I realy enjoyed this game. I play MMORPG's I love em, Played AC, JumpGate, Earth above and Beyond, DaoC, EVE, etc.. I like all those games but they always lacked the action packed moments. Planetside on the other hand is a blast because its on a grand scale FPS.
I admit BF1942 is great but it realy has some pitfalls compared to PlanetSide. I own BF1942 but I realy didn't enjoy it to much myself.
BF1942 has on par same stuff as PlanetSide but it lacks few things tho. I quit playing BF1942 1.5 months after I got it and went back to CS just because I was not to impressed with it, Liked the demo but the game just didn't turn my crank.
My pet peeves about BF1942 are:
LAG.
No grand Battles.
Vehicle/Airplane/Boat Campers.
Moron's which run ship onto the shores.
TK'ers.
Useless classes. (When is the Last time a Medic actually healed you, or engineer fixed your vehicle, Most people Kamikaze into stuff).
Lack of Descent in game Voice Comm.
Poor Frame Performance for the graphics given. (Even on My system its kinda sick.)
Finding a good server thats not always full.
PlanetSide on the other hand has solved a lot of those issues.
(Downside not free to play)
(Downside No ships, but you can get hover vehicles)
I never have to look for a server its always there and always the same PING.
Hardly any TK'rs because the consequances of TKing are pretty good. (Ie not being able shoot or drive a vehicle if you inflict to much FF)
Vehicles are unique to all three sides.
NO Vehicle/Airplane campers, every one has a chance to get a vehicle, that is if your certified.
No Useless classes, Medic's actualy heal, Engineers Fix Stuff, Snipers don't suck total butt, oh and can't forget Heavy infantry and Infiltrators.
Extremly good vid Performance for Graphics given.
Awsome in game Voice Comm.
One more thing, PlanetSide has actual commanders that people listen too, much easier to coordinate stuff.
Oh can't forget Weapons of Mass Destruction with good Command Rank.
I work with computers 10 hours a day and I frankly am not in the mood to go looking for servers with good ping and enough players after work, I like my reliability and availability of servers and guaranteed game time.
As for loosing and taking bases and have no meaning, thats not true because in PlanetSide you get Exp for them which in turn get you levels and with levels you get more certifications that allow you to do more stuff. IMHO I am willing to pay for those things the 12.95 a month fee. Its asking your self the same question would you subscribe to a news paper or read it online for free. Oh I am an official Beta Tester so I recieved CD-Roms in the mail every beta, its 2.6 gig install and I wouldn't even want to download that just to see the beta.
System Barton 2500xp @ 2.3 Gihz
Ram 1 Gig of PC3200 Samsung Ram
Seagate 7200 rpm X 2 Raid ATA
Radeon 9500 PRO @ 335/310
This comment was edited on May 10, 22:40.