Planetside 2 V4 - The roadmap to Basic Features and a Playable Framerate - Games

And the fuckin' cloak. Gosh! What a crushing disappointment this patch is. They promised a reworking and rebalancing, and what we got were two huge gimmicks and a new weapon.

I'm grabbing a second seat for my flash and flying off to adventure with my rocket flash [I]Awaaayyyyy[/I]

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;39897559]And the fuckin' cloak. Gosh! What a crushing disappointment this patch is. They promised a reworking and rebalancing, and what we got were two huge gimmicks and a new weapon.[/QUOTE] I can already imagine some cheeky infiltrators taking cheap roadkills with their cloaked ATVs. Yeah, you can hear them, maybe you can even somewhat see it, but good luck trying to stop it when the thing is speeding at you.

Larger changelog incoming! [url]http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/server-downtine-03-13-2013.103289/[/url] All servers will come down for a Game Update on March 13th at 6:00 AM PT. Downtime is anticipated to be less than 2 hours. Players may note the following changes to gameplay: General Updates · Passive Certification gain has been increased for members. We've increased the number of passive certifications for members and scaled the increase in Certification points based on length of Membership. The new cert point rates are as follows: 1-mo. member - 24 passive cert points/day 2-mo. member - 28.8 passive cert points/day 3-mo. member - 33.6 passive cert points/day 4-mo. member - 38.4 passive cert points/day 5-mo. member - 43.2 passive cert points/day 6-mo. + member - 48 passive cert points/day Added a Virtual Reality Training Center This area is accessible through any warp terminal This is a safe test area where you can try every weapon, vehicle, and upgrade available to your empire! Each empire has its own Training area. This area has target dummies for vehicles and infantry that have the same properties as in normal combat. An indoor shooting range with random targets at 10 meter intervals for reflex practice and target recognition is available. An outdoor shooting range with infantry and vehicle targets to train with all manner of weaponry is also available. There is an open area to practice driving or flying with vehicles. A quad course is available, but jump ramps haven’t been installed yet, so be cautious and creative when navigating the course! While in the training area players have a separate set of loadouts for vehicles and classes. Normal loadouts are used when the player returns to one of the continents. A Redeploy hotkey has been added and can be used without having to view the map. Default binding is the Delete key. If you find yourself stranded in VR, use the hotkey to get back to the training facility. This functionality is available both in and out of VR Training. For training purposes, reality has been altered in this area: All weapons for infantry and vehicles available to the player’s empire can be used! All vehicle upgrades, suit upgrades, abilities, and weapon attachments are available and at the maximum rank while in the zone, regardless of the player’s current certifications. Vehicles and MAX suits do not cost resources. Vehicles and MAX suits do not require or start acquisition timers. Player stats are not recorded while in this area. Experience and medals cannot be earned while in this area. Players cannot hurt each other or their vehicles but can hurt themselves. Shooting or destroying friendly target dummies does not grant grief points but will still show the grief indicator and play the grief sound. Respawning has no time delay. Weapon trials cannot be obtained while in this area (you already have access to every weapon!). Note that consumables still cost resources and deplete the player’s inventory when used while in VR. This will be altered in a future update. Rotated the Warp Gates on all three continents New Items: More Classic Decals have been added to the Depot. Added a new weapon for the Flash, the S12 Renegade shotgun. Infantry Updates The cloak effect on low graphics settings will no longer make the infiltrator completely invisible. Fixed issues with some AA weapons not causing proper damage to air vehicles at close range. Fixed an issue where rocket launchers could maintain a lock through actions that should have cancelled it Shooting through SCU shields should no longer impact projectile range When set to semi-automatic, the crosshair for the NS-11 and NS-11 Platinum should no longer