Planetside 2 Thread v2 - Beta floodgates open GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY - Games

apparently the BANK causes max suits to sneeze violently [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/GgHVc.gif[/IMG]

Oh god the world just ate my prowler, also was anyone on leda for that massive fight at the crown earlier?

So since it was said that the Hawk Anti-Air rocket for infantry was meh, I got the rocket pods instead. I also got the IRNV for them. It's pretty fun. I don't know what to get next with Auraxium though. I've been having fun driving the Vanguard and was thinking about getting the AP shells to do more damage against enemy tanks. However I'm extremely hesitant since tank cannons have some extreme deviation/spread amounts right now which makes it almost impossible to have a decent tank battle from more than 100m away. I thought about getting the grenade launcher for the Flash, but according to posts and videos, they apparently do basically no damage unless you hit the person directly. I don't want to get anything for the Lightning since it uses the same resource as the Reaver and I basically plan on the Reaver being my "primary" vehicle. The Liberator and the Sunderer don't have anything I want either. I have only use a MAX suit once and that was pre-character wipe because I accidentally clicked on it at a weapon terminal, and I don't plan on ever actually using it. I know the Reaver Airhammer sucks completely because I had it before the character wipe. It's basically a shotgun on an airplane that only has an effective range of 20 meters and does basically no damage to infantry despite it's description (It does no damage because all of the damage is spread among like 50 little pellets and only like 2 or 3 will ever hit infantry at once). It's kind of funny when you come up behind an enemy Mosquito or Scythe and insta-gib them and they don't even know what happened. They don't even hear it since either there's no firing sound or it's just extremely quiet. I don't know about now, but I remember pre-patch people said the Rotary cannon sucked and had a ton of spread which made a lot of shots miss despite it being a weapon more focused on anti-air. Someone shot at my tank earlier with the Lock-On anti-tank weapon, and it basically did no damage. I don't know if it was just because it hit the front of my tank, but that was a pretty negative impact on my impression of it's performance. Summary: I have no idea what to get because almost everything either sucks or is broken.

Good news for me, I got into the beta. Bad news, I only have 2GB of RAM. Will I be able to run this game at 640x480 with GameBooster and overclocking? Always wanted to do Planetside, but couldn't pay for the subs for the first one.

[QUOTE=LittleDogX;37817116]So since it was said that the Hawk Anti-Air rocket for infantry was meh, I got the rocket pods instead. I also got the IRNV for them. It's pretty fun. I don't know what to get next with Auraxium though. I've been having fun driving the Vanguard and was thinking about getting the AP shells to do more damage against enemy tanks. However I'm extremely hesitant since tank cannons have some extreme deviation/spread amounts right now which makes it almost impossible to have a decent tank battle from more than 100m away. I thought about getting the grenade launcher for the Flash, but according to posts and videos, they apparently do basically no damage unless you hit the person directly. [/QUOTE] I used to have the grenade launcher on the Flash. It's great because like 2 shots kills infantry, 4 for MAX suits, and it does a lot of damage to tanks if you hit them in the rear. And there's a cert to increase the magazine size from 5 to 15 - though that basically fires half the ammo reserve. :v: [editline]27th September 2012[/editline] wings do not work that way [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/uN9L8.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nS9X5.jpg[/IMG]

Damn, i had a beta key for a few weeks and just now got around to trying this out. I am regretting taking this long to get into it. Holy balls this is epic! [editline]27th September 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Rainboo;37818390]Good news for me, I got into the beta. Bad news, I only have 2GB of RAM. Will I be able to run this game at 640x480 with GameBooster and overclocking? Always wanted to do Planetside, but couldn't pay for the subs for the first one.[/QUOTE] RAM is only one part of the equation when it comes to this, if you only had 2 gb of ram but a decent gpu and cpu then its a little more likely you could pull it off...I'd honestly just wait till you get a better rig. If you only expect to play at 640x480 it would only leave a bad taste in your mouth.

Really starting to hope they make it quicker to get certs just unlocking things for my gun let alone the stuff for my guy himself and vehicles is taking forever.

hey guys quick question: do you know of any bands or whatever that have music similar to the NC's stuff? My buddy is hooked on it and wants more

[QUOTE=Legolas;37821438]hey guys quick question: do you know of any bands or whatever that have music similar to the NC's stuff? My buddy is hooked on it and wants more[/QUOTE] If you can find out who made the music for the NC maybe they will have more like it ?

I was just re-reading over the post about the patch information about how they changed recoil mechanics. [quote]NOTE: This loss in accuracy hurts the NC the most, since they're generally speaking the most punch per bullet, but the effects should be mostly negligible.[/quote] After playing quite a bit recently, I just realized they said that. The effects aren't negligible at all. I'm almost constantly getting torn apart by VS and TR guns, especially using the LMG on the Heavy Assault. It is almost impossible to win in a 1v1 situation unless you have a 3-4 shot advantage or they miss a ton. Since the NC relies on each bullet to actually hit its mark to keep a similar DPS to other factions, this actually hurts quite a bit. Another possible problem (but I'm not sure) is that there is currently an issue that people with low framerates can't turn their tank as fast others because of the way the input commands work (frame by frame). If this issue persists to weapon firing, then that means any NC player with a low framerate is basically screwed.

Any player with low FPS is going to be screwed by someone with good FPS in an equal situation.

