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

also, how long would it take for the sunderer ams upgrade to really pay for itself? placing it somewhere now 900 meters from a major battle would hopefully get me loads of spawn. is it worth it though?

[QUOTE=Pandamox;38631457]the air-to-ground rockets for the aircrafts are just as ridiculous as the air-to-air rockets they have. they really didn't do much of any balancing with them[/QUOTE] i wouldn't say so, they don't rape like in beta in fact when I see a heavy vehicle I find it better to use the cannon instead of the rockets, since you'll run out of rockets before you kill an mbt or sundy

or should I save for the ppa on my scythe

[QUOTE=altern;38631497]also, how long would it take for the sunderer ams upgrade to really pay for itself? placing it somewhere now 900 meters from a major battle would hopefully get me loads of spawn. is it worth it though?[/QUOTE] it's pretty shit honestly you get decent xp, but you really have to sit around and guard it or it will be taken out by a sneaky HA, so it's extremely boring it's really good to have strategically though, since you can kind of get a battle started by placing one down, but it's not worth fighting over the assholes who try to shove their sundy in closer than yours to steal the meager xp you get

[QUOTE=krail9;38631500]i wouldn't say so, they don't rape like in beta in fact when I see a heavy vehicle I find it better to use the cannon instead of the rockets, since you'll run out of rockets before you kill an mbt or sundy[/QUOTE] shoot 16 rockets, switch to your minigun thing while it reloads, switch back. you have a constant stream of damage and after 2 things of rockets and miniguns it's dead.

[QUOTE=Pandamox;38631585]shoot 16 rockets, switch to your minigun thing while it reloads, switch back. you have a constant stream of damage and after 2 things of rockets and miniguns it's dead.[/QUOTE] 2 mags of cannon and 2 of rocket is a long time, pretty much anything you're shooting would have the capacity to kill you first, if it can fight back

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;38631326]Just gonna start piloting as a Light Assault, so when I inevitebly have to bail, I can at least survive the fall.[/QUOTE] I only fly Reavers as a Light Assault since the default gear plus my C4 feel like survival gear. Just make sure to buy that nano repair for your aircraft to avoid having to land and repair for too long. Helps you survive lots longer. Been dying after every 10 or so kills in my Reaver. EDIT: Also what's a good primary for the Reaver? The default's great but I was planning on buying that 250 cert one but it sounds like it's only good for air combat and not taking out ground targets.

[QUOTE=SpasticPinoy;38631694]I only fly Reavers as a Light Assault since the default gear plus my C4 feel like survival gear. Just make sure to buy that nano repair for your aircraft to avoid having to land and repair for too long. Helps you survive lots longer. Been dying after every 10 or so kills in my Reaver. EDIT: Also what's a good primary for the Reaver? The default's great but I was planning on buying that 250 cert one but it sounds like it's only good for air combat and not taking out ground targets.[/QUOTE] you can trial the weapons

I need to learn this game apparently. I figured a Heavy Assault with the nano shield activated and a T7-minigun would be able to kill an engineer at point blank range but apparently not.

[QUOTE=krail9;38631740]you can trial the weapons[/QUOTE] I forgot about that, thanks. Seems the Vortek Rotary pretty much handles like the default gun but with a faster fire rate and reload speed. Doesn't seem worth the 250 certs unless I'm missing something.

I wish characters weren't locked to servers.

[QUOTE=The DooD;38631815]I need to learn this game apparently. I figured a Heavy Assault with the nano shield activated and a T7-minigun would be able to kill an engineer at point blank range but apparently not.[/QUOTE] Were you fighting NC? their guns are devastating at close range

[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;38631946]Were you fighting NC? their guns are devastating at close range[/QUOTE] Yeah it was an NC engineer

[QUOTE=IKTM;38631945]I wish characters weren't locked to servers.[/QUOTE] That's ok by me, but whoever decided station cash purchases are locked to your character and boosts/single-use camos get deleted permanently when you unequip them should be fired [I]into orbit[/I]

[QUOTE=kukiric;38632155]That's ok by me, but whoever decided station cash purchases are locked to your character and boosts/single-use camos get deleted permanently when you unequip them should be fired [I]into orbit[/I][/QUOTE] Weapons purchased with SC being character locked makes perfect sense but they really should make cosmetic purchases account wide imo.

