|
I was 'lucky' enough to be in the open beta also. In the short term the game IS great. But the biggest problem is the lack of adherence to the idea of the game. Planetside is designed to have a squad (or a platoon) of people organized together for battles. However, 99% of the time, squads end up getting split up and not being the teams they were intended to be. In the 4-5 weeks I played Planetside, I found 1 squad that actually worked together, and that night was AWESOME. We took on multiple squads more than once and won because we worked together instead of as 10 solo people sharing xp. IF when people start paying to play the game, they actually get the idea of working as teams instead of individuals, the game will be great (but I don't think that will happen in the first 6 months of gameplay). Another thing though, the xp system got fixed. After they changed the xp system the last time, I made a new toon. Got BR3 before leaving sanctuary (from VR training) and it took me as long to get to BR7 then as it took me to get my first toon to BR17. The xp slowed down alot. I'm not gonna buy the game anytime soon, but around December (when I get really bored again) I'll look into it I'm sure.
|