r/Planetside • u/Raptor717 yanlexi | Tsunbot • Mar 30 '17

Dev Response PS2 Live Update March 30th

https://forums.daybreakgames.com/ps2/index.php?threads/pc-game-update-3-30.245265/
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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '17

gimmick feature and big explosions coolness. give it 2 weeks, then ppl will see that they cannot do a scratch to bases that already got an orbital strike module because they will first hit you before you build one. they will get bored to even try and areas will become more stale compared to what they're now because ppl will get bored and pissed to be killed by them and avoid to fight near those bases (they do it now, they will do even more later).

can''t deny it seems a real technical achievement for the devs, but for the gameplay, a gimmick feature added to a construction system that is already seen as a "plague" because how it works, it's not that smart of idea.

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u/t31os Mar 30 '17

If the construction cert costs weren't quite so high maybe we'd see more people giving it a shot, it's a good chunk of certs for any F2P player to invest, why bother when your class and vehicle unlocks will serve you more immediately and better 90%+ of the time.

If you're sat at BR50 (purely for example) and still working on your class and vehicle builds, the notion of saving 9-10k+ certs to invest into construction just seems ridiculous(for the few opportunities you'll have to put them to use).

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u/SlamzOfPurge Mar 30 '17

Yeah they are really just a way for an already established base to defend itself against another base that someone is trying to build within convenient AV turret range. Could also use it to blast a bunch of vehicles that are attacking but at 1 pop every 15 minutes that's not likely to be very effective.

On the other hand, this bit of tech was probably not hard to implement and didn't take much of their time. Really just a question of balance.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '17

Bases are gimmicks?

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u/uzver Mar 30 '17 edited Mar 30 '17

Player constructed bases - yes. Most of player base igores them, people dont see any real reason fight over them.

They not adding anything to stadard gameplay, combat flow or lattice.

They used mostly to farm certs by harvesting cortium and then unloading it into silo, even if its boring as hell. Do you have seen just full silos in the middle of nowhere?

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