#70 Wrel on Planetside 2’s Outfit Wars
Wrel is the Lead Designer of Planetside 2.
This podcast focuses on Outfit Wars, Planetside 2's premiere competitive event, which pits outfit vs. outfit in a 48 vs. 48 player conflict over the frozen Nexus sub-continent that's half chess match and half deathmatch.
In addition, Wrel also chatts about life as a game dev, how to read between the lines of community feedback, the everyday Planetside debate of whether or not to kill spawn points, and some of his hottest personal takes on the game and its community.
0:00:00 Introduction
0:03:04 Why is Outfit Wars important?
0:10:39 1v1 vs 1v1v1
0:18:06 Is Outfit Wars competitive?
0:22:06 Is 48 players the right team size?
0:29:10 Nexus vs. Desolation
0:33:33 Who is Outfit Wars not for?
0:36:08 Issues and speed bumps
0:46:29 How game dev decisions are made
0:54:32 Delete Heavy Assault
0:58:27 Embrace Light Assault
1:02:42 To kill a Sunderer
1:24:51 The truth behind community hot takes
1:40:51 The truth behind transparency
1:51:08 Wrel the designer vs. Wrel the public face
1:59:11 Wrel the dungeon master