Originally Posted by Raymac
It sounds like the devs' goal is to make it less static than PS1, quickening the pace of the game.
I can respect that you are an expert and a big fan of WoT, but of all the gameplay reviews we've heard so far, I can't say that I've heard anyone compare it to WoT. To me, that kind of diminishes the importance of that comparison.
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I'm not really a big fan of WoT (at least not of most their tiering match making system, large power distance inter-player balance, overal grind, monetization method (buying high tier tanks), lack of community design and relatively small scale, to name a few points of critique).
Mainly play it to keep up my driving skills. I miss the dynamic and social PS1 combat and I've often suggested to decrease static accuracy and nerf detection of lighter units. Multiple players in one tank is not and can't ever be an option in WoT, sadly, but it's extremely well possible in PS2.
The majority of the WoT playerbase is Russian and European, so that wouldn't strike me as odd either. Though the ones that do play tend to see the overlap and can easily and directly port and utilise PS1 skills in WoT, despite the two being "two completely different games". The other way around is also possible. More so now that PS2 also adds some camouflage and stealth to PS game play.
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Essentially, you are making some pretty broad conclusions that are at odds with the stated goals of the devs. So either, you are far more intelligent than the entire dev staff combined because you are able to make conclusions over fractional views of the gameplay instead of the constant work the devs do, OR you are being a bit of a Sheldon Cooper and are so convinced you can never be incorrect that your perceptions just reinforce your prejudged conclusions.
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Consider that a dev team is just human, not everyone in the entire dev team is involved in design decisions and just executes them and it basically comes down to choices made.
Not every choice will be good.
Did you and others not say that PS1 had a lot of flaws? How can you say that? You've never been involved in the alpha! You've never been involved in the decision making process! Surely they knew way better than you what they were making back then?
How is that different now? They say they gained a lot of experience over the course of 9 years of PlanetSide. I ask how this is possible, since the majority of them have not been involved with PlanetSide for 7-8 years of them and the ones that have been (Brewko) are responsible for Lasher 2.0 rebalance, Reaver rebalance, Black Ops, Phantasm with 12mm gun, Galaxy Gunship v1 and v2, BR40 with extra certifications (that nobody wanted and they promised not to add) and for the fast majority of the time - since 2005, we've had only a few people directly involved with developing the game for more than a few days per year: Beady, who was good and got us the CE expansion, but then quickly left for another job, EnricoPallazzo, who left quicker than he got back, Raijinn, who could never get assistance from SOE for development support and eventually got fired yet was the only one who kinda understood and had the longest term experience in playing PS1 and working with the community, and Brewko, who... we... all... love... and... adore... >___>
Meanwhile, I've been playing that game throughout that time as outfit leader of a multi-crew vehicle outfit, inter-outfit coordinator and empire leader until a short period after the Werner merger (where the community went down real quick). I'm quite sure I'm a
bit more aware of how it's played and what is fun than they are given the design rationales they give that don't agree with a lot of things we say. And yes, in some cases I can more easily see the impact in certain design decisions than people who've predominantly worked on PvE MMO design. In other cases, I reserve judgment and think it works fine. There's around 15-20 points I
strongly disagree with decisions made. Is that unreasonable?
Now if I was the only one. Sure, but I'm far from the only one. I'm not saying I've got the best opinion at all times, however, so far, everything I've heard from people who actually played the beta at E3, SOE Live and from what I've seen, ALL confirm what I say and others took for random assumptions. So honestly, I don't much care for people who never dare make assumptions, because they're the last people who can make a difference for the better: their feedback will always be far too late.
And besides, even if knowledge is available in the team, who's to say it actually is used?
2012-07-17, 12:53 PM
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