disappear Fixed an issue where the M77-B could lose its crosshair after aiming down the sight Changed the color of the night vision scope’s crosshair so that is easier to see against dark backgrounds. Should now be able to unlock the Auraxium Medal for the TR’s ASP-30 Grounder The shell casings for all pump action shotguns should now eject from the weapon at the correct time and match the texture of the shell casings being loaded Placed C4 will now despawn when the source player dies NS Annihilator: Range to lock-on to ground targets reduced to 400 meters (matching the range of other ground lock-on rocket launchers). Range against aircraft remains at 500 meters. Fixed bug that was causing the hit box and the player model to not match when jumping. Note: Other players will now jump lower to the ground (and be slightly easier to shoot). There has been no change to actual jump height. Small increase to the angle that players can walk up The medals for the TRS-12 Uppercut should no longer be mislabeled The LX Mark IV and Trueshot scopes should now both apply the proper attachment to the GD-66 Claw when equipped Addressed cosmetic issues with the T5 AMC’s reload animation The following infantry based explosives have been modified. In general, explosions are now stronger at their center, but damage falls off faster Frag Grenades: Reduced inner blast radius by 2 meters. Reduced outer blast radius by 0.5 meters. Increased inner damage by 25 points. Sticky Grenades: Reduced inner blast radius by 2 meters. Reduced outer blast radius by 0.5 meters. Increased inner damage by 25 points. Sticky grenades will now bypass flak armor if stuck to a player. TR Claymores: Reduced inner blast radius by 1.5 meters. Reduced outer blast radius by 1 meter. Increased inner damage by 25 points. NC Bouncing Betties & VS Proximity Mines: Reduced inner blast radius by 0.5 meters. Reduced outer blast radius by 1 meter. Increased inner damage by 25 points. Tank Mines: Reduced inner blast radius by 0.5 meters. Reduced outer blast radius by 3 meters. Note: These changes only apply to infantry. Underbarrel Grenade Launcher: Reduced inner blast radius by 0.4 meters. Increased inner damage by 25 points. C4: Increased inner blast radius by 1 meter. Modified the total ammunition capacity of the following weapons: Default capacity increased from 120 to 140 on the following carbines: NC Reaper DMR NC AC-X11 Default capacity increased from 180 to 210 on the following assault rifles: NC GR-22 NC Carnage BR NC GD-7F VS Pulsar VS1 VS H-V45 VS CME VS Equinox VE2 Burst VS Equinox VE2 VS Solstice VS VX6-7 VS Solstice Burst VS Solstice SF VS Serpent Default capacity increased from 60 to 70 on the following Sniper rifles: NC Gauss SPR NC Impetus TR 99SV TR KSR-35 VS VA39 Spectre VS Phantom Default capacity increased from 30 to 40 on the following bolt action sniper rifles: NC NC14 Bolt Driver NC SAS-R NC LA80 NC Longshot TR M77-B TR TSAR-42 TR SR-7 TR RAMS .50M VS XM98 VS Ghost VS V10 VS Parallax All 75 round LMGs are now the same and have a 300 round capacity. NC Gauss Saw S TR TMG-50 VS Pulsar LSW VS SVA-88 VS Flare VS Ursa Pistols: NC NC4 Mag-Shot : Default capacity increased from 60 to 75 NC Rebel : Default capacity increased from 32 to 56 TR TX1 Repeater: Default capacity increased from 84 to 105 VS Beamer VS3 : Default capacity increased from 68 to 85 VS Manticore SX40 : Default capacity increased from 60 to 75 SMGs: NC AF-4 Cyclone : Default capacity increased to 175 TR SMG-46 Armistice : Default capacity increased to 240 TR PDW-16 Hailstorm : Lowered default capacity to 240 VS Eridani SX5 : Default capacity increased to 200 Other: TR T32 Bull: Lowered default capacity to 240 All semi-auto shotguns : Default capacity increased to 48 NC Jackhammer : Default capacity increased to 48 VS VX29 Polaris : Fixed bug that was causing this weapon to pickup ammunition twice as fast as all other 100 round LMGS. NC Gauss SAW S: Fixed bug that was causing this weapon to pickup ammunition too slow. It now collects a full magazine each pickup pass. All 8 round magazine semi-auto shotguns: Fixed bug that was causing these to only pickup 6 rounds each pass. They now pickup a full 8. Vehicle Updates Flash Update: Rumble Seat: You can now bring a passenger with you on your Flash that can utilize their personal weapons while moving. New Cert Line: Wraith Module: Cloaking for infiltrators using the Flash New Weapon: S12 Renegade Shotgun Vehicle horns should now be able to be heard from significantly greater distances Movement