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[Zeliard]

Why do people hate the clusterfucks? They can be hilarious, and it's an easy way to rack up points.

I exclusively played in 32-player matches for my first few ranks. :lol

They can definitely be fun. Only like two of the maps really support that amount of players as far as a true class-based affair, so on smaller maps, it pretty much turns into one giant FFA. Some hate those regardless of the game, but I've always thought they had their place in multiplayer shooters. They're nice if you just wanna unwind and blow shit up without having to really think too much, and stumbling on a new enemy every few feet keeps it action-heavy.

The real meat of Killzone 2's MP definitely lies with smaller numbers, though, and 32 players can take its toll on the frames.

 

[Aladuf]

I really wish this game supported HQ mode. Socom Confrontation has the best voice chat quality of any console game I've ever played. I'm sure it's taxing as hell on the servers but it would be nice.

And Confidence Man: I think Blood Gracht can get pretty crazy but I kinda like it. I also love that map ..but if you guys aren't into it I'll take it out. Won't kill me to not play it.

I think Blood Gracht needs to be booted from the map rotation, the map is pretty terrible. But also, since we seem to be doing FF from now on I think that's mainly why it needs to go. Even Third got three straight grenade teamkills on that map a couple of nights ago because that map is just clusterfuck after clusterfuck the entire time.

 

[Dante]

so if the game drops or freezes before the round is over, the stats do no get recorded? what if I quit early?

Nope, you have to finish the game.

 

[GuessWho]

so i played my first mp, wow what a disaster. It's such a mess. Controls are horrible, and everyone was screaming. I'm getting too old for this shit.

 

[RavenFox]

I'm close to unlocking the shotgun. When I'll finally start to be aggressive.

Please don't become a shotgun whore. Thanks

Raven

 

[ruxtpin]

fuck it. I'm sick of being dropped from games. I had 75 points in a match and the game froze. There's no point, because until this shit is fixed I can't do anything. This doesn't boil down to my internet connection either, as every other game I have works perfectly. I want to like to this game - I really do - but GG needs to fix this shit.

 

[.GqueB.]

I use the Medic's health badge which keeps me alive longer. Although last night I was running around into anyone and not giving a shit because I'm trying to get that damn boost ribbon.

I did that last night in about an hour playing random matches. Go into matches that have both team deatch match and assassination only. They last long enough to boost ten times in a round and they arent too long where youll be sitting around in 40 minute matches all night. Plus I got a LOT of assassination kill ribbons as well. I cant wait to put the boost skill on my medic *droooooooooooooooooooools*

Youre gonna be called a n***a about 50 times though. Be prepared for that.

 

[Big-E]

Am I the only one who has had no issues at all with connection? It is rare for me since I am usually one that has a lot of problems trying to get PS3 fps' to work.

 

[NinjaFridge]

So Sony and Guerrilla cheated all along.

http://ps3thevolution.com/2009/03/09/killzone-2-smoke-and-mirrors-from-a-cgi-artist/

This guy has to know this stuff right, i mean;

This is where my experience as a cgi artist kicks in.

:lol

 

[revolverjgw]

Am I the only one who has had no issues at all with connection? It is rare for me since I am usually one that has a lot of problems trying to get PS3 fps' to work.

25+ hours and I've yet to have it freeze or drop me, other than that one afternoon early on where nothing worked

 

[Remf]

Strange, I hear some people get booted from games, but I have never experienced it myself at all. Hell, I don't even get framerate dips or lag, except for the rare occasion. You do have your ports open on your router right?

 

[Returners]

I really wish this game supported HQ mode. Socom Confrontation has the best voice chat quality of any console game I've ever played. I'm sure it's taxing as hell on the servers but it would be nice.

And Confidence Man: I think Blood Gracht can get pretty crazy but I kinda like it. I also love that map ..but if you guys aren't into it I'll take it out. Won't kill me to not play it.

I thought it does support HQ mode?

 

[dazed808]

I thought it does support HQ mode?

