Game Front has up a new interview from PAX East with Matt Higby.
One of the first things we talked about was the mission system. When Planetside 2 launches, players will be able to complete missions that Sony Online Entertainment creates for them. Sometime after launch, SOE plans to add a system that will allow players to create their own missions. Higher level players will be able to create higher level missions, which will offer higher level rewards.
What makes this mission system interesting is how players will be able to use it to engender cooperation from other members of their faction. If I am trying to secure a base, I can create a mission for other players to assist me. In a game predicated on large numbers of players fighting to take and hold territory, it’s easy to see how a system like this could really be useful.
Check out the full article here.
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2012-04-08 09:50 PM
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2012-04-08 09:50 PM | ||
Hamma |
Game Front Interview with Higby http://www.planetside-universe.com/n...higby-2747.htm |
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2012-04-08 10:27 PM | ||
Chinchy |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby So which one of you low lives tried to assassinate Higby? Holly shit I'm first! |
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2012-04-08 10:59 PM | ||
Knocky |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby Absolutely nothing new in any of the interviews. Higgles was very mum this time through. |
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2012-04-08 11:34 PM | ||
Shanesan |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby Well, we learned that SOE is going to be creating missions before we get to. Bummer. |
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2012-04-08 11:37 PM | ||
Bags |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby Not much sense to include a mission system when no one is the equivalent of CR5 for a bit, no? |
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2012-04-08 11:45 PM | ||
Shanesan |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby
I see the handover to be a very messy endeavor. |
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2012-04-09 12:07 AM | ||
Carbanu |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby So implants will be exclusively acquired using Station Cash? I did not know this. Nothing really new here, I just find it incredible that E3 is almost exactly two months away and according to Luperza aka @PurrfectStorm we are all going to DIIIIEEEEEEEE!! IRL. |
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2012-04-09 01:12 AM | ||
IceyCold |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby
So you have to give up an Implant slot to get the boost. Which I think is a GREAT idea personally. The Implants themselves (like grenades, medpacks, ect.) can only be purchased with the ingame resources and not with station cash. |
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2012-04-09 03:10 AM | ||
GhundiPI |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby That is how I understood it also. Which to me sounds very hopeful as it would show that they are not trying to force their cashshop as much on players like most F2P games tend to do. Still that is only one aspect, so I will wait and see what else will show up in the shop. |
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2012-04-09 04:33 AM | ||
Ruffdog |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby Anyone have any examples / ideas on what missions will get you to do besides "go here, conquer territory"? |
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2012-04-09 04:47 AM | ||
Hark |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby Maybe things like ''kill a certain amount of a certain class'' (for instance, medics). Or the same, but with vehicles. |
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2012-04-09 05:22 AM | ||
Shogun |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby
because the game isn´t about killing and oldschool mmorpg-mobgrinding! missions will only be about capturing and disabling of certain base-parts. like disable vehicle terminal, disable shield generator or whatever. and maybe logistical missions like setup forward base at wp1 or resupply certain battlegroups. but we don´t know much about the logistics. and there will be the countermissions. resecure command centre, resecure vehicle terminal, etc. or hold base x at all costs but i am sure the "kill 200 maxes with a tank" type stuff will be in the game as well. just not as missions, but as merits. like in planetside 1. you can get merits or trophys for certain actions. those merits have no influence on the game. no perks or whatever. in ps1 they gave small merits you could stick on your shoulders, and a few unlocked special vehicle variants, like the bfr flight variant for which you had to kill 1000(or so) enemys while piloting a standard bfr. but i don´t think the devs want to link merits to vehicles again. and you don´t have to concentrate on those merits to do them. they just keep score and eventually you get the merit. in ps1 there were certain higher level merits that required a killstreak at the end. like kill 5 enemys with your pistol without respawning in between |
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2012-04-09 09:33 AM | ||
basti |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby Its an automated system that creates missions. At least that was the plan. Dont think it has been changed, its more like the Interviewer fucked up. |
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2012-04-09 10:44 AM | ||
headcrab13 |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby They must be saving all the good info for E3. |
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2012-04-09 05:28 PM | ||
Tapman |
Re: Game Front Interview with Higby Sounds like Higby partook in the hotel breakfast buffet...never a good choice. Any press is good press! |