improvements have been made for the Magrider: Stock hover length increased Hill climbing restrictions re-adjusted. Should no longer receive excessive penalties when driving on uneven terrain. Torque has been increased for all ground vehicles. This should result in an increase over their current top speeds when driving up inclines. General tuning adjustments to environmental collision damage for all vehicles Should now be able to re-equip the default cockpit glass on aircraft after equipping decal cockpit glass Vehicles will no longer continue to drive themselves after the pilot exits Fixed an issue that could cause a players to be flung long distances when they collided with a vehicle Vehicle Weapon Changes Prowler P2-120 HEAT & HE rounds have had their blast damage reduced from 1000 to 700. Full shields and health infantry require at least two rounds to be killed from splash damage exclusively. This does not affect direct damage. A direct hit will still kill a full health infantry in one round. Most vehicles are immune to tank blast damage so this will have little effect on vehicle to vehicle combat. Prowler P2-120 HE Time to reload increased from 3125ms to 3500ms Vanguard Titan 150 HE Time to reload decreased from 5000ms to 4750ms G30/A30 Walker Reduced cone of fire penalty slightly The inner/outer blast radius from the following vehicle based weapons has been reduced MBT HEAT: (P2-120, Titan and Supernova): Inner radius blast reduced from 2 to 1.5 meters. Outer radius blast reduced from 7 to 5 meters. MBT HE: (P2-120, Titan and Supernova): Inner radius blast reduced from 2.5 to 2 meters. Outer radius blast reduced from 11 to 8 meters. Lightning: L100 Python HEAT: Inner radius blast reduced from 1.5 to 1 meter. Outer radius blast reduced from 7 to 5 meters. Lightning: L100 Python HE: Inner radius blast reduced from 2 to 1.5 meters. Outer radius blast reduced from 11 to 8 meters. Liberator: L105 Zepher: Outer radius blast reduced from 8 to 7 meters. Liberator: C150 Dalton: Outer radius blast reduced from 10 to 9 meters. ESF: Rocket Pods: Outer radius blast reduced from 6 to 5 meters. Common: M60 Bulldog: Outer radius blast reduced from 8 to 6 meters. Common: E540 Halberd: Outer radius blast reduced from 4 to 3 meters. Magrider: Saron HRB: Outer radius blast reduced from 4 to 3 meters. Vanguard: Enforcer ML85: Outer radius blast reduced from 4 to 3 meters. Prowler: P525 Marauder: Inner radius now matches M40 Fury; Increased from 1 to 2 meters. The experience granted for killing many enemy vehicles has been increased: Galaxy: 400 xp, increased from 300 xp Liberator: 500 xp, increased from 150 xp ESF: 400 xp, increased from 75 xp MBTs: 500 xp, increased from 100 xp Lightning: 400 xp, increased from 100 xp UI Updates The server select screen in the create character flow now defaults to showing recommended servers Improved bundle preview functionality Added item descriptions tooltips Added strikethrough for owned items Added “last logged in” to outfit management Added drag and drop functionality to the Platoon Management window The grenade counter on the HUD now displays which grenade you have equipped Various UI optimizations Manual minimap zoom is now supported. The default keybindings are ‘[‘ and ‘]’ for zoom out and zoom in, respectively. Respawn & Map screen revamp The respawn screen has been merged with the map screen capabilities Deployment locations are now displayed on the left side of the screen when the player is dead, along with simplified class selection panel. The list functions the same way it did on the respawn screen. You can now switch continent views by clicking directly on the continent title bar at the top of the map screen. Statistics, Resources, and Filters panels have been consolidated into a modal toggle bar in the upper-right of the map screen. In addition to reducing screen clutter, this cleans the map up to future expansion as features such as the mission system get implemented. Instant action has been redesigned to be a single button press, with no on-map indication of where it will send the player, but it will still hot-drop them onto a facility with heavy combat. This is to prevent people from exploiting instant action as an organizational tool, which is what people were using it for previously. If you are in a squad and not the leader, a second button for squad deploy will appear. Fixed a bug where locked certs were showing as purchasable, even though they could not be purchased The tooltip displaying Bronze and Gold membership bonus percentages