Moarpowah's Laevatein writes: "[Y]ou may recall me talking about free-to-play games and the pay-to-win elephant in the room. Though I talked about PlanetSide 2 almost extensively in that article, I wasn’t able to determine whether or not PlanetSide 2 was pay-to-win or not. Well, rest assured, I can give you a clearer answer on that now. With that, I believe it’s time to drop into the hot zone that is PlanetSide 2."
Planetside 2’s future is uncertain as the IP was sold for a relatively low sum to a company with no history.
The last Live Letter is done and we were all surprised at the announcement of a delay to the release of FFXIV's Endwalker expansion, we got some more details about the MMORPG's new PvP Crystal Conflict mode, and some system details. Then we talk about PlanetSide 2's new continent and LOTRO's new expansion before wrapping up with some good changes for Ubisoft and Blizzard... but are they enough? All that and more on this week's Always Online!
PlanetSide 2 is going to be getting its next major expansion this December. This new addition, titled “Expedition: Oshur” will be the first addition in almost seven years to bring an entirely new continent to the game.
I'm not weighing in on the Pay to Win argument, but I'm not sure I agree with some of the conclusions of the article.
It may take 2500 kills or 50,000 healing ticks to get the certs needed... But I suspect that healing 50,000 ticks would take about as long as killing 2500 enemy for an average player? (Not played Planetside 2 yet, so only speculating).
I'm not arguing that the numbers seem high, but developers have to make a profit. And if I'm having fun in a game, and it is well designed, then Pay to Win is not a facotr even if it exists.
I played a lot of the original Planetside, and there were people who used some very basic weaponry in their loadouts and yet were lethal.
This is my first planet side game and so far my biggest gripe is the air dominance in this game. Especially on my server Vanu controls the Sky's and just farms the masses of infantry on the ground cooking them up with a rockety death.
The AA launcher being 1000 certs was a big mistake this early in the game.