SOE says they learned From Planetside and are trying again.

Interesting.

 

meh. http://eq2players.station.sony.com/news_archive.vm?id=457&section=News&month=current

i hate that he supports the selling stuff for real money aspect, so my respect for him has gone down a little bit, but we will see, we will see...

 

There were already rumors of them starting to remove funding from PlanetSide over the next year because it was not longer "profitable enough" and I do believe that this may confirm it......*cry*

 

I hope this game isn't going to be a war-related game ala world war 2 and such. I have nothing against those games, there just have been so many it is played out.

Do I hear a www.unamedsoemmofps-universe.com Hamma? ;p

 

They should do a pirates on the high seas whoot! yeah for admiral hats !!!

 

They probably would, as far as I know there aren't any Fox execs working for SOE. They can recognize when something (or in this case, someone) is of value to them, and you've proven yourself a reliable and responsible fansite admin as far as I can tell. (wow i feel like a suckup now)

On a sidenote: w00t, I'm glad someone still has the balls not to make another cookie-cutter fantasy MMORPG these days (oh how I long for a Starcraft MMOFPS.)

 

I don't know, I have never really liked SOE, and with their current record of games I wouldn't get my hopes up.

Blizzard can't even make a bloody single player fps in a timely fashion, and through WoW (and Warcraft III) they have shown that they have the crappiest customer support/development team ever.

I think that the idea of an MMOFPS needs to evolve much more before a decent one comes out.

 

I think BF2 will be the first step towards a real MMOFPS comming out. Its got everything a MMOFPS needs except the massive part.

 

So, a MMOFPS, except without the massively multiplayer part. Wouldn't that just be a FPS?

 

There is a game thats comming out for the Xbox 360 (the next gen xbox for those of you that don't know) that is an mmofps using the unreal engine and from the interview with one of the devs I read it really is a fps meaning its all about blowing the crap outta someone else and not about leveling. I believe its called Huxley if your feeling like googling.

 

which reminds me, if you do, you have to look at my app for a forum mod again (if you diddnt lose my psu one lol)

 

Don't take my damn idea!!

 

While I don't know the exact details of BF2, I don't fully agree with you. The problem with the MMOFPS is that it greatly lacks a sense of accomplishment in winning a battle. Without some permanent change happening in the game world due to your side's victory or defeat an MMOFPS is nothing more than a "normal" FPS on one large pub server. This is why PlanetSide wasn't so successful, if you have read any reviews of the game (as I am sure you have heard this said by players as well), they all comment on the fact that you could be fighting on one continent for hours and even if your side finally takes it, when you long on the next day you see that your side is again fighting for control of the very same continent that you worked so hard to attain, and the cycle just continues.

 

I said that blizz should make a starcraft mmofps like, 5 minutes after i heard about world of warcraft lol.

 

People thought WoW was gonna be a starcraft mmo. This idea has been around for a long time.

 

rofl, i think i like this Scott Hartsman guy better, apperantly hes the Senior Producer of the EverQuest II team. Check this out.