Instant action takes 10s, and the HART goes every 3 minutes. You're not guaranteed to get to the main fight with IA though, so the best/fastest way to get where you want is to cert a vehicle of some kind and use the warpgates. I'd suggest making a trial account for free and giving it another shot if it still interests you
The player limit per side, per continent, is 133. So a full 3-way battle would have almost 400 people. It was great in the early days when there were 3 of these going on at once on multiple servers, now it's hard to find one. But the game is still unlike any other, and that makes it a lot of fun.
Unfortunately SOE has been secretly dumping a lot of resource handling to the client in order to cut costs on the server side. This causes problems with lag sometimes and makes the game harder to run smoothly.
Most people here probably haven't tried PlanetSide or WWII Online. MMOFPS games have an entirely different feel when compared to generic online shooters. There aren't many, but I hope it stays that way with this new wave of them on the way.
I'll be very disappointed if they take the same approach Global Agenda did, with a common lobby where you queue up for a matchmade game. That is not an MMO imo. I'd expect this kind of thing from IW, but Blizzard and at the very least SOE should know better. The level of persistance in Planetside is what made it so unique and fun, despite its issues.
Play with the devs: Storm the dungeons and firefights of Global Agenda with Hi-Rez Studios
Aug 23rd 2010 7:26PM (Massively)http://forum.globalagendagame.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=24024
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Why You Should Be Playing PlanetSide: It's online war!
Jan 15th 2010 3:10PM (Massively)Why You Should Be Playing PlanetSide: It's online war!
Jan 15th 2010 10:07AM (Massively)Unfortunately SOE has been secretly dumping a lot of resource handling to the client in order to cut costs on the server side. This causes problems with lag sometimes and makes the game harder to run smoothly.
The Daily Grind: What's your dream MMO?
Jan 14th 2010 5:54PM (Massively)Rumor: Blizzard's next MMO to be an MMOFPS
Jan 12th 2010 10:14PM (Massively)I'll be very disappointed if they take the same approach Global Agenda did, with a common lobby where you queue up for a matchmade game. That is not an MMO imo. I'd expect this kind of thing from IW, but Blizzard and at the very least SOE should know better. The level of persistance in Planetside is what made it so unique and fun, despite its issues.