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Originally Posted by SamHayne
Global Benefits:
With this lattice structure we plan to make use of the systems that were in play during the December Battle Island game play event. If you recall, that was where holding different Battle Islands would provide different benefits for all of your Empire system wide. We are still working on the specific implementation, but the idea is to have your Empire gain benefits by doing things such as: holding individual "neutral" planets, holding both home continents of an Enemy Empire, or holding both of your home planets while holding one home planet of each of your Enemy Empires.
We feel that such benefits will increase the strategic gameplay of PlanetSide by giving more reasons to take specific planets and deny your enemy access to such benefits or to hold and defend the benefits you have acquired.
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I don't like the hint of neutral worlds and controlling the enemies home worlds granting extra benefits (on top of the battle island benefits).
If the populations were even, and forced to stay that way, fine. Or, if there were even more meaningful population modifiers, also fine (I'm talking about delayed timers for the lower population).
However, if you put in some extra benefits for owning the most neutral worlds and battle island benefits and benefits for controlling both enemies home continents etc., then that lower population empire will be in such a deep hole, I can't see them being able to fight out of it. That will give the forth empire even more incentive to flee the low pop empire.
Sure, it makes great sense for a strategic purpose (something we have been lacking for a while), however, I really feel that the fourth empire, population imbalance, needs to be addressed before this comes out live.
Dare I say it? One empire per server? Ok, gotta climb into the flame resistant suit for that one.
2005-02-05, 03:45 PM
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