• Planetside 2 February patch delivers epic changes community rejoices
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[url]http://www.pcgamesn.com/planetside/planetside-2-february-patch-delivers-epic-changes-community-rejoices[/url]
well the PS2 thread isn't exactly rejoicing
Meanwhile the rest of the world awaits a performance and optimization patch
I love the feature that allows you to shoot blanks in every single vehicle.
I appreciate the patches they're releasing, but it's every fucking day. I'd like to launch the game without having a 6 gig download once in a while.
[QUOTE=latin_geek;39460871]Meanwhile the rest of the world awaits a performance and optimization patch[/QUOTE] So the update didn't bring a lot of the promised enhanced performance? I've tried Planetside 2 a few times but it ran too bad - is it worth trying again?
pcgamesn once again on the pulse of the community and gaming seeing as the patch broke 2 of the 3 tanks in the game, and if you look at the planetside 2 thread there's people calling for the sacking of devs oh also apparently it didn't improve performance that much, and introduced particle effect glitches that crash people's games ~epic changes~
[QUOTE=FlyingAlien;39460972]So the update didn't bring a lot of the promised enhanced performance? I've tried Planetside 2 a few times but it ran too bad - is it worth trying again?[/QUOTE] Somewhere between now and several months ago, they released some minor patch that improved my performance by about 20 frames. It's playable now, at least for me it is, but it's still running pretty poorly.
[QUOTE=Dirf;39460950]I appreciate the patches they're releasing, but it's every fucking day. I'd like to launch the game without having a 6 gig download once in a while.[/QUOTE] They don't release patches daily, just monthly. It's because they're throwing out hotfixes now since the patch went a [I]bit[/I] wrong with performance and now tanks quite aren't a lot more effective than bumper cars. I didn't expect any better though, since I was in the beta and back then they managed to break the game [I]way[/I] more often, so bring on the hotfixes :v:
It said there was a nerf to magriders, yet the only one I see was a 'slight decrease in projectile speed' Magriders need a bigger nerf then that for fucks sake.
[QUOTE=FlyingAlien;39460972]So the update didn't bring a lot of the promised enhanced performance? I've tried Planetside 2 a few times but it ran too bad - is it worth trying again?[/QUOTE] This patch did improve my FPS but for some reason it also brought a shit load of stuttering.
Not going to bother until performance is better. I can run well into the 80 frames per second range in the middle of my busy ass warpgate with everything maxed out. But when the same number of people are in combat, that framerate drops too low to really play. So until that's solved, or improved, I'm not going to bother
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;39461133]Not the Vanu, their fucking vehicles are working just fiiine.[/QUOTE] Obviously alien Vanu tech is being used to jam the other faction's tanks.
I remember playing this game the first day it came out and hacking my weapon ammo(with cheat engine for a week before I quit). I was hoping to see optimizing in the graphical and processing side of the game instead of weapon tweaks.
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;39461163]This patch did improve my FPS but for some reason it also brought a shit load of stuttering.[/QUOTE] I got the stutters too, but looking at the facility west of The Crown on Mallory drops my FPS from 20 down to 2
[QUOTE=ntzu;39461161]It said there was a nerf to magriders, yet the only one I see was a 'slight decrease in projectile speed' Magriders need a bigger nerf then that for fucks sake.[/QUOTE] Vanguard and Prowler being buffed is it's nerf
[QUOTE=latin_geek;39460871]Meanwhile the rest of the world awaits a performance and optimization patch[/QUOTE] General Updates Client performance improvements Client stability improvements hmmm
[QUOTE=markg06;39461658]General Updates Client performance improvements Client stability improvements hmmm[/QUOTE] I still get incredibly shit preformance.
Does this update remove Toby Turner and TotalBiscuit from being leaders?
[QUOTE=T-Sonar.0;39462171]Does this update remove Toby Turner and TotalBiscuit from being leaders?[/QUOTE] Leaders of what? An one-time event that [I]tobuscus was replaced by levelcap mid-january[/I] and [I]had no influence from ingame events and was just a community vote[/I]? They've never been leaders of anything, they were just invited to the game's first event as "leaders" of the factions.
[QUOTE=markg06;39461658]General Updates Client performance improvements Client stability improvements hmmm[/QUOTE] If anything it's worse. You should probably play the game before posting.
whe need metagame, i just played since 2 month to try the update and i got bored again with only 2 hour of play, its just about running in circle.
[QUOTE=T-Sonar.0;39462171]Does this update remove Toby Turner and TotalBiscuit from being leaders?[/QUOTE] Toby got kicked for being a dumbass and totalbiscuit won because it was actually just a popularity contest rather than an actual competition. It's over now though.
I want to enjoy PS2, but it relies heavily on the CPU for some reason, so that caps out extremely fast and usually get an average 15-20fps in medium sized fights.
[QUOTE=The golden;39466880]Even some players with high-spec rigs can go that low sometimes. The game runs like shit and has borderline no optimization. I hate saying this but I honestly believe they don't even know how their own engine works. Up to this point they've largely avoided touching the performance issues but every time they do it usually gets worse.[/QUOTE] They have such a magnificent game and gameplay, yet its ruined by the shit performance. Imagine a Planetside 2 where shit actually ran smoothly.
[QUOTE=RichyZ;39467321]its still a f2p bf3 that requires 2000x the time to unlock weapons/attachments, so it isn't really anything special right now[/QUOTE] I think it is. In comparison there is way more teamwork in Planetside 2 than in Battlefield 3. I've played Battlefield 3 extensively to know this. As for F2P, yeah its pay 2 win.
[QUOTE=RichyZ;39467321]its still a f2p bf3 that requires 2000x the time to unlock weapons/attachments, so it isn't really anything special right now[/QUOTE] F2P battlefield 3 with a scaleup of like 31 times the amount of people set in sci-fi universe rather than modern military. But they def need to lower the time it takes to get money in this game. Yeah the vanilla guns are competitive, but playing for like a bazillion hours to get the 1k certs for a gun or some vital air vehicle items is pretty shitty. [editline]4th February 2013[/editline] While most of the weapons are side grades anyway, there are a couple things for air vehicles that are pretty much required to be even remotely effective that cost a shitton of certs.
[QUOTE=legolover122;39467417]F2P battlefield 3 with a scaleup of like 31 times the amount of people set in sci-fi universe rather than modern military. But they def need to lower the time it takes to get money in this game. Yeah the vanilla guns are competitive, but playing for like a bazillion hours to get the 1k certs for a gun or some vital air vehicle items is pretty shitty. [editline]4th February 2013[/editline] While most of the weapons are side grades anyway, there are a couple things for air vehicles that are pretty much required to be even remotely effective that cost a shitton of certs.[/QUOTE] Air is pretty shit in my experience with the new patch, AA and anything in general shoots them down pretty quickly. I personally don't think its worth saving up certs for air since it has a 15min cooldown time.
I wouldn't necessarily call it pay 2 win as of it's current state outside of jets though. The base weapons are perfectly viable from my experience. [editline]4th February 2013[/editline] Shit mah merge [editline]4th February 2013[/editline] If you wanna see a pay 2 win game you should go look at APB Reloaded or NFS World. THAT's pay to win right there.
A massive player count looks cooler on paper than it does actually in-game, and when you are stuck at a Biolab farm because two factions don't want to do anything else, the arbitrary fact that you are getting shot by 4 people instead of two doesn't seem all that great.
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