FFS, classes?  Seriously?

Ugh, this pisses me off more than being it F2P to be honest.  Way to crap all over Planetside, SOE.

Why classes in fucks name. The cool thing about Planetside was you could create your own class! Do I take a heavy weapon and grenadelauncher or heavy with medium or medium with Sniper rifle, all depending on the situation and what mood I was in. Hell, I even went Heavy weapon, heavy weapon at one time, switchign was faster then reloading.

I knew I shouldn't be reading up on this game because I KNOW SOE are gonna fuck it up like usual.

It went much further then this because you could make up your own inventory. You could even carry a third or fourth weapon if you wanted (no fast switch). Do I take two or five health kits etc etc. Man, this is really sad news.


 

From Wikipedia:

The hitscan method also precludes ballistics, as it cannot simulate any kind of movement other than a straight line, such as a parabolic arc or atmospheric resistance (including wind direction).^{[dubious – discuss]}

With advances in processing and internet bandwidth, it has become more practical to simulate the ballistic nature of real-world firearms in real-time games by using a more realistic "projectile" model, spawning bullets as actual game objects with mass and velocity and continuously simulating them until they reach their target.

They said ballistic simulation, and they mean it. Not Hitscan.

Originally posted by jmcdermottuk

It's going to be class based? Oh well, another one bites the dust. Scratch PS2 off the list.

 

Because everyone should have jetpacks, cloaks, heavy armor, sniper rifle, anti-tank rifle, machine gun, shotgun, anti-personel grenades, anti-tank grenades, shield pack, portable missile system, mortar and a pocket casino-mall.

And to add, have you read the class bases? You could go stuff like INF's with shotguns, and the customizations are a ton, the point made is that you can't have EVERYTHING SIMUTANEOUSLY, but you can have EVERYTHING.

Originally posted by Neherun

Originally posted by jmcdermottuk

It's going to be class based? Oh well, another one bites the dust. Scratch PS2 off the list.

 

Because everyone should have jetpacks, cloaks, heavy armor, sniper rifle, anti-tank rifle, machine gun, shotgun, anti-personel grenades, anti-tank grenades, shield pack, portable missile system, mortar and a pocket casino-mall.

And to add, have you read the class bases? You could go stuff like INF's with shotguns, and the customizations are a ton, the point made is that you can't have EVERYTHING SIMUTANEOUSLY, but you can have EVERYTHING.

 

 

Did you read this thread?

Did you play Planetside 1?

When you have done either (hint: look for an earlier post of mine regarding the kitting system of PS1), come back.

Until then stop wasting our time.

Originally posted by Rasputin

Originally posted by Neherun

Originally posted by jmcdermottuk

It's going to be class based? Oh well, another one bites the dust. Scratch PS2 off the list.

 

Because everyone should have jetpacks, cloaks, heavy armor, sniper rifle, anti-tank rifle, machine gun, shotgun, anti-personel grenades, anti-tank grenades, shield pack, portable missile system, mortar and a pocket casino-mall.

And to add, have you read the class bases? You could go stuff like INF's with shotguns, and the customizations are a ton, the point made is that you can't have EVERYTHING SIMUTANEOUSLY, but you can have EVERYTHING.

 

 

Did you read this thread?

Did you play Planetside 1?

 

When you have done either (hint: look for an earlier post of mine regarding the kitting system of PS1), come back.

Until then stop wasting our time.

Have you played Planetside 2?  Come back when you have.  Until then, quit wasting our time.

My guess is that they went a little cookie-cutter to attract traditional FPS players who are looking for something new.

I do like the thought of a personalized loadout kit though.