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Some interesting stuff from Smedley Reddit IAMA
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/xlir0/iama_john_smedley_22_year_game_industry_veteran/- Do you plan on working on bases in PS2 that outfits can deploy?
hell yes. That's in a 3 year plan we have. By the end of year 1 is my goal.- for people that have beta keys, what is the estimated date for getting into beta? and if I am currently subscribed to PS1 am I pretty much guarenteed on day 1?>
you will be in day 1- On a scale of 1-10, how sure are you about beta Monday? And I don't mean the Smedley scale of 1-maybe, 1 being not at all and 10 being sure enough to stake your job on it.
9.99999- How long do you think it will take (if everything goes as planned) for everyone who has twitter/PC gamer keys to get in the beta?
maybe as long as 2-3 weeks but it depends on how smoothly things go- What do you think about the announcement SWTOR is going free-to-play? You're choosing for Planetside 2 to have a f2p model, do you think f2p is really the only way for an MMO to be successful these days?
it is the only way to go for new games. It was the right decision for SWTOR (which is a fantastic game). Wait till you see our next round of games after PS2 
(SWG2 wut?)
- Do you think SOE will ever venture into a sandbox style MMO? Personally my favorite gaming memories we getting a group of friends and just doing whatever we felt (I know this is somewhat achieved in PS2).
hell yes we will.- Have you given any thoughts about space/naval combat? Is it part of your 3-year plan that you guys are employing?
it is part of the plan. Seamless continents. not saying it's technically feasible yet but it's part of the plan.
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