[QUOTE=NoDachi;37823100]Any player with low FPS is going to be screwed by someone with good FPS in an equal situation.[/QUOTE] This so much, I am always losing infantry fights because I cant aim at them at 15fps. aka why I'm always flying liberators/reavers since I get 45fps in the air.

Terran Republic the second wave. We got another somewhat mini army together. [video=youtube;fXSbJSJNYr0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXSbJSJNYr0[/video]

So offline cert / resource gain is not implemented as of now? Any idea as to when it will be?

There will be no offline resource gain afaik, but sadly the cert gain is not currently active.

So they lied to us all and Esamir isn't coming until next week. But of course, at this rate it's very likely they'll fall back on that as well.

[QUOTE=mastermaul;37825337]So they lied to us all and Esamir isn't coming until next week. But of course, at this rate it's very likely they'll fall back on that as well.[/QUOTE] Oh well, I'm already beginning to forget I even have the game.

Wasn't there supposed to be a patch early today?

[QUOTE=KorJax;37825927]Wasn't there supposed to be a patch early today?[/QUOTE] Earlier today = Sometime next week. [editline]28th September 2012[/editline] For anyone who hasn't seen it, stuff: [url]http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/cert-costs-and-cert-point-gain-this-week.24932/[/url]

[QUOTE=Uesrname;37826083]Earlier today = Sometime next week. [editline]28th September 2012[/editline] For anyone who hasn't seen it, stuff: [url]http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/cert-costs-and-cert-point-gain-this-week.24932/[/url][/QUOTE] Oh they're adding passive cert gain in tonight's patch :downs: [editline]27th September 2012[/editline] Also, wipe on next weeks patch :tinfoil:

[QUOTE=Killdozer;37826287]Oh they're adding passive cert gain in tonight's patch :downs: [editline]27th September 2012[/editline] Also, wipe on next weeks patch :tinfoil:[/QUOTE] Not just passive cert gain, [I][B][U]ultra passive cert gain.[/U][/B][/I]

I fucking love the Liberator's Shredder. It just rapes [I]anything[/I] in the sky. I was flying around with my friends on the TR. Some hotshot and his wingman (saw them flying together earlier) on the NC came up on us, both with rocket pods, from above. I throw my mouse to the side, flipping the Liberator over, exposing the Shredder to the sky - which then kills both Reavers nearly instantly.

[QUOTE=Uesrname;37826355]Not just passive cert gain, [I][B][U]ultra passive cert gain.[/U][/B][/I][/QUOTE] It's going to be [u][b]SO FUCKING PASSIVE![/b][/u]

[QUOTE=Saber15;37826648]I fucking love the Liberator's Shredder. It just rapes [I]anything[/I] in the sky. I was flying around with my friends on the TR. Some hotshot and his wingman (saw them flying together earlier) on the NC came up on us, both with rocket pods, from above. I throw my mouse to the side, flipping the Liberator over, exposing the Shredder to the sky - which then kills both Reavers nearly instantly.[/QUOTE] Hah yeah I see libs doing that while I'm chasing them in my mossie. oh yep looks like hes turning his belly to the sky again like a dying whale like I haven't seen this several times already looks like I better ge- yeah I'm dead. [editline]28th September 2012[/editline] [url]http://www.ponybrigade.enjin.com/[/url] [url]http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/the-pony-brigade-recruiting-mount-up-bronies.22587/[/url] We know where to exterminate next.

[QUOTE=NoDachi;37826922] [url]http://www.ponybrigade.enjin.com/[/url] [url]http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/the-pony-brigade-recruiting-mount-up-bronies.22587/[/url] We know where to exterminate next.[/QUOTE] I... What?

[QUOTE=LittleDogX;37823030]I was just re-reading over the post about the patch information about how they changed recoil mechanics. After playing quite a bit recently, I just realized they said that. The effects aren't negligible at all. I'm almost constantly getting torn apart by VS and TR guns, especially using the LMG on the Heavy Assault. It is almost impossible to win in a 1v1 situation unless you have a 3-4 shot advantage or they miss a ton. Since the NC relies on each bullet to actually hit its mark to keep a similar DPS to other factions, this actually hurts quite a bit. Another possible problem (but I'm not sure) is that there is currently an issue that people with low framerates can't turn their tank as fast others because of the way the input commands work (frame by frame). If this issue persists to weapon firing, then that means any NC player with a low framerate is basically screwed.[/QUOTE] Welcome to how the rest of us felt against NC guns. :v: Hopefully they'll balance it out soon.

I just got the beta (thanks to a certain someone <3.) and have had a blast so far, I really have never seen anything like this; no other game i've played (ArmA, Battlefield Series) compare to how 'real' the battles feel in this. Loving every bit of it. Even losing horrifically to hordes of rebels is fun!

oh my word infiltrator is insanely awesome if you put away your rifle and get your pistol, cloak, get into the enemy base, then shoot unaware people in the back. I got like 4 people that way until I started shooting someone, he jumped up, cloaked, ran off, and then 3 other dudes came hunting for me. I could see them freaking out over the chat about an "inf in the base" [editline]28th September 2012[/editline] can't wait for shotguns

i'm super late here, but after registering and filling in the survey etc, how do you get in? random invites?

[QUOTE=Joazzz;37829601]i'm super late here, but after registering and filling in the survey etc, how do you get in? random invites?[/QUOTE] Invites from Sony, random sites with keys or the $40 Alpha Squad pack.