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Pros
Pro Not Pay to Win
Few of the weapons give a player any direct advantage over their opponents; generally, these weapons allow the player to perform better under specific situations (which they will need to use skill to end up in at a higher percentage of the time) or against specific types of targets (infantry, land vehicle, and/or aerial vehicles), or to perform better under a wider variety of situations. Few to none of the weapons would qualify as "broken" or "op", and those that could potentially be are hotly debated.
Pro User selectable respawn points
Users can select where they want to respawn after death. There are even vehicles that provide new spawn points on the map that players can drive and leave. This creates a great element of strategy on where to place spawn points when attacking certain targets.
Cons
Con Pay to win
PlanetSide 2 has pay to win mechanics meant to coerce players into paying for equipment to avoid the extremely long grind it takes to earn anything in game. A brand new player with a deep wallet can customize their gear to their prefered playstyle giving them an advantage over those that opt not to pay.
Con Twitch dependant
Time to kill is usually measured in fractions of a second, making good duels largely a coin toss on who the server perceives did more damage, faster...