Not the best start when one of their poll pages says list the following in order of importance (1-15) and then there are 16 options......

Just giving them trouble, it's nice that they're at least pretending to take in user interest up front. Will be interesting to see if they use it or not.

Hands down the most fun I've had in any MMO.  One reason why I'm looking forward to Global Agenda.  Hey, at least it might be close to re-capturing the essence, who knows.  However, if Planetside2 is for real, I'll be the first in line to sign up.

Originally posted by SnarlingWolf

Not the best start when one of their poll pages says list the following in order of importance (1-15) and then there are 16 options......

 

Just giving them trouble, it's nice that they're at least pretending to take in user interest up front. Will be interesting to see if they use it or not.

LOL, I saw that too and forgot to mention it in my previous post.  That was pretty funny actually.  Yes, not a good way to start. 

Oh well, numbering them from 1 to 16 worked anyway.

For the record: Planetside2.com was already a registered domain. The original owner of it was contacted by legal authorities and was warned to turn over the site to SOE immediately or face legal actions. Soon afterward it was changed to redirect you to planetside.com and then we started receiving the emails.

ITS OFFICIAL!

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/post/3121424/Planetside-2-OFFICIAL.html#3121424

Dont waste time with above poster, its just a link to the survey again.

One thing there was talk about but we never saw was air bases, maybe mobile.  That would be awesome.

The best MMO news I've heard all year!

Originally posted by wormywyrm

Dont waste time with above poster, its just a link to the survey again.

One thing there was talk about but we never saw was air bases, maybe mobile.  That would be awesome.

Oh really?

As you may have heard, we're planning to expand the PlanetSide universe with another game and we need your help with the design. After all, who knows games better than you, our customers, the people who actually play! Don’t worry about the original PlanetSide, it isn’t going anywhere.

I thought you'd be able to pick THAT up...

It will be interesting to see where they go with it. PS is my main game and has been for 6 years, so I have mixed feelings.

The problem I see is they will want to buff the graphics big time to get the 'ooh pwettty' crowd and this will take away the main draw for me. PS is the only mmo I've played that actually 'felt' like an fps and the dated graphics are how they can achieve this.

On the survey for priority emelments, I had to put 'anti-hack' 3 times I hope they get the message.

Curious to see how they can make a sequel without closing down the original.

Everquest and Everquest 2 are completely different games, would Planetside 2 be any good if it was completely different to Planetside?

Originally posted by MikeB 

After all, who knows the game better than you, our customers, the people who actually play it! Don't worry about the original PlanetSide, it isn't going anywhere.

While this sounds like interesting news, when did SOE start believing their customers know best? Also, a bit skeptical of any promises from them just based on past experience.

I'd love to see this game succeed, but for now I'll be cautiously optimistic :)

As Darkfall took some pointers from Planetside and come up with some good features, SOE must take a look at Darkfall working concept and apply its good points to Planetside 2. Bases clans can build and defend so it a game of territorial control, not endless base to base hopping like Planetside 1 that got repetitive in the end. Make it a RTS where players fill the roles, so there resources gathering, protecting and escorting. Let the players create the wars between them and control the land to be fought for.

Originally posted by mrw0lf

It will be interesting to see where they go with it. PS is my main game and has been for 6 years, so I have mixed feelings.

The problem I see is they will want to buff the graphics big time to get the 'ooh pwettty' crowd and this will take away the main draw for me. PS is the only mmo I've played that actually 'felt' like an fps and the dated graphics are how they can achieve this.

On the survey for priority emelments, I had to put 'anti-hack' 3 times I hope they get the message.

That's funny because I put that three times as well in the comment section at the end of the survey.  I put something like:

"Anti-hacking, anti-hacking, and oh, by the way, did I mention anti-hacking?  That's one of the top reasons I am not playing."

Also, I agree and hope they don't make it too pretty.  That just lowers performance and increases desktop crashes.  Make it playable!

Originally posted by IAmMMO

As Darkfall took some pointers from Planetside and come up with some good features, SOE must take a look at Darkfall working concept and apply its good points to Planetside 2. Bases clans can build and defend so it a game of territorial control, not endless base to base hopping like Planetside 1 that got repetitive in the end. Make it a RTS where players fill the roles, so there resources gathering, protecting and escorting. Let the players create the wars between them and control the land to be fought for.

Funny you say that. If you actually posted the first year of Planetside in the forums and talked with the Developers, they already ahd this idea. They wanted to implement it but were all reassigned to different projects.

The good ideas have been at SOE all alone. They just need to weed through the BS cry babies and go for the jugular this time around. Forget what they thought they knew, and move on to what we have been telling them for 6+ years....