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

They're going to add more character customization, right? ^^ Game rocks socks, except it gets a little laggy even on a monster rig, and the textures are all pretty low. [editline]28th August 2012[/editline] Night time fighting is spectacular, though, flashes of muzzles and light all over the place.

I never get accepted into betas, I sign up for them all the time too. I was hoping to see this in my inbox.

Oh my god TR in East 01 are all fucking dumb, no squads no coordination. >:I

Bah, I figure I'll just wait until it gets into an open beta, if that shit ever happens. I'm sick of camping on twitter in hopes of getting a fucking beta key.

[QUOTE=Killerjc;37446859]OH SHIT DUDE SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS ON THE SOE OFFICIAL FORUMS How the fuck am I wrong? It's still needless complaining, and look at his post history. It's literally [B]all[/B] he does here.[/QUOTE] The only reason he shouldnt be posting details here is the NDA (does it cover this actually?), not because you don't like the fact that he's "complaining". On this planet we call discussing issues in a game discussing the game. Its not a bad thing to get feedback on your opinions about problems in the game from other people before sending it the dev's way... and quite frankly these forums are going to be much better than the PS2 forums for that. If here is a garbage pile then there is giant mountain of horse shit.

Damn I was hoping that they would give out keys when the developer pow-wow was over, oh well, guess I'll keep trying on twitter?

Can't wait to go back to college with it's 25mb connection, so I can finally download and play the beta, having a 1mb home connection wouldn't really work for me.

I'm glad they made the factions much more morally "gray" in PS2 than they were in PS1. I mean, if you ever read the manual for PS1, the Terrans were fucking [I]bastards[/I], basically North Korea but without the mass starvation and leader worship. In PS2, they're fairly benign but heavy-handed. [url]http://web.archive.org/web/20060210080448/http://www.terranrepublic.com/[/url] The New Conglomerate in PS1 were basically the good guys, as they had the least amount of faults. Their only real fault was... poor leadership. In PS2 they're all about freedom - and Laissez-faire capitalism. Not exactly the nicest guys around anymore. [url]http://web.archive.org/web/20060106142828/http://www.newconglomerate.com/[/url] Vanu Sovereignty in PS1 basically worshipped Ancient Vanu technology, and in PS2 they've [I]really[/I] stepped up the whole "worship" gig. I mean, the announcer guy yells at you "THIS IS NOT THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT" if your side is loosing. The announcer also seems to already gone cyborg-y, as he sounds vaguely like a Transformer. [url]http://web.archive.org/web/20060105170210/http://www.vanusovereignty.com/[/url]

They still had to go and make the NC the uhmerican poster-team. Which means we have to put up with tedious american NC RPers on planetside universe not realising they're part of some mussolini corporatism brigade now.

[QUOTE=NoDachi;37448273]They still had to go and make the NC the uhmerican poster-team. Which means we have to put up with tedious american NC RPers on planetside universe not realising they're part of some mussolini corporatism brigade now.[/QUOTE] I consider the NC to be more or less the Ron Paul faction. They want to go back to the Auraxium standard.

more like alloys standard AKA USELESS

is it me or are the snipers in NC completely useless whenever i try sniping from the range where all the textures look like shit, i always get killed by return fire.

NC snipers are the best in the game imo, put a supressor and an improved scope on. Headshots erry day, they don't know where they're being shot from. Once you learn the drop and lead you can easily manage a 60-80% hit rate, the only thing stopping you is server lag. People in this game often dont take snipers seriously, which is their downfall, and even if they are serpentining or jetpacking or whatever, you just need to get one center of mass hit and then you can finish them off with a couple of pistol shots. Also that feel when you shoot down a Mossie with the bolt driver.

Behold, the shite image I made in Photoshop in an attempt to get a beta key!: [img]http://i.imgur.com/1oUPV.png[/img] [sp]I was being really lazy.[/sp]

The Vanu sniper mostly sucks compaired to TR/NC since it's damage drops off at a range (its "upside" is that it has no bullet drop but the aiming is still totally fucked with it) but its amazing up close when you are using the laser pointer to decrease the cone of fire 2-3 shots (rapid fire) and something is dead just by pointing it in the general direction of your enemy in close quarters.

VS sniper is worthless at sniping. Huge cone of fire, shitty damage, giant SHOOT ME tracers, and a small scope (and it's a triangle wtf). I don't think I've ever been killed by a VS sniper, because as soon as they point their flashlight at me and shoot their laser beams, I just duck behind cover and blast their goddamn head off with my Bolt Driver. At least the TR snipers are mildly threatening, and dangerous in close quarters. Earlier today I was running around in a VS controlled Zergvan on my NC character, using a Bolt Driver with the stock scope. The VS kept trying to repair their turrets, so I began using the jump pads to jump around between the different towers and run up behind the engineers repairing their shit, then instantly kill them with a headshot. If a VS soldier tried chasing me down, I would just jump around randomly between towers while cloaked. [editline]28th August 2012[/editline] tbh I think the VS as a whole is pretty mediocre. Their weapons [I]rape[/I] indoors but they're garbage in any kind of outdoor fight. Their MAXes are OP compared to the others (which are just bad) and the Scythe is an annoying gnat, but the Magrider is kinda bad compared to the Vanguard.

