*** Official Planetside 2 Thread ***

Gazanimal said:
Shotties are so going to ruin this game. Until they are nerfed for all factions I can't see me/us playing much more.

Unbalanced & OP'd to hell and a game breaker.
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Why are they? They are just a weapon like any other and modern warfare allows for instant kills, sure it sucks dying, but the TTK is low in this game that you die within a second or two anyway.

Planetside 2 like the Battlefield games offer a true open warfare style of game play where anything can happen and you can be shot at from almost anyplace and angle with almost any type of weapon, you gotta have your guard up all the time.

Ugh anyway, I have crashed 3 times in a row in the last hour since I started to play after buying the Skyguard since I wanted a change of pace in the game by using that, got Steam to recheck my files and it's replacing 7.6GB's worth of files. :/

Decided to cert into Flak Armour for my Max, it's currently level 3 and I aim to max it tonight. Was originally thinking of getting Kinetic Armor since infantry weapons really do a lot of damage against Maxes, maybe later.

I also unlocked Nano-Armor Accelerator to level 1 which will allow me to repair myself when am alone, can run to the spawn room and just equip it and repair myself, then change back to my flak armour after am fixed.
 
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IronWarrior said:
Why are they? They are just a weapon like any other and modern warfare allows for instant kills, sure it sucks dying, but the TTK is low in this game that you die within a second or two anyway.

Planetside 2 like the Battlefield games offer a true open warfare style of game play where anything can happen and you can be shot at from almost anyplace and angle with almost any type of weapon, you gotta have your guard up all the time.
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Yes true open warfare but if most people wanted realism to that extent, they'd be playing ARMA or something of that ilk.

TTK is low, but why take it any lower and make the game even less `fun` which is why we play it.

I'm sure you can work that out IW, although being TR you might be blind to that :P
 
Gazanimal said:
Yes true open warfare but if most people wanted realism to that extent, they'd be playing ARMA or something of that ilk.

TTK is low, but why take it any lower and make the game even less `fun` which is why we play it.

I'm sure you can work that out IW, although being TR you might be blind to that :P
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This is why I think the TTK should be made higher and lower the speed that players move.

Personally for me the best game that Planetside 2 could be if they took everything from BFBC2 and plugged it into Planetside 2, like the weapon stats and movement and vehicle stats.

I think the TR infantry weapons suck. Too much recoil and too much COF, firing the TMG-50 at range is like watching a shotgun fire, seeing each of the bullets go in different directions makes me think what's the point, it's better then the Carl 9 through.

Take a weapon from BFBC2 and they are deadly accurate, my favourite weapon was the M146 which could hit anything at any range with nice short controlled bursts.
 
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IronWarrior said:
Why are they? They are just a weapon like any other and modern warfare allows for instant kills, sure it sucks dying, but the TTK is low in this game that you die within a second or two anyway.
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With almost all the other weapons, bar a Max, you have a short bit of time to react & maybe get lucky with a well aimed headshot.

With a shotgun user you just die regardless because it is instant.

In PS1, the JH was annoying to fight against but at least it required a minumum of 2 shots, depending on your armour type ( I'm ignoring the triple-shot alt fire ). Which was fine, and acceptable. Just.

Dying to a single shot from full health & shield, whether its to a grunt with a shottie or a cloaked sniper you can't see, should have been left in COD, MW, etc...

If I was being really cynical I'd say SOE added them in to generate revenue, as they knew the kiddes that wanted to pwn-u would buy / cert it in their droves.

Which seems to have happened. At least their accountants will be happy.

The problem SOE have now is the shotgun users will all start crying in their droves if the devs attempt to neft them before part of the playerbase walks off annoyed / frustrated.
 
PhysicsMan94 said:
Glorious victory for the TR on Amerish in the latest alert on Woodman! We ended up with around 3/4 of the continent under control!
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Yeah our VS outfit didn't even bother as NC already had huge control from the start of the alert. Strange as lastnight NC had hardly any presence and tonight VS who won last nights alert had very few online. It's good to see that 1 faction doesn't continuously win though :)
 
Suarez7 said:
Yeah our VS outfit didn't even bother as NC already had huge control from the start of the alert. Strange as lastnight NC had hardly any presence and tonight VS who won last nights alert had very few online. It's good to see that 1 faction doesn't continuously win though :)
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If it works out 1/3 win, then it's the right balance. It would be crap for the other factions to continually lose. It's good to see we have some competition :-)
 
Suarez7 said:
Errol have you got a char on Woodman? I seen someone with your exact name the other day.
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Yes.

I have Errol on Woodman (Vanu) and maxkeiser on Miller (NC).

I love the contrast of switching between Vanu and NC. Such fun and each is so different from the other.

If I'm honest, I find Vanu the most fun of all. Something about them - the colours, lasers, floating tanks etc just makes playing them a hoot.
 
Watched a few minutes of Friday Night Ops and saw that they are giving Max suits two new weapons other then the Flamethrower.

These are the Grenade Launcher and the Missile Launcher. The Grenade Launcher is an NS weapon so be available to everyone and it looks pretty awesome, the ammo count hasn't been decided yet for it but you can bounce the grenades off walls and places. So this should be great to clear rooms of NC Maxes and their support.

They was only allowed to show the TR Rocket Launcher off and it looks sweet, fires about 3-4 missiles from each weapon and makes a massive cloud of dust/smoke when it hits.

The new Heavy Pistol is bigger then most weapons already in the game and it fires just like a Revolver.
 
Errol said:
Yes.

I have Errol on Woodman (Vanu) and maxkeiser on Miller (NC).

I love the contrast of switching between Vanu and NC. Such fun and each is so different from the other.

If I'm honest, I find Vanu the most fun of all. Something about them - the colours, lasers, floating tanks etc just makes playing them a hoot.
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I'll add you as a friend as I play Vanu on Woodman.
 
We just won the alert on Indar, had an unfair advantage to start with again though, think we had 40+ % control at the start. What's everyones favourite class? I'm loving light assault atm but would like to advance my heavy so I can start blowing sunderers and lightnings up easier.
 
Currently I'm certing into Infiltrator. Play it with the SMG which is fine against weaker targets, but the cloak could do with some work. Even sat still I still get seen by enemies.... wonder if they're on LOW settings still and I stick out like a sore thumb.

I play on Ultra and struggle to see the damn cloakers :D
 
I'm playing practically 100% LA at the moment. Unlocked C4 and it's opened up my game no end. Love jumping onto roofs and dropping a "gift" onto the top of a tank. Saving up 500 CR at the moment to get C4 - 2 so I can two hit most stuff.

Any of you guys in a good outfit you can recommend? I'm finding ad-hoc squads are largely a waste of time due to lack of leadership and no one following orders when someone does step up.
 
Lil old me said:
I'm playing practically 100% LA at the moment. Unlocked C4 and it's opened up my game no end. Love jumping onto roofs and dropping a "gift" onto the top of a tank. Saving up 500 CR at the moment to get C4 - 2 so I can two hit most stuff.

Any of you guys in a good outfit you can recommend? I'm finding ad-hoc squads are largely a waste of time due to lack of leadership and no one following orders when someone does step up.
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Which server and which faction?

If on Woodman:

VS: IP or KOTV (IP are more team players though from what I gather, and KOTV are a splinter group of the good guys from FVK).
NC: FFS (our outfit). More casual: GODS (zerg group), NCTO.
TR (no idea).
 
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