Goumindong
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I will probably be playing this. I need a repayable FPS in my game lineup. I don't really have one I am that interested in.
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Surlyboi
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I am softening my "Fuck this game" theme with the new info, but not by much.
Ha! Heh. Ahem. I'll be in. I loved Planetside but the intervening years haven't been kind to online gameplay jackassery or my tolerance thereof. So we'll see the level of commitment I have to sparkle republic. Sparkle Conglomerate be damned, I'll be there, but my, "we're catering to a playerbase that'll bail on us as soon as Black Ops 2 launches", sense is still tingling. |
Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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It's either that or cater to the player base who will bail as soon as Guild Wars 2 launches.
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Malakili
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It's either that or cater to the player base who will bail as soon as Guild Wars 2 launches.
Well, or cater to the 10k people who have proven they care about a proper MMOFPS - but yeah, that isn't realistic. |
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Surlyboi
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It's either that or cater to the player base who will bail as soon as Guild Wars 2 launches.
Doubtful. Two vastly different audiences. 'Side GW2 will launch before this thing is out of beta. |
Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Yeah, my timing was off.
My point was that if I was SOE, I'd be more interested in the massive market of online FPS players than the much smaller, just as fickle group of MMORPG players. Especially if I could get it out on the PS3 as well as the PC.
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Surlyboi
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Yeah, but that still is probably the wrong audience. Or at least, the wrong audience to cater solely to. If you want stickiness, you've got to throw something in there that makes people want to stay rather than jump ship when generic shooter 1138 drops.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Gets
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They said they're done with invites for a week or so. No need to F5 your mailbox.
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Sky
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Well, or cater to the 10k people who have proven they care about a proper MMOFPS - but yeah, that isn't realistic.
That's really the thing. You can sit and point at where PS1 stumbled from it's amazing potential, but that's not going to sell it to the suits. They just see a product that limped along for years. My opinion is just to take it at face value and if it's fun, awesome. If not, oh well, at least they tried. And really, if they can recoup development plus a nice egg on top from the fickle on both sides we could see another PS1 situation where the game stays live for years while still getting some development time. Which, if the game is fun, is not the worst thing. There is no way it's going to be seen as a success by the suits at SOE, expectations for mmo/f2p stuff is so bubbled right now. |
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They said they're done with invites for a week or so. No need to F5 your mailbox.
Where'd you get this information? I ask because I have it on good authority that this is bollocks. |
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Goumindong
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Yea, i just got a mail inviting me into the technical test. [Their confidentiality agreement does not prohibit confirming you're in the beta, just saying anything other than that.]
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Surlyboi
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What Goumindong said...
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Gets
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They said they're done with invites for a week or so. No need to F5 your mailbox.
Where'd you get this information? I ask because I have it on good authority that this is bollocks. Yeah, I should have thunk twice before believing Smedley's tweets. |
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Mrbloodworth
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Yea, i just got a mail inviting me into the technical test. [Their confidentiality agreement does not prohibit confirming you're in the beta, just saying anything other than that.]
What are your machine specs if I my ask? |
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Mrbloodworth
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John Smedley @j_smedley
Monday or Tuesday of next week. Absolutely not sure which. Can't guarantee either day for sure. That's best info for now Hes talking about beta. Also: John Smedley @j_smedley
Surprise. A bit more tech test invites being sent out. |
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LK
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Reposting patch notes and forum posts to build enthusiasm for a product, I get. But retweeting to a forum?  |
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Mrbloodworth
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Twitter is the main info feed for the Tech test and beta. Those two tweets directly address the current thread conversation.
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Goumindong
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Yea, i just got a mail inviting me into the technical test. [Their confidentiality agreement does not prohibit confirming you're in the beta, just saying anything other than that.]
What are your machine specs if I my ask? I do not believe the specifications of my machine could be construed to be confidential information. Intel Core i7 2600 16GB ram[way more than i need] 64 bit windows 7 on an OCZ 64GB solid state drive with a 2 TB Hitachi 5200 RPM drive for data/programs 1GB AMD Radeon HD 6670 |
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Surlyboi
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For comparison's sake:
2.7ghz i7
16 gigs of RAM
Doze 7 on a 768gig SSD
1gig GT650M pushing 2880 x 1800
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Sky
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Fully badass trailer.
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Gets
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Falconeer
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Jet Packs? Do I have a black hole in my memory? I don't remember stupid jet packs on pedestrians in Planetside. This wasn't supposed to be another fuckin Tribes, was it? Disappointment.
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Trippy
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PlanetSide did not have jet picks. However in PlanetSide 2 the Light Assault class does.
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Surlyboi
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Fuckin' barney cloakers...
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Lantyssa
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It was just a dream sequence. No NC could ever be that effective.
The roommate did point out how it was true to PS1 though: NC and TR fighting it out in an epic battle, then the Vanu show up going, "Hai guys!".
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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So apparently I need to check my email more often... |
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brellium
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It was just a dream sequence. No NC could ever be that effective.
The roommate did point out how it was true to PS1 though: NC and TR fighting it out in an epic battle, then the Vanu show up going, "Hai guys!".
In all our fights it was always the NC coming along with the "Hai guys!" Usually just through dicking around with a platoon playing tower defense. |
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Trippy
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When I played Vanu had a pop disadvantage so it was us (NC) against TR most of the time. Which was fine with me since since that meant more OP chain guns to collect |
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Mrbloodworth
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So apparently I need to check my email more often...  |
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Yoru
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Sounds like they've got a few more problems to iron out before closed beta. Keep it in your pants for another week. |
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MediumHigh
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I'm sorta looking forward to this, but do you think this game will accommodate solo players who just can't grab a clan worth of friends to an mmo.
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Gets
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Absolutely. It's an FPS. Being in a squad, even a random one, has its advantages though and there's plenty of pubbie platoons out there that take aboard anyone if you're looking for more co-op style gameplay.
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MediumHigh
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Cool. The only thing left to know is how reasonable is the time of death.
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