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

[QUOTE=Viper202;38221119]Well in the first 3 minutes he complains that he can't play games at a good 30fps, hope that gets your hopes up.[/QUOTE] I hardly gain any fps when going from all High to all medium, but the game looks at least 5 years older. I can agree on AA problem, as well as not having a clue what to do. If I wasn't taken back by scale in the first two hours, I would have quit the game being bored not knowing what to do. I've bought two weapons that I regret already, a training/shooting room would be ace.

[QUOTE=Raidyr;38220676]could someone sum it up, I don't want to listen to totalbiscuit for half an hour.[/QUOTE] Basically he points out problems with Planetside 2 and worries that the release date is too soon. He opens up the topic with the performance issues, saying that is the single largest problem with the game right now. He talks about his rig (a pretty beefy one) and how, even on all medium, he often dips below 30 FPS. After that, he talks a bit about balance and whines about AA being overpowered, but then starts talking about more legitimate problems again like the lack of teamwork (due to single-man vehicles) and direction (game doesn't really help point the zerg in a constructive way). He does say that the whiners who think PS1s gunplay was better than PS2s are just turbonerds with nostalgia goggles on, but that the shift from sancs + multiple conts to a constant 3 way battle on each continent is bad. Then he just goes on about all the bugs in the game. The message he gets across is that the game is good overall, but has a lot of problems and has such a lacking metagame that it should be held back until it's ready. Oh, and he mentions that releasing a F2P FPS in November (pretty much FPS month of the year) is just about the dumbest thing Sony could do.

Total biscuit monotises another YT video saying what everyone else has been saying for the past 2 weeks, news at 11.

It would be nice if these server queues worked.

[QUOTE=The golden;38221829]I would say performance, balance, and the metagame are pretty substantial issues...[/QUOTE] But TotalBiscuit said it, so we have to disagree with it.

[QUOTE=kenji;38221567]Total biscuit monotises another YT video saying what everyone else has been saying for the past 2 weeks, news at 11.[/QUOTE] Man's gotta eat.

[QUOTE=The golden;38221829]I would say performance, balance, and the metagame are pretty substantial issues...[/QUOTE] But they're not fundamental ones because they're constantly being changed already. It's easy for TB to make a video saying "hurfff its a good game but they need to change X even though they already are so really what I'm saying is meaningless and is just another attempt to pitch the game through a gimmick". I mean, the only legitimate strong point he's made so far in this video which I'm 14mins through is the gunners in tanks, and even then it's worth little more than an opinion than genuine empirical evidence. The rest is just meaningless points like about the AA, where he made the point, then spends the next 5 minutes deconstructing the argument.

[QUOTE=kenji;38221567]Total biscuit monotises another YT video saying what everyone else has been saying for the past 2 weeks, news at 11.[/QUOTE] the sad thing is his voice is heard by developers more than the masses.

[QUOTE=The golden;38221965]If you go to the PS2 forums and read what the "masses" are saying it is just a bunch of childish "u mad bro" crap. The PS2 forums are god-fucking-awful. I don't blame the developers for not reading them. Much of PS2's playerbase does not know how to discuss problems reasonably and rationally.[/QUOTE] kind of an odd question, but where would you tell developers to go to find reasonable feedback for a game they're making?

So what would the metagame be?

[QUOTE=hogofwar;38221989]So what would the metagame be?[/QUOTE] good

[QUOTE=hogofwar;38221989]So what would the metagame be?[/QUOTE] Dragons and magic. Also they are never adding driver and gunner tanks ever so I don't know why people are still asking for it.

The metagame is building a giant death star to annihilate the other two factions

[QUOTE=hogofwar;38221989]So what would the metagame be?[/QUOTE] In Planetside 1, each empire started with a sanctuary linked to two continents. Between one empire's "Home" continents and another empire's homes is another continent, and that cont links to a central continent. The total was 10 continents (6 home, 3 between, 1 center). Because you didn't arbitrarily start on a cont like in PS2, the metagame consisted of taking and holding continents on the map. Interesting to note is that due to the nature of this metagame, fights were usually only 2 way battles, not the typical 3-way in PS2.

[QUOTE=The golden;38222838]Accidentally crashed my mossie into a sunderer full of people. I bought them another one but I cannot figure out how to transfer ownership status. Any ideas? [B]Edit: [/B]My game crashed while the driver was in it, so he got ownership. Problem solved.[/QUOTE] You can press page down IIRC and set ownership settings there. Yourself, squad/platoon and everyone. Also useful for kicking people out of your vehicle.

I love being in the middle of battles that include all three factions, and the chat that takes place during these battles. One of these battles lasted a few hours.

