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

[QUOTE=Pandamox;38534019]I knew there'd be a catch with it being free to play, in the fact that unlocking shit without paying for it is going to take literally impossibly long. Quite sad really, puts me off from playing it if i play for 3 hours straight and still don't have enough certificates or w/e the fuck they're called to unlock a [i]sight[/i] for a weapon.[/QUOTE] What? I had 50 within 2 hours. Then had another 50 ~2 hours later. Are you running solo? Outfit/squad play is the way to go.

[QUOTE=Pandamox;38534019]I knew there'd be a catch with it being free to play, in the fact that unlocking shit without paying for it is going to take literally impossibly long. Quite sad really, puts me off from playing it if i play for 3 hours straight and still don't have enough certificates or w/e the fuck they're called to unlock a [I]sight[/I] for a weapon.[/QUOTE] If you're playing for 3 hours and can't get enough for a sight then you're probably playing it wrong. I can get a sight in about half an hour to an hour no problem.

[QUOTE=Pandamox;38534019]I knew there'd be a catch with it being free to play, in the fact that unlocking shit without paying for it is going to take literally impossibly long. Quite sad really, puts me off from playing it if i play for 3 hours straight and still don't have enough certificates or w/e the fuck they're called to unlock a [i]sight[/i] for a weapon.[/QUOTE] if you're playing for 3 hours and don't even have 30 certs yet that is kinda really bad. Instead how about you go where action is and not sit at your bases inside your territory.

[QUOTE=Saza;38534058]if you're playing for 3 hours and don't even have 30 certs yet that is kinda really bad. Instead how about you go where action is and not sit at your bases inside your territory.[/QUOTE] I spawned on bases being attacked every single time in ENEMY territory. Got 50+ kills and died maybe 15 times, and i captured 4 little bases by myself. If constantly attacking enemy bases and getting 50+ kills while taking out vehicles isn't the "correct way to play" then i don't know what is.

TR or NC Max? GO!

Even as an NC player, I like tr's better. Dual miniguns yes please

[QUOTE=Saza;38533997]the fact there's a login queue makes me very sad[/QUOTE] what makes it worse is that the estimated time it tells you isn't even the real time. I've been sitting on 3 minutes for the past 10 minutes.

[QUOTE=Pandamox;38534068]I spawned on bases being attacked every single time in ENEMY territory. Got 50+ kills and died maybe 15 times, and i captured 4 little bases by myself. If constantly attacking enemy bases and getting 50+ kills while taking out vehicles isn't the "correct way to play" then i don't know what is.[/QUOTE] 50+ kills assuming those arent kill assists and kills +100 or so each kill that should be over 25 certs (also just saying i make ~20 certs or so in under an hour and a half so you're probably not really doing it amazingly well)

When does SOE do their triple smedbucks promotions? I'd like to cash in a bit.

[QUOTE=Saza;38534141]50+ kills assuming those arent kill assists and kills +100 or so each kill that should be over 25 certs (also just saying i make ~20 certs or so in under an hour and a half so you're probably not really doing it amazingly well)[/QUOTE] They were kills. I fully ran around and captured 4 bases (the ones with A B C in each) Didn't have enough to get a sight for my heavy assault gun. If it's going to be a bullshit game where you're FORCED to run with squadmates to get ~~5x XP!!~~ when i can do more than an entire squad, that's ridiculous.

[QUOTE=Pandamox;38534218]They were kills. I fully ran around and captured 4 bases (the ones with A B C in each) Didn't have enough to get a sight for my heavy assault gun. If it's going to be a bullshit game where you're FORCED to run with squadmates to get ~~5x XP!!~~ when i can do more than an entire squad, that's ridiculous.[/QUOTE] Assuming you got the base 100 for each kill and no other XP that's 5,000 xp. Divide that by 250 for a cert. That's at least 20 certs if you add in captured bases, assists (no you can't do more than an entire squad or you will die alone without many kills at all)

[t]http://puu.sh/1sy61[/t] fuck it

[QUOTE=Pandamox;38534218]They were kills. I fully ran around and captured 4 bases (the ones with A B C in each) Didn't have enough to get a sight for my heavy assault gun. If it's going to be a bullshit game where you're FORCED to run with squadmates to get ~~5x XP!!~~ when i can do more than an entire squad, that's ridiculous.[/QUOTE] this is a team game, not cod.

[QUOTE=Pandamox;38534218]They were kills. I fully ran around and captured 4 bases (the ones with A B C in each) Didn't have enough to get a sight for my heavy assault gun. If it's going to be a bullshit game where you're FORCED to run with squadmates to get ~~5x XP!!~~ when i can do more than an entire squad, that's ridiculous.[/QUOTE] I really don't know what's up with that. I played for 40 minutes and got 20 certs easy. Sights are like 50 certs or so right?

[QUOTE=Saza;38534257]Assuming you got the base 100 for each kill and no other XP that's 5,000 xp. Divide that by 250 for a cert. That's at least 20 certs if you add in captured bases, assists (no you can't do more than an entire squad or you will die alone without many kills at all)[/QUOTE] Yeah. Guess what, a sight isn't 20 cert

[QUOTE=Pandamox;38534296]Yeah. Guess what, a sight isn't 20 cert[/QUOTE] if it took you that long to grind ~25 certs that's kinda really bad and you must be doing something wrong

[QUOTE=BeardyDuck;38534282]this is a team game, not cod.[/QUOTE] What the fuck does that have to do with anything? Forcing someone to run in a group of 50 people and maybe get 1 kill to capture a small base grants me more XP and certs than solo or running with 2 or 3 other people into a base, killing 20 people and capturing it? Who gives a shit if it's a team game, if i have the ability to do that i shouldn't be neglected because i wasn't with a massive group and given not even enough points to unlock a sigh for my main weapon.

