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

I think all the new players are straining the servers.

It's like this every time they let a large amount of new people in.

[QUOTE=Dirf;37583397]NC just held the worst defense I've ever seen in Mao over at US East 1. They had a pretty tight hold on the roof, except only in one direction. I got a 25 kill streak just from popping up and shooting them all in the back.[/QUOTE] I never know the names of places. [editline]7th September 2012[/editline] Also these AA cannons are making my mouse hand hurt

[QUOTE=cdr248;37583672]I never know the names of places. [editline]7th September 2012[/editline] Also these AA cannons are making my mouse hand hurt[/QUOTE] Mao is the only one I remember because it looks so different from the others.

They pretty much ruined A2A Missiles. Yeah they were over powered before, but now they straight up made them useless, the lock on range is so short you might as well just use the Gun (which completely defeats the purpose of missiles), and the Lock on time takes about fifty years and you can accidentally lose it in about half a micro-second. [editline]7th September 2012[/editline] [B]and apparently TAPPING the launch pads to hard makes the entire plane explode.[/B]

Speaking of ruined things: Jetpacks. Now not even useful for climbing mountains.

[QUOTE=Slacker101;37583811]Speaking of ruined things: Jetpacks. Now not even useful for climbing mountains.[/QUOTE] Why is that?

[QUOTE=Slacker101;37583811]Speaking of ruined things: Jetpacks. Now not even useful for climbing mountains.[/QUOTE]Great what'd they do to it.

[QUOTE=Slacker101;37583811]Speaking of ruined things: Jetpacks. Now not even useful for climbing mountains.[/QUOTE] I didn't play prior to today, but I've heard numerous people complaining about a jetpack nerf recently.

Nerfed it. I thought it was fine. But I guess they're going to be all like 'lol you gotta cert'

It's kind of fucking stupid that they nerfed it [B]without unlocking the certs[/B]

[QUOTE=mastermaul;37584154]It's kind of fucking stupid that they nerfed it [B]without unlocking the certs[/B][/QUOTE] I don't think SOE knows what the point of a Beta is.

Wow, is Alienware arena/Product awareness bullshit the first time theyve done beta giveouts on this big a scale?

Just got a beta key from that Alienware site.

not too happy they made zurvan easier to cap. They should make everything else as hard as zurvan, not make it easier.

So, just wondering as I'm one of the new guys. Any progress we make in the beta stay or wipes?

[QUOTE=MadPro119;37584588]So, just wondering as I'm one of the new guys. Any progress we make in the beta stay or wipes?[/QUOTE] Smed just posted on the Planetside subreddit that we should expect wipes soon.

Zurvan still kills my FPS, along with battles containing more than 30 people, especially if it involves all 3 factions.

10 kill streak post-patch Reaver. I don't know if I was shooting down noobs or what, but I did surprisingly good flying today. Also snagged my friend a key through alienware and along with two other friends with beta we had a rocking time.

US East 01 just crashed or something, the pop went to 0.

I was too lazy/indifferent to make the effort of getting a beta key weeks ago, and finally relented and bought my way in because I was tired of watching you guys have an epic time from the side lines. See you on the battlefield.

I am currently running an outfit that has grown to 45 people on US East 01. We generally run tank columns and multiple-galaxy raids, people who aren't working with the squad are kicked. If you'd like an invite, PM me.

[QUOTE=mastermaul;37582117]So now actual air to ground support with aircraft is impossible without tremendous numbers and organization (which hardly ever happen outside of outfits)?[/QUOTE] Nah The A2G dynamic simply changed from being "solo" to "support". You basically are a glass cannon now against certain targets. You still rape if you are picking off stragglers or a group unprepared for an airborne attack (though to a limited degree since now your max amount of missiles you can carry is much less, which means you can no longer keep an attack going for too long without having to rearm). The difference is now against large forces or fortified positions, you have to use hit+run tactics to soften enemies and/or work in tandem with your own factions force to survive. You can't "solo" towers because AA will kill you quick, same with bases (unless they aren't fortified). You CAN swoop in at high speeds and do hit+run attacks to soften the enemy or keep them under pressure. You CAN attack at the same time as a column of tanks is attacking such fortifications to be extremely effective. You CAN attack individual tanks/targets much better now provided you have good aim thanks to the damage buff and the simple fact that you can easily see key units/stragglers with your top down view. If anything, it's much easier to survive now because if you take damage or are being tailed by a fighter, you can retreat back to a fortified position to save yourself (where before you'd have to fight or you'd die, and most of the time you died if you were being tailed). Now I can retreat and actually survive because to follow an air unit back into the main territory right now is suicide with active AA in the area. Basically you cant just fly air everywhere anymore without any care or conciquence. Air is still very effective, but you have to be effective at piloting to succeed as one, and ideally work together with your team to get you places you no longer can safely go without being killed.

Wait, haven't played in a bit but light assault was my favorite class, what did they do to the jetpack exactly?

Holy fuck the SOE site. I can't fucking login, apparently I need to "reset my password" but the form doesn't fucking work, It just refreshes the page without doing anything after I enter new password. I tried to reset my password the more conventional enter-your-username-have-it-emailed-to-you way, and the form doesn't work too. I tried to reset my username, the form didn't work. Then I tried to create a new fucking account and guess what? It doesn't work for SHIT. It just asks me to login every time I do anything.

[QUOTE=qwerty000;37584987]Holy fuck the SOE site. I can't fucking login, apparently I need to "reset my password" but the form doesn't fucking work, It just refreshes the page without doing anything after I enter new password. I tried to reset my password the more conventional enter-your-username-have-it-emailed-to-you way, and the form doesn't work too. I tried to reset my username, the form didn't work. Then I tried to create a new fucking account and guess what? It doesn't work for SHIT. It just asks me to login every time I do anything.[/QUOTE] I've had the exact same thing for the longest of time, I believe it has something to do with having to use your email to log-in instead of your username or the opposite way or something if I remember correctly.

[QUOTE=goon165;37583738]They pretty much ruined A2A Missiles. Yeah they were over powered before, but now they straight up made them useless, the lock on range is so short you might as well just use the Gun (which completely defeats the purpose of missiles), and the Lock on time takes about fifty years and you can accidentally lose it in about half a micro-second. [editline]7th September 2012[/editline] [B]and apparently TAPPING the launch pads to hard makes the entire plane explode.[/B][/QUOTE] almost better to use A2G missiles

If i were to buy a SSD, what would i expect performance-wise from planetside 2?

Flying and going into bases would experience a significant performance boost.

galaxy is OP pls nerf [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGjn9Kaew6g[/media]