New Planes

[Element]

This seems like a big idea but i really want to share it with u guys. We should have more types of planes because it would make the game more interesting and more challenging. It would be great if something like that would happen because it would make my day.

[Liquid]

Ah, indeed, this would be cool. If they could make it work.

You see, the game has a fine balance; a shaky one, but it works. I think adding another plane into the mix would completely shatter the game's balance, and considering it's a predominantly multiplayer game, I can't see how adding another plane would be a good idea.

[Stormich]

Basically you already have 5 planes with more than enough setups. I don't know if any competitive fps comes close to that number. And adding even 1 play would mess up the entire balance of the game.

[eth]

Originally Posted by Stormich

Basically you already have 5 planes with more than enough setups. I don't know if any competitive fps comes close to that number. And adding even 1 play would mess up the entire balance of the game.

It'd still be cool though

[nesnl]

I think that one of the recurring threads that get started are always the "I want a new plane" thread. I don't think it is really derived from a real need of more planes, but just from a desire to want more, whatever that more may be. Even if they added 5 more planes and had 10 red perks per plane people would still be saying "only if we had 20 planes and 20 red perks to choose from!"

To get around this problem we just need to set up a system where there are things to constantly strive for. People love to unlock things or to complete challenges. The game seems like it has many avenues to accomplish this, whether it be the prestige system, unlimited challenges (as in, get a multi-kill x2,3,4,5....), and the possibility for unlimited leveling. Seeing as how experience has little to no bearing on people's game play after 60, it only seems beneficial to have these types of systems. I guess we will just have to wait and see what they come up with.

[DiogenesDog]

Originally Posted by Stormich

Basically you already have 5 planes with more than enough setups. I don't know if any competitive fps comes close to that number. And adding even 1 play would mess up the entire balance of the game.

Uh, TF2?

I dunno, I don't see why people are so hostile to this idea when it comes up. There's really no reason why adding planes would break the game. The real issue is that it's expensive and time-consuming to tune properly, and there are plenty of other things that would give more bang for the buck.

[Wintegral]

Originally Posted by DiogenesDog

Uh, TF2?

I dunno, I don't see why people are so hostile to this idea when it comes up. There's really no reason why adding planes would break the game. The real issue is that it's expensive and time-consuming to tune properly, and there are plenty of other things that would give more bang for the buck.

Now I've played a lot of TF2 and you have to remember that it took 9 years to make properly. Now, not all of that was on the release version, but balancing 9 classes took a very long time. And then when you get to competitive games no one plays Engineer or Pyro and Spy, Sniper, Heavy are rare.
It's possible to add more planes but it would take a good long while to make a new one function properly in comparison to other planes. It wouldn't necessarily break the game but chances for another balanced one aren't good, at least initially.

[Rock]

What would we call it? What would the perks be?

If you go from that standpoint then NO it will be long before there is a new plane.

But if you go from the standpoint were your not good at any of the current planes then it would be cool to have another.