should now show the correct bonus amounts The information displayed in the Profile page and the Leaderboard Stats Pane should now be consistent Fixed an issue where platoon leaders that gave up squad leadership were unable to be promoted back to squad leader Facility defends should now be appropriately tracked in stats and leaderboards Leaderboards should no longer display erroneous negative numerical values in the Time Played column Can now click/sort the BR, Capture, and Defended columns in the Leaderboard Social Menu button on the Leaderboards should now be grayed out for your own name "Back" and "Next" buttons become grayed out and do not function once the player reaches the beginning or end of the leaderboards The "go to top" and "find me" buttons are now disabled on the friend and outfit leaderboards The Mini-Chaingun, Jackhammer, and Lasher are now listed in the machine gun section of the stats page /l and /c are now shortcuts for leader/command chat. Destroyed phalanx turrets display the “need repair” wrench icons for friendly engineers Location of squad mates should correctly show on the map, even if the squad was created at long ranges Will no longer receive a successful confirmation message when entering incorrect Twitch TV credentials Vehicle acquisition timers should now display accurately while you are dead There is now a Battle Rifle filter in the Depot The AMR-66 should now be correctly filtered in the Depot The following commands should now function properly: /outfit invite /outfit quit /outfit leave (same functionality as /outfit quit) Facility Updates Can no longer capture Point A at Arroyo Torre Station through a wall All jump pads at Nott Amp Station should now be empire-specific Replaced a missing ammo tower from the Spec-Ops Training Camp IFF shields at Wokuk Amp Station should now update appropriately on base capture Fixed misplaced IFF shields at the NE teleporter room of Andvari Bio Lab The shield generators at Zurvan Amp Station should now be connected to the appropriate shields All banners at the following locations should now update properly with ownership: Andvari Biolab Terran BL-4 Crash Site Onatha Biolab Ymir Biolab Added a fourth equipment terminal to the Heyoka Southeast Gate forward spawn The ammo tower at Xelas Bio Lab’s North East forward spawn should now properly update with point ownership Removed a non-functional SCUs from: Copper Ravine Station Crimson Bluff Tower Mani Bio Lab Addressed issues with Gravpad particle effects missing when viewed from certain angles Fixed collision issues that could cause players to fall through the world near the Indar’s northern warpgate Fixed patches of missing terrain at the following locations: Zurvan Amp Station Dahaka Amp Station Allatum Biolab Mao Tech Plant Tawrich Tech Plant Addressed some graphical issues at the spawn point for Howling Pass Checkpoint and the Dahaka Amp Station tunnels. Forward spawn points should now display as neutral when appropriate on both the map and minimap Addressed terrain clipping and texture seam issues at: Zurvan Amp Station Ikanam Bio Lab Tawrich Tech Plant Crimson Bluff Tower The Stronghold The Crown Crossroads Watchtower Highlands Solar Station Indar Bay Point J908 Impact Site Red Ridge Communications Sandstone Gulch Mining Camp Connery Scarred Mesa Skydock Mao Tech Plant Hvar Tech Plant Gravel Pass Abandoned NS Offices Quartz Ridge Camp Removed a non-functional capture point from the Esamir Biolabs Fixed inconsistent experience reward for capturing Quartz Ridge Camp Friendly terminals and phalanx turrets now give appropriate grief when damaged Redesign of the Outpost Tower to make vehicle ordering more secure Added a switchback from Blackshard Platinum Mine to Mesa Com. Station and connected Rust Mesa Lookout to the Old Stockpile Adjusted ARC Bioengineering and NS Salvage Yard to be more accessible Added a bridge from Crater Firing Range to Alkali Mining Supply Addressed a stuck bug in some crates and containers at Northpoint Station Anti Gravity Pad particle effects should no longer be coming through the floor anywhere at The Crown Audio Updates Riders on the Flash should now hear audio cues for lock-on Exiting a Sunderer with a gate shield diffuser equipped should no longer play the diffuser activation audio. Suppressor attachments should now change the firing audio of the Eridana SX5 and SMG-46 Armistice GD-7F Carbine should no longer have different firing audio for single shot vs automatic fire NS Annihilator should now have lock on sound effects

