfit Alliances
Outfit Mergers
Outfit Divisions
More customisation of character
Less roles per char (teamwork is what we need, not one man armies... no more air cav hotdropping HA-agile, do anything killwhores
No Infantry 3rd Person
Special Forces tools (grappling hooks, zip lines, silenced weapons)
No red names on enemies.
Better grenade system
Deployable infantry weapons (Morters, MG, etc)
Headshots
Better physics
Smoke Grenades
Door Breaching
Context sensitive orders keys for SLs
No perma CR5 rank, let us be able to get rid of the tards from /c chat.

Forgot space stations and starships with system jump abalities. And by System Jump I mean server jump as in traveling from emerald to johari.

Also some urban style sanctuaries with real empire artwork and themes. I can Imagine a VS sanc city with alien archatecture while TR hase alot of military leaders as statues and NC has some nice statues of egals or something.

[Marinealver]

Oh and I forgot 1 thing and it is probibily the most important thing too.

NERF THOSE DAMN TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Secant]

Oh and I forgot 1 thing and it is probibily the most important thing too.

NERF THOSE DAMN TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tank-stopping shrubbery.