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, 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 system similar to other RPG's, and uses an offline clock to determine how and when you can advance like EvE online? Doesn't sound similar to the original cert process at all.

    Sep 12, 2011 1:02pm PDT
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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