Yep sure does, works flawlessly for me

 

[ThirdEngine]

I did that last night in about an hour playing random matches. Go into matches that have both team deatch match and assassination only. They last long enough to boost ten times in a round and they arent too long where youll be sitting around in 40 minute matches all night. Plus I got a LOT of assassination kill ribbons as well. I cant wait to put the boost skill on my medic *droooooooooooooooooooools*

Youre gonna be called a n***a about 50 times though. Be prepared for that.

Medic/Assault is awesome, but a Sab/Assault is even better.

 

[Kittonwy]

Im not exagerating when i say that L3 to run is the worst that happened to gaming.:lol
Check R2 control layout, that is the perfect layout for a FPS.

Let's not waste space in the Killzone 2 thread to talk about an inferior game.

L3 run works fine in Killzone 2, just click it once and point the stick forward to run, ease up to stop, very simple.

 

[icechai]

Depends on who's using it, from what I've seen. The light machine gun (which I think you're calling the chaingun) has a lot of recoil and is harder to use than the shotgun, but it's pretty devastating because of it's power and how many bullets it holds before you have to reload. Shotgun is easier to use in that it's powerful, but it'll punish you if you're inaccurate because of the reload times. I think the light machine gun could potentially be more devestating than the shotgun, but it'd require a lot more practice to get there.

light machine gun has pretty wicked aim assist up close. 2 nights ago I held the enemy's capture point in devastating fashion as a soldier with the LMG in Helghast Industries, people would try to come up and meet machine gun fire to the face >

 

[Geoff9920]

I did that last night in about an hour playing random matches. Go into matches that have both team deatch match and assassination only. They last long enough to boost ten times in a round and they arent too long where youll be sitting around in 40 minute matches all night. Plus I got a LOT of assassination kill ribbons as well. I cant wait to put the boost skill on my medic *droooooooooooooooooooools*

Youre gonna be called a n***a about 50 times though. Be prepared for that.

Is the boost ribbon that much of a pain to get? I noticed last night that I can use the boost skill with my medic already and I haven't even unlocked the assault class yet.

 

[jett]

So Sony and Guerrilla cheated all along.

http://ps3thevolution.com/2009/03/09/killzone-2-smoke-and-mirrors-from-a-cgi-artist/

This guy has to know this stuff right, i mean;



:lol

You should feel bad for giving that tard hits!

 

[commish]

Is the boost ribbon that much of a pain to get? I noticed last night that I can use the boost skill with my medic already and I haven't even unlocked the assault class yet.

Easiest badge to get. Just use the boost feature 10 times a round to get a ribbon. That's it.

 

[Raxus]

Easiest badge to get. Just use the boost feature 10 times a round to get a ribbon. That's it.

Especially with the assault class made to get into areas and blow itself up like a terrorist. Rinse, wash, repeat and you'll be number 1 in the game almost all the time.

 

[TurboLibre]

I did that last night in about an hour playing random matches. Go into matches that have both team deatch match and assassination only. They last long enough to boost ten times in a round and they arent too long where youll be sitting around in 40 minute matches all night. Plus I got a LOT of assassination kill ribbons as well. I cant wait to put the boost skill on my medic *droooooooooooooooooooools*

Youre gonna be called a n***a about 50 times though. Be prepared for that.

What's strange is I got the boost ability with my medic when I got his healing badge. This was before I even had the Assault class.

 

[commish]

Medic/Assault is awesome, but a Sab/Assault is even better.

I don't think I can give up my C4

 

[Thrakier]

It's very gun specific. The light machine gun & shotgun are made for close combat, everything else pretty much isn't. I think if you play to the advantages of your character and weapon, you'll do great. If you use the default weapon, don't rush - stay back, pick people off. Improve your aim that way and you'll get great ratios. I don't know what the whole appeal of running into huge battles is with this game. I always fall back and attack from a distance or follow the perimeters of levels to sneak up on enemies.

It's not the problem that I can't get great K/D ratio in this game. Just had 39 to 21 with a shotgun guy. Not phenomal but ok I guess. It's just that it doesn't feel good to me. It's hard to describe but I never feel that I'm in total control in close combat and that it's more luck than skill. I don't like it. I never have a feeling like in COD or R2 that I can truly dominate another player because I FEEL that I'm faster and better and that I have better aiming.