[QUOTE=LordLoss;37448724]NC snipers are the best in the game imo, put a supressor and an improved scope on. Headshots erry day, they don't know where they're being shot from. Once you learn the drop and lead you can easily manage a 60-80% hit rate, the only thing stopping you is server lag. People in this game often dont take snipers seriously, which is their downfall, and even if they are serpentining or jetpacking or whatever, you just need to get one center of mass hit and then you can finish them off with a couple of pistol shots. Also that feel when you shoot down a Mossie with the bolt driver.[/QUOTE] hmm is a headshot always an instant kill? i have problems taking the MAXs down. and the server lag really is bothersome. i sometimes get this big slingshot lag which completely throws off my leading.

I really wish I was involved somehow.

tbh you're not missing much, there are still a lot of issues. it's fun but there's some holes. like for instance, almost every single time i use instant action i end up in the air falling to my death.

I'd still like to be involved. Honestly, I've been waiting for a massive FPS war game since MAG kinda fell apart.

[QUOTE=RichyZ;37450385]its honestly just basic fps gameplay at the moment, no real coordenation and the only big battles are happening because people would rather stay in 1 place and die a lot then do something smart but make the battle smaller[/QUOTE] I feel like the game has its glorifying moments, I remember playing VS on East 02 and getting a galaxy fully loaded, watching another galaxy get fully loaded and coordinating this full assault on the bio-dome closest to the VS sanctuary. We had designated people escort us in Scythes and when we got to the bio-dome we literally swarmed and raped the place. It was amazing and really brought me back to the planetside 1 days. I'm loving where they're going with the game so far, but there is still a lot of room for improvement. When they do manage to get those improvements in this game is gonna be amazing.

I wanna be apart of that. I want to go into game design so actually watching how to take criticisms and critiques during beta's is actually important. Only way to do that is to get beta access.

[QUOTE=thisispain;37450100]hmm is a headshot always an instant kill? i have problems taking the MAXs down. and the server lag really is bothersome. i sometimes get this big slingshot lag which completely throws off my leading.[/QUOTE] You can't one hit a Max, and HAs will survive a single headshot with a tiny bit of health left. Max suits can take about 5-10 shots to kill depending on the faction and where you hit them. I haven't really been able to do some proper tests cause I mostly play vs TR and their maxes have tiny heads.

[QUOTE=Saber15;37449750]VS sniper is worthless at sniping. Huge cone of fire, shitty damage, giant SHOOT ME tracers, and a small scope (and it's a triangle wtf). I don't think I've ever been killed by a VS sniper, because as soon as they point their flashlight at me and shoot their laser beams, I just duck behind cover and blast their goddamn head off with my Bolt Driver. At least the TR snipers are mildly threatening, and dangerous in close quarters. Earlier today I was running around in a VS controlled Zergvan on my NC character, using a Bolt Driver with the stock scope. The VS kept trying to repair their turrets, so I began using the jump pads to jump around between the different towers and run up behind the engineers repairing their shit, then instantly kill them with a headshot. If a VS soldier tried chasing me down, I would just jump around randomly between towers while cloaked. [editline]28th August 2012[/editline] tbh I think the VS as a whole is pretty mediocre. Their weapons [I]rape[/I] indoors but they're garbage in any kind of outdoor fight. Their MAXes are OP compared to the others (which are just bad) and the Scythe is an annoying gnat, but the Magrider is kinda bad compared to the Vanguard.[/QUOTE] Magrider is easily the best anti-tank weapon in the game. It's pretty much invulnerable to other tanks, because it can move sideways easily, while constantly shooting the enemy tank. I killed 5 tanks before I got taken down by a lot of anti-tank infantry.

If you guys want to see the Vanu actually kicking ass go to West 01, we actually kick some ass with a lower pop.

[QUOTE=darkrei9n;37450841]If you guys want to see the Vanu actually kicking ass go to West 01, we actually kick some ass with a lower pop.[/QUOTE] you Vanu and your maxes

20 NC Galaxies with fighter escorts flying towards one base is pretty much the most awesome thing I've seen in this game. The galaxies were empty though.

It sucks seeing empty sunderers and galaxies go around the place all the time, feels uneffective

Proper Galaxy piloting techniques. [img]http://niggaupload.com/images/sAcBI.gif[/img] Fixed image

For those who missed/cbf watching the design feedback meeting: [url]http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/planetside-2-design-meeting-stream-notes-8-28-2012.10509/[/url] Not mentioned here but mentioned in the stream: [i]"WALLS ARE COMING"[/i] [QUOTE=Rastadogg5;37451939]Proper Galaxy piloting techniques.[/QUOTE] Was that on West 01?