[QUOTE=Trainbike;38632190]Weapons purchased with SC being character locked makes perfect sense but they really should make cosmetic purchases account wide imo.[/QUOTE] Not at the price you're paying. $7 for a weapon? You better have it on every character of the same faction. $0.70 for the same weapon? Might grab it for a single character.

It might be because of lag or something but the gunplay in this game is so weird. I have to lead people when shooting at them even if they're only like two feet in front of me. It's taken a lot of deaths to figure it out and it still bothers me.

[QUOTE=kukiric;38632311]Not at the price you're paying. $7 for a weapon? You better have it on every character of the same faction. $0.70 for the same weapon? Might grab it for a single character.[/QUOTE] I think they said they are working on being able to transfer your station cash purchases across all your characters.

why are AA cannons like turrets and skyguard bad again and A2A missiles overpowered did they not learn a goddamned thing from the beta

i downloaded the nvidia beta drivers and the Physx option is still greyed out whats the DEAL i've got a compatible card

[QUOTE=Cloak Raider;38632507]why are AA cannons like turrets and skyguard bad again and A2A missiles overpowered did they not learn a goddamned thing from the beta[/QUOTE] Turrets are quite possibly the most useless thing right now. I dont repair them anymore as engineer since an enemy infiltrator is going to come along and take it anyways making me have to blow it up to make it ours.

Purchased the upgraded Medic healer, Engi repair thingo and the ammopack/nanobot heal. Good that i can whore points better now.

What the fuck? So, I try logging into Planetside 2 and it's all "herp derp security issues you gotta reset your password" Ok, so I try and reset it and then I get "Name and password dont match!!! try again lol" which happens alot to me because i've got alot of different names/passwords for different shit and then when i supposedly get it right it tells me "lol u tried 2 many times to reset ur password today you gotta wait 24hrs now" FUCK OFF.

[QUOTE=jiggu;38630903]Does the slugs affect the guns negatively in any way? I only saw positive things but I may've misread.[/QUOTE] It appears they do, yes. I can already see the point- sticking slugs on a shotgun and getting into a vantage point as an LA is an amazing way to do a crapload of damage to slow targets. I killed three MAXes in one life during a meat grinder, just casually chewing their armor up. It also doesn't seem to negatively impact point blank damage either (though I could be wrong, I wasn't really counting shots, but it seemed like three body hits per kill) and it gets headshots. That said, it's horrible up close. I don't know if it's the hipshot recoil or my machine being jittery but I couldn't drop a soul at < 1m with it. It also negates your ability to hit LA's mid-flight, between the slow ass projectile speed and lag it feels like slugs actively avoid hitting people. Can't see a use for them beyond trolling people as LA. Up close and for LA on LA stuff I'd rather have shot, at midrange I'd rather have a carbine.

[QUOTE=Blueridge;38630062]i dont reccomend going past 12.8 with ati drivers, artifacts kept randomly appearing on my gun so i basically couldnt see until i restarted the game tried beta and 12.10, both did the same thing[/QUOTE] Using the beta 12.11(?) and I don't experience any issues like that.

I just woke up from a dream where someone in this thread posted a video showing new common pool humvee-style vehicles and a revised vanguard design. It was so awesome until someone posted "You guys know this is fake, right?" I know this thread too well.

[t]http://i.imgur.com/GwQo7.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/O3DBn.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/elyCe.jpg[/t] silly engineer, you don't belong there.

What's the name of the Bolt Action sniper for vanu? I occasionally play infiltrator, and I hate the auto sniper.

You idiots need to let there be gunners in your magrider. You get points and you don't look like a huge douche.

[QUOTE=Whyt546;38633481]What's the name of the Bolt Action sniper for vanu? I occasionally play infiltrator, and I hate the auto sniper.[/QUOTE] ghost i think, but from what ive gathered its pretty bad my friend bought it, the only time it 1 shots people is if you headshot them, otherwise after the first shot they run away. he stated also that he dislikes the fact that you have to hold your breath, which makes it fairly hard to get the second shot on a person if they don't run way.