[quote]Instant action has been redesigned to be a single button press, with no on-map indication of where it will send the player, but it will still hot-drop them onto a facility with heavy combat. This is to prevent people from exploiting instant action as an organizational tool, which is what people were using it for previously.[/quote] I had no idea this was coming. Steel raining an entire outfit onto a base was fun, but completely bullshit. Now IA will only be useful for solo players looking to get straight into a fight, as it should be. A welcome change indeed.

[QUOTE=Jimesu_Evil;39899166]I had no idea this was coming. Steel raining an entire outfit onto a base was fun, but completely bullshit. Now IA will only be useful for solo players looking to get straight into a fight, as it should be. A welcome change indeed.[/QUOTE] you can still do it. it just requires everyone to drop on a SL beacon. 4 squad leaders with beacons become 48. oh yeah, im thinkin' its been delayed as well. its almost 8am here and no server shutdown.

[QUOTE=dracotonisamond;39899286]you can still do it. it just requires everyone to drop on a SL beacon. 4 squad leaders with beacons become 48. oh yeah, im thinkin' its been delayed as well. its almost 8am here and no server shutdown.[/QUOTE] Servers are shut down.

[quote] GD-7F Carbine should no longer have different firing audio for single shot vs automatic fire [/quote] Aw damn. The single shot sounded way better than the automatic. That carbine is surprisingly effective in single shot too, considering it's supposed to be a super close combat weapon. Stick it in single shot and it has laser accuracy at range.

[QUOTE=Framperton;39899407]Servers are shut down.[/QUOTE] sweet. they were 2 hours late though. [QUOTE=Trainbike;39899493]Aw damn. The single shot sounded way better than the automatic. That carbine is surprisingly effective in single shot too, considering it's supposed to be a super close combat weapon. Stick it in single shot and it has laser accuracy at range.[/QUOTE] hopefully they changed the auto report, because it did sound way better.

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;39897537]I'm stoked about the shotgun, but without a very much needed reworking of its controllability, the Flash is still, and will always be, little more than a non-competetive "just for fun" suicide machine. I like to pull out the Flash, but you're dead meat the second you get on one. All you can do is hope to kill a couple infantry before you inevitebly spin wildly out of control for no reason whatsoever and get merced. The Flash needs heavy reworking of its maneuvering and traction, so that you can actually do what you want to do while controlling it, instead of just crossing your fingers and hoping it all turns out more or less the way you'd hoped. They also need to drastically improve its turret angle and give you a way to see what's behind you while on it.[/QUOTE] I agree with everything there, except that this update will probably improve the flash's handling slightly as part of the 'add more torque and traction' overhaul to all vehicles. Also, I don't agree that getting on the flash turns you into dead meat. I've had great success with it with both the Kobalt and 20mm weapons. It's a very tricky vehicle to be sure, but if you have those weapons then it becomes all about placing yourself well and having a backup plan. I use it to provide supporting fire/snipe at towers from over a hill with a Kobalt, usually gets me an 8 kill streak. Or firing at base/tower turrets with the 20mm/ MBTs/Lightenings. The 20mm WRECKS lightening if you shoot them in the rear, and if I'm not mistaken, it takes only half a magazine to kill a tower turret if you hit with every single shot (although my memory is a bit fuzzy on this, it may actually take a full mag). It's cool because noone suspects a flash is actually contributing as an anti-armor unit.

