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    Jeff Mattas posted a new article, PlanetSide 2's maps are four square miles each.

    Sony Online Entertainment reveals that the upcoming massively-multiplayer shooter PlanetSide 2 will include continental-sized, 8x8 kilometer battle maps.
    Oct 26, 2011 12:45pm PDT
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    Jeff Mattas posted a new article, PlanetSide 2's maps are four square miles each.

    Sony Online Entertainment reveals that the upcoming massively-multiplayer shooter PlanetSide 2 will include continental-sized, 8x8 kilometer battle maps. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • sounds promising, will give it a go when it comes out for sure. : Wiz74
    • How does that compare to Planetside 1? : PointlesS76
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      Math is wrong. 8 kilometers = 4.97 miles. So 8 km. * 8 km. = 64 sq.km. = 4.97 mi. * 4.97 mi. = 24.7 sq.mi... : Lung Fu Mo ShiThis person is cool!
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        :: insert highly inappropriate joke here about the asian guy correcting everyones math :: : squigiliwams
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          What's sad is that I'm really a white guy that like the Dragon/Tiger username. : Lung Fu Mo ShiThis person is cool!
          • Rey rook our yerbs! : MercFox1
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      Didn't you say 4 square miles earlier? : Onumis
      • This post was edited for accuracy. : XAVdeMATOS
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      so what if it devolves into a "slaughter". Wars are often lopsided. If your side is caught shorthanded, ... : cell9song
      • I don't think that's what he's talking about. That situation already exists in Planetside 1, and they acc... : MercFox1
      • Oh come on, no "one sided slaughters" is just dumb. This is the same mentality that creates dustbowl and... : aliasThis person is cool!
      • One sided fights aren't fun though. What usually happens with games like this, is one faction attracts t... : ManiacalMoose
    • To put the scale of things in further perspective, Higby pointed out one of the individual courtyards for : MercFox1
    • They're calling that a "continent"? : Sailor of Fortune
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      New twitter image that just got posted new AMP Base http://yfrog.com/z/nzjsqpfj : LickurightThis person is cool!
      • ATTN: MercFox1 : EricZBA
      • And another: http://www.planetside-universe.com/media/main/psnext/screenshots/trcommlink.jpg Looks aw... : atom519This person is cool!
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      So 2.2x2.2miles. In a craft going 60mph equivalent it would take 2 mins to cross te "continent"? Seems l... : grandmasterleeThis person is cool!
      • Uhh.. no. 4.97x4.97 miles. So, assuming you could move in an entirely straight line along a flat plane at... : Alexrose