Practical Game Design

Example – Planetside 2

Planetside 2 is a MMOFPS (massive multiplayer first person shooter), a game where thousands of players, divided into three factions, engage in enormous, open-world battles over territory.

The critical vector of progression in Planetside 2 is a resource called Certification Points ((CP) or certs). Certification Points are primarily acquired through gameplay and spent on the most desirable game content, that is, unlocking and upgrading weapons, vehicles, and the abilities of your soldiers.

Therefore, if we were to balance the economy of Planetside 2, we'd need to do it by:

1. Establishing baseline certificate point generation.
2. Approximating CP income over time for different types of players.
3. Modelling the prices for game ...