PlanetSide 2 will be free to play

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  I hope all the paid for items are cosmetic. I'm not a fan of the free to play w/ microtransactions to un... : pigvomit
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    I think they can (and will) do more than cosmetic upgrades. For instance your default might be an allowan... : cell9song
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      Higby mentioned an idea revolving around the skill training system. I think he said that, since your skil... : MercFox1
      • Actually, I should clarify, I don't think they've figured out if your skills train faster while online or... : MercFox1
  • It will most likely be the way a lot of F2P games work these days: You can unlock stuff by playing long e... : OverloadUT
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  Hah hah, finally these MMO guys realize that it'll be F2P in a year anyway, just do it out of the gate. : Dynotaku
  • Yeah no shit, now they just need to learn how to make a great game. : Porkasaurus
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    Why would they, when they can milk their excited fanbase for $60 + $15 for the first year? : Haxim
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      because those people don't make up for how many more people will try the game at a price of free and you ... : derelict515
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        They'll capture those free players when the make it f2p in a year though. : Haxim
        • Maybe not because people might have moved onto something else by then. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • Generally I agree, but the original PS is still $15/mo. : atom519
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  I'm eager to see what Higby and Smedley come up with! This means PS2 will have a ton of players guarantee... : MercFox1
  • Yeah, the 3 way stalemate fights got old fast once the population went away. : fractured_sanity
  • Yeah, I wasn't going to play the game if there was a monthly fee but I'll give it a shot now. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  Oh all the F2P models to be inspired by, why LoL... : Machinaeclipse
  • You make it sound as if there weren't F2P games before LoL... : Bensam123
  • Sofar the only F2P models I've been exposed to are convenience based or pay to win, and with LoL being a ... : fractured_sanity
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  I would rather pay $50 for a game then have it riddled with advertisements, transaction pitfalls, microtr... : Bensam123
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    and then you want to pay $15/mo right? : derelict515
    • That depends on if it has constant content updates and not one every 9 months or so... TF2 had more conte... : Bensam123
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  MERCFOX1's REDDIT AMA INFO "DUMP OF DOOM" ITT:
  
  A bunch of this information has been out for a while, but some extra details were posted from Higby, Creative Director on PS2.
  
  - Spawn on squadmember will not work indoors and is not intented to be the primary way to spawn. (HOLLLLLY SHIIITTTTT \m/!!!!)
  - Higby is a huge fan of the original certification process, so they're staying as true to that as possible.
  - Day and night cycles are IN
  - Locational damage is IN
  - Weather system (with gameplay affecting details) is IN
  - Many vehicles from PS1 made the port over
  - BR20 is "current max, not final max"
  - Cross-empire chat is not currently restricted (awesome, I can't wait for the hate tells YESSSSSS)
  - Customizable MAXes
  - Not a current plan for recertification (I spent a minute thinking about this, and if you train up certs over time, this may not be an issue) (Later comments confirm that this won't be an issue)
  - "no bfrs"
  - "suck it, barney"
  - Higby really likes boats and sea combat (SUCK IT, BF3) (Probably won't be launch though)
  - Classes will be recognizable (shoot for the medic!)
  - You may be able to heal yourself without a discrete medic (through medkits), but they're still working on it
  - SIMULATED BALLISTICS!!!!!
  - XP system is largely the same, with an Assist system to alleviate KS issues
  - You do NOT need leadership skills to head an outfit (lol Outfit leader quits, everything crashes)
  - NO PLANS FOR PRONE!!!!! (PS1 didn't have prone so no big deal here)
  
  

  Sep 12, 2011 12:47pm PDT
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  MERCFOX1's REDDIT AMA INFO "DUMP OF DOOM" ITT: A bunch of this information has been out for a while, b... : MercFox1
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    AMA request: MercFox1 (xpost from /chatty) self.chatty : Fenring42
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      what a karma whore, seriously : Arctic Fox
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        omg you haven't been eaten by the indigenous lifeforms! : MercFox1
        • no, although a newborn baby does take up a surprising amount of one's time : Arctic Fox
  • This is awesome, thanks Free 2 play means more cannon fodder to be vaporized with an orbital strike, imo : sergeon
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    I don't understand that comment about the original cert process. Isn't this one a tree-based skill s... : atom519
    • I think I just read something where, based on your Battle Rank, you can pick from a number of the "traine : MercFox1
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    I dont like the sound of locational damage. With 2k people on a map half of them will be snipers. That... : Beady
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      Locational damage was in Planetside 1 and they never had that problem... : MercFox1
      • Granted I haven't played the game in a long time, and maybe it was only added for some of the post-launch... : noxiousgg
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        Your mistaken. The only locational damage they had was for the BFRs shield generator. Headshots on soldie... : Beady
        • I'm like 99% sure there were different damage values for headshots at some point, but I may be mistaken o... : MercFox1
      • I don't believe original PS had any locational damage. : atom519
      • What? No it wasn't unless they added it in the last year or so. : DerHuhnTeufel
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    No recerting? Goddamnit. : ArcKnight
    • Ahhhhh, I'm not too worried about that one. If they end up implementing the "slotting" mechanic, it just ... : MercFox1
  • Can someone translate this list for us who never played the first one? : sanchez
  • btw, the weather system in the current PS is actually pretty badass for how old it is. Besides the k... : atom519
  • This sounds AWESOME! valcan_s horns approved! \m/ I really hope they go all out on the environmental a... : dewdman
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    Are there head shots? : damageundone
    • Yes, headshots are in. From what I read, they are using different damage multipliers based on weapon and... : atom519
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  ammo will not be, however : grandmasterlee
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    Haha. Think how that would affect gameplay. : FuryVII
    • Achievement Unlocked: Desperately chuck your empty pistol at the onrushing enemy. : riptyde
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  MY PURPLE RIFLE IS THE MOST ACCURATE BUT HAS THE HIGHEST DAMAGER FALLOFF AT RANGE!!! fuck planetside. Su... : Liquid
  • I always loved how all of this super advanced weaponry couldn't even shoot as far as a medieval longbow. : DerHuhnTeufel
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  I think the anger from some MMO players about F2P is sometimes pretty overblown. Asia has been doing it f... : cell9song
  • How many f2p games from asia do you know about and are played regularly here in the US? Free doesn't m... : Bensam123
• I'm totally okay with this model. : Fred Garvin
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  F2P usually means "spend money to win". No thanks. : 0mar
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    Not the LoL style of F2P. : MercFox1
    • Only F2P game I enjoyed so far. Any game with a battlefield heroes model will make me stay as far away as... : Johnnsen
  • Quakelive just makes you suffer through ads. I think they said that it wasn't really working buisness wi... : Pneum0