[QUOTE=The golden;38223477]You can set it to squad so another squaddie can drive it, but you still "own" the vehicle.[/QUOTE] Transferring ownership like that is not in the game as far as I know.

is anyone else with windows 8 unable to play? i crash as soon as the splash screen comes up [editline]28th October 2012[/editline] ok unplugging my xbox controller fixed it crash of the year [editline]28th October 2012[/editline] wow ok what you have to use certs to unlock new weapons now? seriously?

[QUOTE=JerryK;38224002]is anyone else with windows 8 unable to play? i crash as soon as the splash screen comes up [editline]28th October 2012[/editline] ok unplugging my xbox controller fixed it crash of the year [editline]28th October 2012[/editline] wow ok what you have to use certs to unlock new weapons now? seriously?[/QUOTE] Yeah and also certs now gain extremely slowly, forcing you to choose between, I dunno, a flashlight for 48 certs or an anti-aircraft turret for a tank. Because, you know, they're worth preeeeetty much the same. _/:v:\_

[QUOTE=blazingfly;38224510]Yeah and also certs now gain extremely slowly, forcing you to choose between, I dunno, a flashlight for 48 certs or an anti-aircraft turret for a tank. Because, you know, they're worth preeeeetty much the same. _/:v:\_[/QUOTE] You should gain certs much faster now, you get a cert every 250 xp or so, which is like two and a half kills.

[QUOTE=Moreto;38224738]You should gain certs much faster now, you get a cert every 250 xp or so, which is like two and a half kills.[/QUOTE] Well normally you get ~150 with all the bonuses you get like region, streaks, population and headshots ect I got 600exp just for blowing up a single magrider once.

So after using the shotgun with slugs for a bit, It's pretty iffy. It takes 2 slugs to kill someone in a close range battle. Besides that, it behaves very similar to the default semi-auto sniper rifle that the TR starts with. 3 body shots to kill, or 1 headshot and 1 body shot. It can also be use to do the "Shoot n' Knife" trick (stand behind them, shoot once and use the knife, basically instant death) if you're an infiltrator. However it also has some problems. The bullet velocity is ridiculously slow, and sometimes the spread is absolutely ridiculous and can somehow miss someone 5 meters away even though it's only your second shot. Because of this spread bug, you need to wait a moment between shots. However, it does fairly well at medium ranges assuming you actually [i]do[/i] wait a moment between shots. [i]The "ridiculous spread" issue could just be due to my framerate in populated areas going to shit (more likely) or due to lag (less likely), but I don't think my framerate or ping are bad enough to make it as much of a problem as it appears to be.[/i] Overall it's okay I guess, but I probably wouldn't recommend it unless they fix the (possible) spread issue, and increase the bullet velocity. The 6 shot magazine sucks, but can be fixed by getting the extended magazines (which doubles magazine capacity). I just wanted a weapon I could cert into that I could use across multiple classes. What I really want is some kind of semi-auto gun that will kill in, at most, 5 shots, that can be used with any class. I was hoping I could make due with the shotgun+slugs, but it's performance is a bit lackluster so I was a bit disappointed that I spent the 480 certs to get it, and the 72 certs to get the slugs (and the 12 for the scope and the 37 I've spent so far in under-rail attachments to get the extended magazines.) (Yes, I'm aware of the trick to get things without the certs being used, but I don't like cheating/exploiting bugs/etc so I didn't use it. So I spent 552 certs (138,000 XP) to find out I don't like a weapon. I really hope they add something to let you test a weapon before you use it.

[QUOTE=blazingfly;38224510]Yeah and also certs now gain extremely slowly, forcing you to choose between, I dunno, a flashlight for 48 certs or an anti-aircraft turret for a tank. Because, you know, they're worth preeeeetty much the same. _/:v:\_[/QUOTE] Come on man, flashlights are only worth one cert point. I still think some of the pricing is bullshit though, and the fact you have to unlock sights and attachments in a linear fashion is fucking stupid.

[QUOTE=Hinterlight;38224828]Come on man, flashlights are only worth one cert point. I still think some of the pricing is bullshit though, and the fact you have to unlock sights and attachments in a linear fashion is fucking stupid.[/QUOTE] I hope, but I'm sure they'll change it. It was better before when you could unlock anything at any time without following a stupid line.

Me? I'm just saving up certs so I can buy everything for free using the store glitch, I already got more than half of the shit I just need to get 300 certs :suicide:

[IMG]http://img1.uploadscreenshot.com/images/orig/10/30116552929-orig.jpg[/IMG] Well, I sure do find flash's relaxing.

Does anyone else feel TR guns are complete shit?

[QUOTE=zombojoe;38224924]Me? I'm just saving up certs so I can buy everything for free using the store glitch, I already got more than half of the shit I just need to get 300 certs :suicide:[/QUOTE] And then if they find out you're doing it, they ban your account. Oh, and for whoever was asking about shotgun certs: [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8077697/ShotgunCerts.jpg[/img_thumb]

Why would they ban my account? They are going to reset all accounts any time now lol.

Are there any good outfits on the US servers?