[quote]Liberator: L105 Zepher: Outer radius blast reduced from 8 to 7 meters. Liberator: C150 Dalton: Outer radius blast reduced from 10 to 9 meters. [/quote] Isn't this kind of missing the point? To me there's not much point using a dalton over the zepher, simply because the zepher is still too good at killing vehicles, on top of that capable of shelling infantry effortlessly. I would honestly like it, if their roles were defined further.

When it comes to balancing most explosives they only really seem to nerf or buff the radius of the explosion. I think that they should be looking more into the damage values of certain explosive weapons against different targets instead. So far they've only really done that with the different tank turrets and nothing else.

Traction and tourque upgrades should be pretty sweet. It was always a bit odd that a damn tank had to struggle to get up a slight incline

Wow you get upwards of 4-5X more XP now for vehicle kills I wonder what effect that'll have for cert gain on anti vehicle infantry or other vehicle users. Using an XP boost plus membership would get you 1000XP alone for a lib kill... imagine playing on a double xp weekend! It'll also extra suck for being a pilot lol since you probably still get only 50-75xp per assist.

[QUOTE=KorJax;39899805]Wow you get upwards of 4-5X more XP now for vehicle kills I wonder what effect that'll have for cert gain on anti vehicle infantry or other vehicle users. Using an XP boost plus membership would get you 1000XP alone for a lib kill... imagine playing on a double xp weekend! It'll also extra suck for being a pilot lol since you probably still get only 50-75xp per assist.[/QUOTE] Maybe now there'll be less of a focus on tank steamrolling and more on infantry? Because of the massive increase of XP for vehicle kills, I'm betting people will aim towards vehicles more often.

[QUOTE=laserguided;39897095]I'd say about -10 fps.[/QUOTE] two bucks on 20

servers are up

I like the idea of the "virtual reality" training room a lot.

[QUOTE=wulfe8857;39899828]Maybe now there'll be less of a focus on tank steamrolling and more on infantry? Because of the massive increase of XP for vehicle kills, I'm betting people will aim towards vehicles more often.[/QUOTE] but the best way to kill vehicles is with vehicles

my fps dropped by about 5.

the flash has ridiculous torque now. and its amazing. plus they added composite armor for it lol. as well as a vehicle graphic for stealth armor. but they re-enabled the push button self destruct on the top. i really liked the ability to roll it a bit.

[QUOTE=The golden;39900424]C4 and AT mines.[/QUOTE] on the subject of that, you can indeed chuck c4 and detonate it from the flash's passenger seat. use that in your evil schemes as you will

What's the VR area look like?

[QUOTE=Sharp_Shooter;39900835]What's the VR area look like?[/QUOTE] basically a chunk of Amerish inside a box. there's training ranges with respawning friendly and enemy targets, and an open landscape with many rock formations, under which various enemy sky/ground vehicles cower for you to blow up.

[QUOTE=Sharp_Shooter;39900835]What's the VR area look like?[/QUOTE] White-ish room with Patrick Steward teaching you about the morals of Watching where Thau Driveth that Thing

[QUOTE=Lambda 217;39900816]on the subject of that, you can indeed chuck c4 and detonate it from the flash's passenger seat. use that in your evil schemes as you will[/QUOTE] I'm going to have so much fun with this.

I think I'm going to stay with NC for a while. We really like huge infantry pushes which makes my job as a medic very useful for getting xp.

And there goes my fps. Great. :c

Mattherson go unavailable for anyone else?

I can't seem to get into waterson atm