For the 6th birthday, the MMO shooter Planetside 2 is getting a new faction of Robo-soldiers. However, they are actually a sort of filler mercenary faction.
What is the new faction about? In a developer live stream, an apparently new faction was revealed. They were cool Robo-soldiers from Nanite Systems. So far, there have been three factions in Planetside 2 fighting over the planet Auraxis. A 4th faction would completely disrupt this balance, wouldn’t it?
4th Faction in Planetside 2 are Mercenaries
What exactly can the 4th faction do? In the stream, the developers quickly explain what the robots are all about. The mechanical warriors are not really an autonomous 4th faction. Rather, they join the faction that is currently the weakest. Whenever you enter a zone, you will be assigned as a Robo-player to the currently disadvantaged group.
What’s so great about helping the underdogs? The big advantage of this needs-based assignment is that you can jump right in. Since you always join the losing faction, you can start playing immediately without any queues.
As a positive side effect, you also reduce the waiting time for other players, as you are not blocking the queues of the other two factions.
Additionally, you will get to experience the war for Auraxis from the other side and can try out equipment from the other faction. And let’s face it, the robots look really cool.
One downside: You must be a premium member in Planetside 2 to play the robots.
When are the robots coming? The new faction still needs some love on the test server. Only after extensive testing will they be available on the live servers.
What do you think of the idea of the “4th faction” and will you play it? Or would you rather stick with your favorites?
