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Originally posted by rendus
Where are all these amazing battles when I log on?  One of you guys should jump in here and let us know when something epic is going down.  One guy came on here talking about how big his squad was, and I commented on how with those numbers they could really swamp an AO during a squad-op, and then asked when they did their ops.  No response.

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Yes someone please do this. I used to log on Sunday afternoons because you were guaranteed to see at least a few decent battles, but that stopped a while ago. Now the big battles are far less periodic.

When you guys get a 80 vs 80 or so fight going post it here. You can't bitch about this being a haters forum when there isn't any good news and your only posts here are trying to defend the failed decisions or latest gaffe by the developers.

Originally posted by Silky303
Arbitrary figures to define what is fun ftw!

 

I've said it a million times:  the more people in a battle the less the quirks and bugs bother me.  

Originally posted by Silky303
I've had great fights when it's 2 vs 2 over a particular CP or when it's a 20 man armour column

Obviously more is better but it's stupid to write battles off because there's less then x people involved

I think the underlining issue here though is that these are the only kind of battles you hear about. You never hear about grand battles being faught with a hundred or so players on each side.

Was it fun? Sure. But the main selling point of an MMOFPS (well, at least for me) is the expectations of massive battles that make you feel like you're fighting a war. If I wanted exciting 10v10 or 24v24 skirmishes I would go play the other tactical shooters I have installed.. and save $19 a month.

Originally posted by Zbus

Originally posted by Karu403

you all make this into the WWIIOL hate forum.  

 

i make this into the WWIIOL " taunt the haters " forum.

 

you all having fun playing Planetside2 yet ??

If the game keeps going downhill like it has been you might be joining the all these so called haters in Planetside 2 yourself. How ironic would that be lol.

na, my other games are Race07 and TDU2.

How can you tell how many players were involved in a certain city fight?

Do you  actually log on both sides, count the players and then decide to keep playing?

Originally posted by pittpete

How can you tell how many players were involved in a certain city fight?

Do you  actually log on both sides, count the players and then decide to keep playing?

It's pretty easy to tell. Generally, when I don't find many people to shoot at, I leave.

Originally posted by Silky303
I've had great fights when it's 2 vs 2 over a particular CP or when it's a 20 man armour column

Obviously more is better but it's stupid to write battles off because there's less then x people involved

Well, except for the fact you could be paying money monthly for what's meant to be a MMO.

Originally posted by UristMcDwarf

Originally posted by Silky303
I've had great fights when it's 2 vs 2 over a particular CP or when it's a 20 man armour column

Obviously more is better but it's stupid to write battles off because there's less then x people involved

 

I think the underlining issue here though is that these are the only kind of battles you hear about. You never hear about grand battles being faught with a hundred or so players on each side.

 

Was it fun? Sure. But the main selling point of an MMOFPS (well, at least for me) is the expectations of massive battles that make you feel like you're fighting a war. If I wanted exciting 10v10 or 24v24 skirmishes I would go play the other tactical shooters I have installed.. and save $19 a month.

 

Theres 100 vs 100 fights every day. Currently diest is going on, epic fight as well.

Originally posted by MouzurX

Originally posted by UristMcDwarf

Originally posted by Silky303
I've had great fights when it's 2 vs 2 over a particular CP or when it's a 20 man armour column

Obviously more is better but it's stupid to write battles off because there's less then x people involved

 

I think the underlining issue here though is that these are the only kind of battles you hear about. You never hear about grand battles being faught with a hundred or so players on each side.

 

Was it fun? Sure. But the main selling point of an MMOFPS (well, at least for me) is the expectations of massive battles that make you feel like you're fighting a war. If I wanted exciting 10v10 or 24v24 skirmishes I would go play the other tactical shooters I have installed.. and save $19 a month.

 

Theres 100 vs 100 fights every day. Currently diest is going on, epic fight as well.

I call BS on that.

Originally posted by MouzurX

Originally posted by UristMcDwarf

Originally posted by Silky303
I've had great fights when it's 2 vs 2 over a particular CP or when it's a 20 man armour column

Obviously more is better but it's stupid to write battles off because there's less then x people involved

 

I think the underlining issue here though is that these are the only kind of battles you hear about. You never hear about grand battles being faught with a hundred or so players on each side.

 

Was it fun? Sure. But the main selling point of an MMOFPS (well, at least for me) is the expectations of massive battles that make you feel like you're fighting a war. If I wanted exciting 10v10 or 24v24 skirmishes I would go play the other tactical shooters I have installed.. and save $19 a month.

 

 Currently diest is going on, epic fight as well.

Currently there are 21 Axis troops in Diest.  27 around Gouvy, 9 in Schweich and finally 5 in St. Tru.

If they were all concentrated in one AO you'd have a heck of a battle.  But they're spread across four.  

Nicht Kleckern sondern Klotzen!

4 AO's?

I thought the game was lucky to have 1?

Originally posted by pittpete

4 AO's?

I thought the game was lucky to have 1?

Would to God they had everybody in one massive AO!  

No, let's spread everybody all over the map to hell and back.  So instead of epic battles you have these little skirmishes.

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Originally posted by Silky303
Arbitrary figures to define what is fun ftw!80 players? Meh, 126 or it's not worth me logging in tbh

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Total numbers are relevant because there are plenty of non-subscription and even some free FPS games that have 64 player servers. If you find one that's modded or hacked in some cases they can go higher. I can go find some 100-200 size Mount & Blade servers, and in Planetside 2 when some guys are holed up in "the crown" and surrounded by everyone else there can be so many players that the virtual ground is shaking.

Fun is subjective, but I played the game for years and I know how active a 20 vs 20 AO is going to be, especially since they added the FRU timer and increased the capture timers. 40 vs 40 still isn't that exciting, depending on how organized it is and how many defenders are spawned in it can still be slow.

Since the company has done so much to prevent any sort of excitement or map movement at lower population levels, I won't bother unless there's a decent amount on the server.