Severe lack of units/structures in game?

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by someguy216, March 8, 2014.

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  1. thelordofthenoobs

    thelordofthenoobs Well-Known Member

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    I think he is slightly trolling :p
    thelordofthenoobs, March 8, 2014
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  2. BulletsFrozen

    BulletsFrozen Active Member

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    That's true, however I must argue it's not a severe lack of funding.I mean look at what they have made so far, it's brilliant!
    BulletsFrozen, March 8, 2014
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  3. wpmarshall

    wpmarshall Planetary Moderator

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    Choice is an interesting thing, and I'd say that PA has plenty. You have multiple avenues of ground war, you have multiple units types in each factory. Heck you can even use orbital in single planet games.
    While a lack of choice and a deterministic game experience is not enjoyable in terms of replay value, an over-abundance of choice leaves you confused with far too much not being used.

    I am going to make the assumption that the author of this thread wants as many units/structures as in SupCom and am going to say that I was by no means a good SpCm player, but I think I only used a VERY small fraction of the units on offer simply because they each seemed to do the same things but because there were so many traits etc e.g. armour / shields etc added to weapon types, they needed an individual unit to satisfy each.

    Point being - most of SpCm's units were not used from my experience yet I know that I have used every unit in PA (maybe except torpedo launcher) and that EVERY game I consider EVERY avenue of approach. in SpCm I found myself sticking to 'tanks' not 'Anti-Air-Shield disrupting-Armour-Piercing-Gatling Bot'.

    Because seriously... what?
    wpmarshall, March 8, 2014
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  4. wpmarshall

    wpmarshall Planetary Moderator

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    Also, I've played the game since June last year, I still find it enjoyable. And much easier to 'pick-up-and-play' whereas SupCom was much more, hmm, have I got 4 hours this evening to play a single game?

    Yet each to their own.
    wpmarshall, March 8, 2014
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  5. maxpowerz

    maxpowerz Post Master General

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    In the end it doesn't matter how many unit's, buildings, tech trees, and stuff Uber release..
    One of Uber's main aim's for this game is "mod-ability".
    So there will be plenty of user created content to fill these gaps.

    Most of these mod wont be available or possible until release, but they will get made as it's not too hard to do if you have the skills.
    maxpowerz, March 8, 2014
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  6. FSN1977

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    I think there a enough units on ground, but the game needs more options in the orbital battel, we will get that with Unit Cannon, and maybe Uber will come up with some other stuff ,we dont know about :)
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    FSN1977, March 8, 2014
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  7. cptconundrum

    cptconundrum Post Master General

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    There will probably be a couple more orbital units specific to gas giants. This game is seriously getting big!
    cptconundrum, March 8, 2014
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  8. carlorizzante

    carlorizzante Post Master General

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    Lack of funding not really. It has been one of the most successful Kickstarter project of all time, and in a less than a month it raised almost 3 millions USD (Kickstarter plus PayPal). When they aimed to raise 900.000 USD.

    In addition to that, you have to calculate more than a year and half on Steam for an even higher price. Still a Best Seller on that platform. For comparison here a list of the most expensive videogames - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_video_games_to_develop

    There are other reasonable reasons why the unit roster appears to incomplete.

    I would say, patience, and we will see more variety soon enough.

    Plus, there will be mods.
    carlorizzante, March 8, 2014
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  9. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    If it doesn't have at least one billion dollars it's a severe lack. The game is that awesome.
    Geers, March 8, 2014
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  10. carlorizzante

    carlorizzante Post Master General

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    Aha, seriously? Back up your data. I'm curious to know more.
    carlorizzante, March 8, 2014
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  11. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Geers, March 8, 2014
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  12. carlorizzante

    carlorizzante Post Master General

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    PS. The most expensive video game made until today, did cost 265,000,000 USD. Way too far from your *One Billion Dollars* minimal threshold.

    Guys, get your data straight.
    carlorizzante, March 8, 2014
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  13. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Why are you still taking me seriously?

    Fun fact: That game was GTA V.
    Geers, March 8, 2014
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  14. carlorizzante

    carlorizzante Post Master General

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    'cos I thought you were serious :eek::D
    carlorizzante, March 8, 2014
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  15. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Even after I quoted the guy who said:

    ?
    Geers, March 8, 2014
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  16. thelordofthenoobs

    thelordofthenoobs Well-Known Member

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    It has been proven:(

    Only trolls read what I write :mad:
    thelordofthenoobs, March 8, 2014
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  17. GoodOak

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    You should play vanilla TA again sometime! Without at least the Core Contingency expansion, it too is just plain boring. The bots and vehicles (and later hovercraft) in TA could have been pretty easily stripped down to 8-ish units total. But, the huge excess of land units is kind of part of TA's charm, I guess.
    GoodOak, March 8, 2014
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  18. MrTBSC

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    i disaggree a story alone doesn't provide depth to a world but general lore of which a story is only a mere part of ...
    MrTBSC, March 9, 2014
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  19. boylobster

    boylobster Active Member

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    Don't you just hate it when they make you explain the joke? ;)
    boylobster, March 9, 2014
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  20. ikickasss

    ikickasss Active Member

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    I cant think of another RTS game that has had more then this. This game has alot of ways to wage war your post is sorta false.
    ikickasss, March 9, 2014
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