 

[womfalcs3]

Please don't become a shotgun whore. Thanks

Raven

I currently have an accuracy of 20% while using mainly rifles. Yes, you can go on about how I suck, but I need to get some kills. I only have 75 kills through ~20 matches. (Granted, many of the matches are only 5 minutes long, and I may not have many encounters with opponents.)

 

[TheChillyAcademic]

Let's not waste space in the Killzone 2 thread to talk about an inferior game.

:lol

The feline speaks truth -.-

Though to be honest, I can't imagine the "rodeo run" going anywhere, anytime soon.

 

[.GqueB.]

Is the boost ribbon that much of a pain to get? I noticed last night that I can use the boost skill with my medic already and I haven't even unlocked the assault class yet.

From what Im hearing, you can use the boost ability for anything once you unlock the last ribbon in the class (which allows you to merge the secondary class to other badges). I think. Im not even sure.

But I just wanted that boost medal personally. And if I ever use assault again I wanna be able to use whatever secondary I happen to have open. Like once I get a few more healing specialist ribbons I'll be able to use healing packs with my assault badge.

Mmmm mm MUUM MHMAAUUAAAHHAAAHHHAHAHAH

Medic/Assault is awesome, but a Sab/Assault is even better.

Oh I cant wait to unlock saboteur. Im either gonna have him boosting or give him the med pack ability. Probably boost so he can get in and get the f out quickly.

Damn game has me hooked.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

You guys getting comfortable with assault? Gaf going to start allowing it? I'd like to figure out what I can do with the sub but it's a waste of time if it won't be regularly allowed. Well unless gaf just outlaw the rocket launchers instead of the badges themselves.

 

[andycapps]

It's not the problem that I can't get great K/D ratio in this game. Just had 39 to 21 with a shotgun guy. Not phenomal but ok I guess. It's just that it doesn't feel good to me. It's hard to describe but I never feel that I'm in total control in close combat and that it's more luck than skill. I don't like it. I never have a feeling like in COD or R2 that I can truly dominate another player because I FEEL that I'm faster and better and that I have better aiming.

I feel the opposite honestly. I think both of those games don't require nearly as much skill as this. Honestly, you're probably able to dominate people in those games because you're not as good as FPS games as some people are. Killzone is simply a more challenging shooter so you're going to have to work for your kills more. And I'll readily admit I fit into this category as well, I'm not some uber player in the least. I don't even think my K/D ratio is 1:1.

 

[Tom Penny]

Can you use boost for any class as long as you unlock the secodary ability? I'm want to get if for a medic.

 

[Loudninja]

Can you use boost for any class as long as you unlock the secodary ability? I'm want to get if for a medic.

Yes,I use it for the medic all the time.

 

[EazyB]

Yes,I use it for the medic all the time.

Sounds like an awesome combo. I love using boost but hate starting with rockets or grenades.

 

[careful]

What's the point of the boost medal if other classes can use boost without unlocking this?
I still haven't got any of the 2nd abilities medals so I still can't switch them out yet, but I was gonna do it for boost.
But if it comes free with the medal for 2nd ability of another class then I won't bother with the boost medal.

 

[Rikyfree]

I cannot for the life of me get that air support ribbon, I swear, I'm ready to stat pad that butthole of a ribbon.

 

[Oozer3993]

Oh shit. Last night half the other team went saboteur with FF on at one point. That tip would have definitely come in handy. I checked a teammate at one point by tapping a shot into them. Of course, they assumed I was a saboteur and lit me up. I definitely needed a better way of checking.

I go into a situation like that with lukems a couple days ago. For some reason, when he rounded the corner where I was hiding I thought he was a saboteur and put a few rounds in him before I came to my senses. He then thought I was a saboteur and put some rounds in to me, which then made me think he really WAS a saboteur, so I shot him again. Thankfully we both stopped before either of us died.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

I cannot for the life of me get that air support ribbon, I swear, I'm ready to stat pad that butthole of a ribbon.

Invite me when you do D:

 

[TrAcEr_x90]

I thought it does support HQ mode?

Ive had my sony headset for awhile now and never knew how to setup the HQ mode until this week. Its so freakin sweet.

