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

Have they said anything about whether cosmetics will be cross-faction when account wide purchases comes into effect? I assume camo will be, since that's exactly the same for all factions, but what about helmets and armor? They're labelled the same across factions but since they obviously look different I'm concerned that SOE will be dicks and say "nah they count as different items".

[QUOTE=finbe;39776689]It's a lockon, but you have to keep the lock on for the entire time, even while the rocket is in flight.[/QUOTE] it's the closest comparison

Just FYI C4 doesn't damage turrets right now.

[QUOTE=ColossalSoft;39776949]People create high-poly version as well as low-poly. High-poly are used to generate normals and sometimes DX11 tessellation maps.[/QUOTE] I know, but the models extracted from the game files are also high poly. The only low(er) poly models I saw were automatically generated.

[QUOTE=Raijin;39776220]the latter.[/QUOTE] Oh boy that sounds really OP, unless the tank has it's back against a wall it's fucked.

[QUOTE=JDB;39777245]Just FYI C4 doesn't damage turrets right now.[/QUOTE] It doesn't damage anything half of the damn time.

[QUOTE=Trainbike;39777143]Have they said anything about whether cosmetics will be cross-faction when account wide purchases comes into effect? I assume camo will be, since that's exactly the same for all factions, but what about helmets and armor? They're labelled the same across factions but since they obviously look different I'm concerned that SOE will be dicks and say "nah they count as different items".[/QUOTE] They better, I would love to have composite armor/helmet for the other two factions as well without having to buy them 3 times for all factions.

While I completely understand why they're not going to be giving the other faction's equivalent to a weapon you have on a faction, I think that what SOE fails to realise is that by not doing that they're not going to be encouraging more people to buy, they're especially not going to encourage more people to buy [I]more things[/I] across [I]multiple factions[/I]. If anything I think that having it so that buying a weapon unlocks the "equivalent" on the other factions, which is evidently what the community wants, they would probably encourage a lot more people to buy with SC on a "more bang for your buck" type basis alone.

Higby tweeted this. [QUOTE]Check out what @XanderClauss and @xalorn are prototyping. Very interesting! [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BEZkoq5CcAETSK_.jpg:large[/IMG][/QUOTE] Looks interesting, could make finding roads easier too.

[QUOTE=Monkeytracks;39778840]Higby tweeted this. Looks interesting, could make finding roads easier too.[/QUOTE] Looks.. weird.

Looks like it also has indication of who is in control of the satellite bases. Which is really needed.

Is this game playable yet?

[QUOTE=Del91;39778912]Is this game playable yet?[/QUOTE] not if you mean performance.

[QUOTE=Del91;39778912]Is this game playable yet?[/QUOTE] I don't think it ever will be I've always wanted to play an MMO FPS because of the ridiculous kill counts I could get, I can get 100+ with 16 guys to shoot in other games in an MMO I could get like 1000 or maybe I'd just get zerg rushed and die

It's perfectly playable for me.

I have about 700 certs now. Any must have stuff?

[QUOTE=DTKT;39779929]I have about 700 certs now. Any must have stuff?[/QUOTE] Max out C4, blow everybody up.

If you're NC, save up for the second MAX shotgun.

Played an hour of this earlier as TR. Pegged everything to lowest settings and even put the render at 50 percent. It was fun but the choppiness of it still just always ruins it. I absolutely love big scale games like this but its just that there is always something wrong that would keep me from committing. It was a fun session though, TR went back and forth with Vanu for the Crown only to get pushed back to the watchtower.

[video=youtube;BtCpttsZiys]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtCpttsZiys[/video] So I'm playing on Indar, and I see a pretty big outfit hopping into random galaxies at the warpgate, as it turns out I see someone whom I already know from Steam. I ask him if I can tag along and he says yes so they make one of their Galaxies public for me and my squad. We took off with at least 5 other Galaxies and about 10 Mosquitoes escorting us. As the Galaxy gets over The Crown, this song hits right around the 3:15 mark. At the 3:30 mark, we start taking heavy AA fire from a group of Vanu Maxes. Our Galaxy gets shot down but not before most of us make it out alive as LA's. We all managed to find and regroup with the rest of the outfit and later captured The Crown. It's moments like these that make me absolutely love this game.

[QUOTE=KorJax;39772503]I have no desire to faction hop at all, and I don't know many people who do.[/QUOTE] Variety -> entertainment value. Which is running low. [QUOTE=Raijin;39777223]it's the closest comparison[/QUOTE] It's not. AVRiL from UT2k4 is.

[QUOTE=finbe;39776689]It's a lockon, but you have to keep the lock on for the entire time, even while the rocket is in flight.[/QUOTE] Oh fuck, I hoped it was just a bad wording for laser guided missiles. Sucks to be TR then, another lock-on shit. [editline]3rd March 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Monkeytracks;39778840]Higby tweeted this. Looks interesting, could make finding roads easier too.[/QUOTE] Isn't that like... lattice system? Oh my god if they implement it, we're going to end up in a diffirent game, in a good way.

So I found my groove with the dalton, and after applying that groove I managed to kill 4 mosquitos with one shot. I don't think I'll ever be able to do that again.

Man, this game had enough of a problem with instakill bullshit in the form of sniper rifles and scatmaxes, we did not fucking need pump actions. I am all for a marginally more powerful shotgun but five meter bodyshot instakilling is broken as fuck. The basic concept is fine- half second pump, instakill if you get the drop on somebody up close, they have time to react if not- but the fact that it's [I]so[/I] much damage ruins it. Automatic shotguns are still more useful indoors, but the fact that the pumps are literal 1430 damage bursts means any group of dudes spamming them just wins. There is already way more camping and way more bunnyhopping because of the damn things.

[QUOTE=Xenocidebot;39781387]Man, this game had enough of a problem with instakill bullshit in the form of sniper rifles and scatmaxes, we did not fucking need pump actions. I am all for a marginally more powerful shotgun but five meter bodyshot instakilling is broken as fuck. The basic concept is fine- half second pump, instakill if you get the drop on somebody up close, they have time to react if not- but the fact that it's [I]so[/I] much damage ruins it. Automatic shotguns are still more useful indoors, but the fact that the pumps are literal 1430 damage bursts means any group of dudes spamming them just wins. There is already way more camping and way more bunnyhopping because of the damn things.[/QUOTE] I still managed to kill two pump-action NCs with my SMG as a combat medic :dance:

[t]http://i.imgur.com/tX3O5jU.jpg[/t] I fucking love the infiltrator mines and the NC Blitz! this is my highest SPH as well, was a good 10 minutes!

[QUOTE=kenji;39781894][t]http://i.imgur.com/tX3O5jU.jpg[/t] I fucking love the infiltrator mines and the NC Blitz! this is my highest SPH as well, was a good 10 minutes![/QUOTE] So, your one of those guys huh? Even though I have Flak armour AI mines are fucking annoying. You can't see them till it's too late.

[QUOTE=Monkeytracks;39782571]So, your one of those guys huh? Even though I have Flak armour AI mines are fucking annoying. You can't see them till it's too late.[/QUOTE] I'm certain that 90% of the time they never even render. I can stand scanning a room for the bastards and think it's all clear, but as soon as I take the first step in I get my legs exploded into my skull out of thin air.

[QUOTE=Trainbike;39782672]I'm certain that 90% of the time they never even render. I can stand scanning a room for the bastards and think it's all clear, but as soon as I take the first step in I get my legs exploded into my skull out of thin air.[/QUOTE] I think you're right, when i get blown up by one i never see it.

Mines should be picked up by scout and proximity radar