Online Specs and Details Discussion

[Sypher]

Some of the Things that jumped out at me are:

DIfferent game types on each map.

Originally Posted by ign.com

And the maps this time will support multiple game types so hosts can choose what map and just how they want to play it.

Maps scale to the number of players. If they do this right it could be great, but if they do it wrong it could make the came suck ***.

Originally Posted by ign.com

While these new maps will be ideal for the 32-player warfare that will be available, they will also be able to scale down for smaller fights. Drop down some players and the playable area will be a subset of the entire map. Drop down even further to maybe eight players and the playable area will shrink down even further. This way a few people won't be aimlessly wandering about for the entire fight instead of killing each other.

90 player stats including kills for each weapon. I use a lot of different weapons and it would be nice to see how I do with each of them. If they could include hit % for each weapon I would like that too but it may not be possible.

Originally Posted by ign.com

Zipper will be including 90 different stats for each player. Going well beyond just the number of kills and deaths, there will be stats for the number of kills with each individual weapon and a host of other information so that players can get see trends within their own styles of play. This also enables other players to see just who uses the shotgun all the time and who gets the job done with just a pistol.

All in all it sounds great and I can't wait.

[jar]

Originally Posted by <~Sypher~>

Some of the Things that jumped out at me are:

DIfferent game types on each map.

Maps scale to the number of players. If they do this right it could be great, but if they do it wrong it could make the came suck <font color="#FF0000">*censored*</font>.

90 player stats including kills for each weapon. I use a lot of different weapons and it would be nice to see how I do with each of them. If they could include hit % for each weapon I would like that too but it may not be possible.

All in all it sounds great and I can't wait.

Yea, I think it would be smart to put all the stats on a website. It would probably be a lot easier to navigate throug hall 90 stats.

[Deathmonger]

My bad about Seals piloting helis , but apparently some people are too arrogant for there own good and can't resist the nerd internet warrior in them.

But take in consideration that Zipper took in many of the ideas people were complaing/asking about from majority and lag is the number one issue so they'll definitely try to fix it but I don't know how they're going to fix lag with adding 16 more players and vehicles to the mix. But whatever they do I just hope it gets rid of lag. Hopefully the maps are good but I would like a little more than 12 maps for online, because some of the maps probably won' be that good because not everyone can get it right, Bitter Jungle, Rat's Nest, Shadow Falls, Abandoned and etc. I hope they have a nice map for snipers to compensate for the loss of Foxhunt though, I loved that map.
But I think it's a good thing what they're doing for Socom 3, people are too afraid of change but games only get better from it. Seals do use vehicles and have all out wars and 16 vs. 16 is an all out war. But people really shouldn't worry because if they don't like it, they can make a room with only 8 vs 8, no vehicles, no cheap guns and go back to old Socom, it works out best for all of us.

What I'm really happy about what they did is with the stats, the ability to see what guns you normally use, how many kills you get with grenades, mines and pistols, that's really cool. FOr my stats, it'll probably be lots of grenades, some sniper/pistol and more grenade kills.

[SOTG TALENT]

Originally Posted by <~Sypher~>

Some of the Things that jumped out at me are:

All in all it sounds great and I can't wait.

I like that idea. I would have tons of pistol kills since half of my kills come from the pistol and the other half come from the M87ELR or M82. This would make it easier for me to get our players stats off of a website than go on their profile and copy all their stats.

[jar]

The lag question... everyone should realize that technology does progress quite remarkably these days. We're playing SOCOM 2 on almost 2-year-old servers. Do you really think they would make it up to 16v16 without some plan to control the lag?

[Libertine]

good find..im gonna update the main page with this link shortly..

kinda upset they didnt mention anything about the Lag, Cheaters, or what kind of....and how many guns we can use online.. also, if theres gonna be a monthy fee? Im guessing there will be a fee considering they will now allow us to exchange emails in-game.. time will tell..we'll hear more at E3.

[Big Red 11]

Wait, how many maps does s2 have? Im trying to figure out if 12 is more or less.

[Sypher]

Originally Posted by Big Red 11

Wait, how many maps does s2 have? Im trying to figure out if 12 is more or less.

Socom 2 has 22 original maps and 3 HDD maps making the total 25.
12 maps may not sound like much but if you factor in 7 different game mode that works out to 84 different variation if you can choose any of the 7 types on all 12 maps. Plus it does say all maps will have a respawn option, and with them scaling to the number of players it will make for a lot of verity in game play.

[Magnum Force]

SO basically they're slimming down the number of maps, but adding more game-play options....nice.

[Libertine]

im sure their gonna have all the Socom 2 maps included also..

u guys see that video of all them dudes bunched up on that boat firing away? that looked awesome.