 

[JB1981]

Yep sure does, works flawlessly for me

Doesn't support high quality voice chat, so far I believe it's exclusive to Socom. The game obviously supports the official Sony headset, though. Believe me, you would know HQ mode if your heard it - it's amazing.

 

[careful]

I go into a situation like that with lukems a couple days ago. For some reason, when he rounded the corner where I was hiding I thought he was a saboteur and put a few rounds in him before I came to my senses. He then thought I was a saboteur and put some rounds in to me, which then made me think he really WAS a saboteur, so I shot him again. Thankfully we both stopped before either of us died.

:lol

 

[Applesauce]

I cannot for the life of me get that air support ribbon, I swear, I'm ready to stat pad that butthole of a ribbon.

Join the club.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

I go into a situation like that with lukems a couple days ago. For some reason, when he rounded the corner where I was hiding I thought he was a saboteur and put a few rounds in him before I came to my senses. He then thought I was a saboteur and put some rounds in to me, which then made me think he really WAS a saboteur, so I shot him again. Thankfully we both stopped before either of us died.

:lol :lol

Join the club.

Does this club involve a room with people dying to air bots over and over again?

 

[oneHeero]

Ive had my sony headset for awhile now and never knew how to setup the HQ mode until this week. Its so freakin sweet.

How do you set it up? I've never checked the settings before.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Sounds like an awesome combo. I love using boost but hate starting with rockets or grenades.

Boost recovers your health, as well as, make you faster?

 

[beast786]

8 Vs 8 >>>>>>>>> 16 Vs 16

IMO

 

[Cagen]

Boost recovers your health, as well as, make you faster?

Yep.

 

[EazyB]

Boost recovers your health, as well as, make you faster?

That's how it works for the assault class; makes you nearly invincible. Than again the assault class may recover health over time by default so I'm not sure.

Edit:

Yep.

And there's our answer.

 

[madmook]

Is that badge stuff and playing as another class thing for online mp only? If I only dabble in the offline skirmish mode with bots, am I unable to unlock and do any of that other stuff?

 

[xenorevlis]

You know, I completely neglected to mention this but a couple days after the release I took the game over to my local SonyStyle store. They've said to come in any time and use their TVs to play PS3 games, etc.

So I did, on the tiny OLED and the 40-inch super-thin LCD:

I gained such an immediate crowd on both sets that I never took a picture of it (nor was I technically allowed to, but they told me it'd be okay if it was ninja photography). Planning to go back and do it again on the OLED and some of their larger Bravias in the sound rooms.

Even some of the staff was standing around staring at it instead of working

Will take pics next time (hopefully)

 

[oneHeero]

I go into a situation like that with lukems a couple days ago. For some reason, when he rounded the corner where I was hiding I thought he was a saboteur and put a few rounds in him before I came to my senses. He then thought I was a saboteur and put some rounds in to me, which then made me think he really WAS a saboteur, so I shot him again. Thankfully we both stopped before either of us died.

lol thais happened to Corcagan(I think thats the spelling) and I yesterday on Radec. We both had shotguns though and were in the staircase in the middle. I was going up and him down. He fired so I fired and we kept fire(ff on/engineers) and we ended up killing each other. We lol and I blamed it on him, eye for an eye.

 

[dazed808]

Doesn't support high quality voice chat, so far I believe it's exclusive to Socom. The game obviously supports the official Sony headset, though. Believe me, you would know HQ mode if your heard it - it's amazing.

I stand corrected! Was sure I saw it flash up HQ mode the other day when I switched it on halfway through a match but spose that could be the default message when it's turned on and then switches it to normal mode? Anyways the quality is top-notch as it is so would love to hear the HQ mode

 

[oneHeero]

You know, I completely neglected to mention this but a couple days after the release I took the game over to my local SonyStyle store. They've said to come in any time and use their TVs to play PS3 games, etc.

So I did, on the tiny OLED and the 40-inch super-thin LCD:

I gained such an immediate crowd on both sets that I never took a picture of it (nor was I technically allowed to, but they told me it'd be okay if it was ninja photography). Planning to go back and do it again on the OLED and some of their larger Bravias in the sound rooms

Even some of the staff was standing around staring at it instead of working

How does this work? Just go in there and ask?