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[Metalax]

What it's going on about for the all access pass is that you can buy a pass that lets you play all of their games rather than buying a pass for each one individually. As Planetside 2 is Free to play, there is no need for you to worry about the pass.

[draco1234]

Wow way to go Sony what a massive fuck up, well I don't really give a shit I refuse to make another account with some shitty company.

And I don't Like the sound of a subscription, sounds like we are going to have to pay for this service

Before we get upset about this, we should wait and see for ourselves.  Also, the all access subscription sounds like an extra thing for all SOE games, not just planetstrike 2.

Edit: Ninja'd :S

[forsaken1111]

Can we please use for coordination something sane (like IRC) instead of the godawfulshitfucking Steam?

And man, fuck Steam.

Seriously, fuck Steam.

And man, fuuuuck Steam.

I'm getting that you dislike steam.
Can you at least express yourself in a manner consistent with adult socially acceptable behavior though? This is getting vulgar and rather repetitive.

[Sordid]

Even if us Europeans can play on a server across the pond, I'm not so sure that we want to. I just tested it in Tribes, on EU servers I usually have ping 20-40, on US servers it's 250+. That's pretty bad, and if it's the same in PS2 (don't see why it wouldn't be), I'd be in favor of regional B12 outfits.

[palsch]

Here's my understanding based on that, other statements and similar games I've seen.

The fundamentals;
- There are two sets of servers; US run by Sony and European run by PPS.1 Games.
- Neither set of servers are region locked and anyone can sign up and play on any server they like.

Based on my experience;
- International cash shops are ugly from a tax POV. The cash shops may be regionally locked (or rather the pay currencies) to avoid these problems
- Such licenses can be volatile. There is a chance PPS.1 Games will lose it after a few years, forcing a transfer of the European severs to another company. I'd put the chances low, but still prefer the US for long term (5 years or so) stability. One company who shall remain nameless deliberately messed up their servers (massive item/xp dumps) before handing over to a new company, forcing a total restart.
- European servers have far better localisation and regional support, helping ESL players. However, these are usually carried out after the initial patch/development work, so usually delay European releases compared to US.
- Strong localisation can also lead to strong segregation with exclusively non-English speaking guilds springing up. In games needing server-wide coordination this can hurt badly.

The advantages of a Germany based server and European based support is obvious, but I personally think the above will push me to the US servers for the most part, even if it means no cash shop access.

[draco1234]

I'm leaning toward US as well, but i'll have to wait until the beta to see if my connection can handle it..

[miauw62]

I'll play EU if its possible, but US is fine for me too.

[sebcool]

I'll play EU if its possible, but US is fine for me too.

[Sensei]

I'm from the US, but I think we're actually the minority as far this thread goes.

[jocan2003]

I live in canada so US +1 but i do have a badass connection even on EU/Russian server i barely never go over 100 ping, when i do its THEIR fault not mine.

Just to give an idea i can download faster than my HDD handle the load eh...

[x2yzh9]

I live in the US too.

[draco1234]

At the moment, it seems to be 10 EU players, and 7 US.  Though I wasn't trying very hard to count 

[ScriptWolf]

Don't really care what servers I just want to play in the bay12 outfit and with you guys

[draco1234]

Don't really care what servers I just want to play in the bay12 outfit and with you guys

Same, I'm just trying to work out which server will inconvenience the least amount of people. 

[Whitefoxsniper]

Another from the US.