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Talek Krell · 2011-07-23, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by DeeTwoEh

Shlong waving and bragging rights are good for FPS games.

I respectfully disagree with your opinion.

Death2All · 2011-07-23, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by Talek Krell

I respectfully disagree with your opinion.

And how does shlong waving and bragging NOT benefit a competitive FPS game?

Bags · 2011-07-23, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by DeeTwoEh

And how does shlong waving and bragging NOT benefit a competitive FPS game?

Everyone should be equal!

Death2All · 2011-07-23, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by Bags

Everyone should be equal!

Of course. How could I forget that the purpose of a skill based shooter is to implement skill equalizing factors and put everyone on the same competitive level. I see the light now and it is glorious.

SavageB · 2011-07-23, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by DeeTwoEh

Of course. How could I forget that the purpose of a skill based shooter is to implement skill equalizing factors and put everyone on the same competitive level. I see the light now and it is glorious.

lol...

CidHighwind · 2011-07-23, 04:14 PM

Haha! sorry, but this -

Originally Posted by Bags

Everyone should be equal!

reminded me of this -

"Communism deprives no man of the ability to appropriate the fruits of his labour. The only thing it deprives him of is the ability to enslave others by means of such appropriations." - Karl Marx

Anywho - I think stats and all are a great idea, and see no reason why PSU shouldn't reserve "planetsidestats2.com," but I am no businessman nor schlong waver myself

Death2All · 2011-07-23, 04:59 PM

From the Planetside fanfaire Q&A...

"On external access to data
Most data will be accessible from outside so webapps can b built on top of the game. Services such as signature generators and statistic pages could be built around the data feeds."

http://www.planetside-universe.com/p...2011-qa-70.htm

I think it's safe to say we'll have all of that crap.

Desoxy · 2011-07-24, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by DeeTwoEh

And how does shlong waving and bragging NOT benefit a competitive FPS game?

Well, if you track things like deaths, for instance, most people want high K/D and play it save rather than trying some ludicrous ideas.. which COULD result in rather boring play styles (attackers waiting for defenders to pop out their heads and vice versa)..

Death2All · 2011-07-24, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by Desoxy

Well, if you track things like deaths, for instance, most people want high K/D and play it save rather than trying some ludicrous ideas.. which COULD result in rather boring play styles (attackers waiting for defenders to pop out their heads and vice versa)..

People play like that now in the current version of Planetside and there's no stat tracking.

I think people like that now because they game has been out for quite some time and people have already found the best strategies for staying alive and no one wants to differentiate too much.

When the game first comes out people will be much more reluctant to try out new things, especially with the addition of new content over the next 3 years.

No matter what you're going to have your killwhores you value their KD more than a family member and will do anything it takes no matter how lame to keep it high.

Vancha · 2011-07-25, 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by DeeTwoEh

People play like that now in the current version of Planetside and there's no stat tracking.

Grabbed off Google. Granted, they're only session stats, but that's enough to do it.

Still, I think they should be there. Though perhaps deaths shouldn't be publicly viewable or something. I can't remember which game it was (might have been Exteel?), but the amount of stock people started putting into people's K/D ratios was ludicrous, and it's already bad enough in PS with just the merits.

SavageB · 2011-07-25, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by Vancha

Grabbed off Google. Granted, they're only session stats, but that's enough to do it.

Still, I think they should be there. Though perhaps deaths shouldn't be publicly viewable or something. I can't remember which game it was (might have been Exteel?), but the amount of stock people started putting into people's K/D ratios was ludicrous, and it's already bad enough in PS with just the merits.

Ya Id like to see some of those stats available for sigs what not along with the armory section idea so you can look up peoples skill trees/certs that they have designated for each class. Plus the basic info like what outfit they are in what server etc.