[QUOTE=Pandamox;38534315]What the fuck does that have to do with anything? Forcing someone to run in a group of 50 people and maybe get 1 kill to capture a small base grants me more XP and certs than solo or running with 2 or 3 other people into a base, killing 20 people and capturing it? Who gives a shit if it's a team game, if i have the ability to do that i shouldn't be neglected because i wasn't with a massive group and given not even enough points to unlock a sigh for my main weapon.[/QUOTE] then don't play it? if you're gonna act like a whiny little shithead just because you're trying to solo a team game then why bother to keep playing?

Why the hell does it take so long to create a character or whatever? I click finish and it just sits there.

well I'll give you a hint sights aren't even that good; the only weapon I would consider a different sight for is the sniper rifle

cert gain is still too slow no matter how you slice it

Cert gain is not that slow. Seriously. I hang around Freyr Amp Station almost all day and I get a LOT of certs, even more if I'm attacking the base and go tower hopping as light assault

[QUOTE=BeardyDuck;38534322]then don't play it? if you're gonna act like a whiny little shithead just because you're trying to solo a team game then why bother to keep playing?[/QUOTE] Are you seriously that thick skulled? If i can accomplish more with a few of my friends than a group of 100 people can in 2 hours, [i]why do i not get rewarded so[/i]. It doesn't matter if it's a team game or not, the goal is to capture and hold bases and take over the continents. If i can achieve that with a few friends instead of running around with a massive group, why the fuck does it matter. It's the fact that they reward people who run around in a massive zerg doing literally nothing, maybe getting a kill or two capturing a base and dying a shit ton, yet don't reward people who actually capture bases in small groups while the enemy isn't looking. It's a fucked reward system which i assumed in the prolonged beta would've been addressed properly

[QUOTE=Pandamox;38534405]Are you seriously that thick skulled? If i can accomplish more with a few of my friends than a group of 100 people can in 2 hours, [i]why do i not get rewarded so[/i]. It doesn't matter if it's a team game or not, the goal is to capture and hold bases and take over the continents. If i can achieve that with a few friends instead of running around with a massive group, why the fuck does it matter. It's the fact that they reward people who run around in a massive zerg doing literally nothing, maybe getting a kill or two capturing a base and dying a shit ton, yet don't reward people who actually capture bases in small groups while the enemy isn't looking. It's a fucked reward system which i assumed in the prolonged beta would've been addressed properly[/QUOTE] I guarantee 100+ people could easily take a small base within minutes. The reason gigantic battles are so slow is that the huge bases take forever to capture and there's a LOT of people on both sides. You aren't rewarded 'for running around in a massive zerg doing nothing'. You are rewarded for getting kill assists, kills, vehicle kills, captures, and you're generally helping your team advance; or if you're me you are healing and reviving the shit out of anything and everything, or you're an engineer who's a god guy and throws down some ammo for us. However I'm guessing all you play is heavy assault so you're just chucking bullets and the occasional rocket (but judging how you're 'often solo and capturing unguarded places' you probably aren't seeing many vehicles!)

[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;38534353]cert gain is still too slow no matter how you slice it[/QUOTE] Cert gain is fine. It's a F2P game for christ's sake, they need to incentivise people to pay for stuff, and not just cosmetics. And if you're semi competent you get certs pretty fast anyway.

[QUOTE=Saza;38534419]I guarantee 100+ people could easily take a small base within minutes. The reason gigantic battles are so slow is that the bases take forever to capture and there's a LOT of people on both sides. You aren't rewarded 'for running around in a massive zerg doing nothing'. You are rewarded for getting kill assists, kills, vehicle kills, captures, and you're generally helping your team advance; or if you're me you are healing and reviving the shit out of anything and everything, or you're an engineer who's a god guy and throws down some ammo for us[/QUOTE] Yeah that's neat and all, my gripe is that someone who does that gets FAR more than someone who goes around and captures 4 bases while that massive battle is going on. One can easily say that few people who captures the 4 bases and takes over an entire zone contributed overall far more than someone who ran around and maybe revived 10 people and killed 1 person in the same amount of time

[QUOTE=Pandamox;38534433]Yeah that's neat and all, my gripe is that someone who does that gets FAR more than someone who goes around and captures 4 bases while that massive battle is going on. One can easily say that few people who captures the 4 bases and takes over an entire zone contributed overall far more than someone who ran around and maybe revived 10 people and killed 1 person in the same amount of time[/QUOTE] except those 10 people being revived are racking up kills, pushing the enemy back, and altogether capturing the zone (albeit a slower, not as visible rate) you can go on playing like you do but don't complain how you don't earn xp because capturing things doesn't give you much more than a few hundred xp, whereas kills give you 100 each. capturing a base is like killing 5 or so guys, even less, sometimes more pending on size.

Are the guns that cost like 1000 certs permanant? I know some items are one life only... And I would rage the fuck out if I saved up for like weeks to get a weapon just to lose it because I died.

[QUOTE=legolover122;38534442]Are the guns that cost like 1000 certs permanant? I know some items are one life only... And I would rage the fuck out if I saved up for like weeks to get a weapon just to lose it because I died.[/QUOTE] Yes.

[QUOTE=Wolfos;38534429]Cert gain is fine. It's a F2P game for christ's sake, they need to incentivise people to pay for stuff, and not just cosmetics. And if you're semi competent you get certs pretty fast anyway.[/QUOTE] I'd rather buy the game and gain certs quickly, personally. I don't want to have to grind for a month before I can play the game the way I want to play it