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Planetside 2 |OT| 12 Man Squads, 2000 Players, So Free You'll Want to Pay!
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Complistic
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Can I get some details on this 1500 SC card from walmart?
What kind of details? It's this: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sony-Universal-15-Game-Card/19530504
Treat it as a 2000 Station Cash card, double and triple the amount during Station Cash events. Just don't redeem the card as a subscription.
Looking to playing together with u again man.
glorious
Your pie is yucky. It mostly tastes of oppression with a large dose of brainwashing. Naught but a measley fifth! of it excites my liberty buds.
EDIT: I'm in the market for suggestions of enjoyable, semi-regular PS2 streams.
Please don't suggest BCP.
Maybe they could rotate out the continents or something. One continent could be locked to the faction that "won" and unavailable to join until another continent is taken. I don't know, anything to keep people from just border patrolling their "home" continent. Three continents and three factions is kind of an overly diplomatic split for a game about crushing your enemies and seeing them driven before you. Probably a boatload of problems with that, too, but it's just getting boring being on one side or the other of an unstoppable force.
This is kind of how it will be when more continents are added to the game. Each additional continent will only have neutral warpgates and the warpgates are only linked to certain other warpgates on certain continents.
For example the VS home cont is Amerish. They'll permanently own one WGs on there and the other 2 will be neutral. One of the neutral WGs may link to Searhus, and the other to Hossin. On Searhus then there will be 3 or 4 WGs linking to something like Amerish, Esamir, and Oshur. On Hossin will be links to Oshur, Amerish, and Indar. etc etc. Factions must fight on a cont until they overtake the territory leading to the next territory, and if they take all of the territory on a cont it will be locked to any other faction for some amount of time or until some condition is met. Eventually there will be quite a few continents that all link in a progressive sort of way. The fights of continental acquisition will be linear and not widely spread out, usually 2 factions colliding until a push is made towards the center continents that combine the front lines where you'll see 3 way fights. In this situation the fights will be focused a lot more linear, contrary to an assumption along the lines of adding more continents will just mean people jumping around everywhere like they do now, which doesn't lend well to focused and engaging gameplay.
Unfortunately we may not even see a total of 6 continents until later next year, assuming it takes them 2 or 3 months to produce each continent. It may go quicker now that the base game is done, so they can focus on cont production and experimentation in different types of continents that lend themselves to different types of gameplay, not necessarily focusing on making huge, lavish continents like the home 3.
Liberty4all
Banned
I usually run a platoon with ender31 in game and he has a twitch feed following our platoon. He's not a GAFer but our outfits have been doing joint ops nightly. I'll get his steam name tonight.
Liberty4all
Banned
We HATE the NC and TR on mattherson. Commies and smurfs/spacemerica. All soon doomed to be confined to the dustbin of history. Only those who follow the glorious teachings of Vanu will be a part of humanities next stage of evolution.
actually Bamelin can I get your Steam nameas well or you add me?.
Steam ID: Soi-Fong
Though, not sure if I'll be on tonight.. Just saw the news about the CT shooting.. Doesn't even feel right to play, but I don't know.. Maybe I'm just letting it bother me too much.
Liberty4all
Banned
I think its bamelin or bamelin1. I don't use steam much though ...
Liberty4all
Banned
Yeah, felt like Amerish had some more varied bases. Really, the most interesting/different bases are the smaller bases. Once you've seen one Bio Dome/Tech Plant/Amp Station/Air Base, you've seen them all.
Not going to be back on till Sunday night, out of town, on Birthday Vacation. Hate that the CT thing happened on my Birthday, puts a tremendous burden to think about from here on out. So tragic, hard to comprehend.
That actually sounds pretty exciting - I'm not sure how I managed to dodge the information that more continents were definitely on the way.
Broader intercontinental connection to the battles is a much more interesting idea than just funneling everything into a tighter war the way I was thinking.
Complistic
Member
Thanks. Think I'll buy a couple of these. I'm pretty stingy so that should set me up for the foreseeable future.
This selection will be expanded too, the Interlink facility will be returning and they'll be introducing some new facility concepts original to PS2.
I remember you playing MAG with us. It's a shame you were attracted to the purple spandex people.
I agree though. It's the dynamic battles that make it awesome. Now, that's not to say that I understand some people want a reason to fight in the game overall. But I think they have that planned and will eventually surface. Maybe in that January patch or outline whatever they're doing they'll say.
So I thought I had my favorite gun picked out with the Flare, got an auraxium medal and tried out the Pulsar LSW. Got another auraxium medal much faster, and I thought I had 'my gun' again. Now I've apparently got a newfound love for the Orion, since I never tried it with the 1x scope and a foregrip before. I just wish it had a larger magazine...which makes me want the SV-88. Meh, not dropping 500 certs on it, I have a Magrider to upgrade.
I hope there will be a lot of variety in building designs by the time these other continents come out. Hopefully we can see some different architecture on each of them with some unique bases so it doesn't all feel the same. Of course, once they do those faction bases, it will be more varied as well.
And the talk about continents just tells you how much potential there is with this game. I find myself dreaming of what this game will be a little later down the road rather than what it is now. I have fun now, but all of these changes will drastically change the game for the better so it's kind of like we're just sitting here waiting for it to happen.
And the talk about continents just tells you how much potential there is with this game. I find myself dreaming of what this game will be a little later down the road rather than what it is now. I have fun now, but all of these changes will drastically change the game for the better so it's kind of like we're just sitting here waiting for it to happen.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Honestly, it eerily feels like MAG at that. Though the factions "balancing" was a little tighter in MAG than PS2 right now. But if you enjoyed MAG, you will adore this especially. I welcome all former MAG players to this game at that.
Done. 4 Walmart SC cards.
Thats excellent news since outside of KZ2 mp MAG is easily where I spent the most amount of time online.
Believe me, I was a huge MAG fan and could talk about that game for hours, and PS2 basically is MAG on a whole other level. Looks better, runs better, feels better, even larger battles, more opportunities for clan-play, and a setting that allows them to be very creative while keeping it balanced and this is only the foundation. Their future plans will make it my favorite game of all time if naval battles are done right which is something I've missed since Battlefield 1942.
SOCOM is my favorite franchise ever and MAG felt like a bigger FPS version of SOCOM to me so it was really a great game that was extremely underrated. Its ambition lead to some of its problems, but I overlooked it since it was so much fun and unique. I was hoping for MAG 2 after SOCOM 4 or at least a Vita SOCOM game but then all my dreams vanished.
In short, download it. Even if you just think its just "good" right now, keep an eye on it as they have big plans for this game. It's definitely another hardcore game similar to SOCOM, MAG, KZ2, etc. but expect a tougher learning curve with this one since it's so damn large that there's a lot of information to take in. Just be patient and don't write it off right away but you probably know that being a MAG player. Too many people did that with MAG when it took a while to get into it. Feel free to add me on Steam if you have any questions. ID is "Demolitio2"
I started as a noob and now I'm trying to teach my friends shit...lol
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Believe me, I was a huge MAG fan and could talk about that game for hours, and PS2 basically is MAG on a whole other level. Looks better, runs better, feels better, even larger battles, more opportunities for clan-play, and a setting that allows them to be very creative while keeping it balanced and this is only the foundation. Their future plans will make it my favorite game of all time if naval battles are done right which is something I've missed since Battlefield 1942.
SOCOM is my favorite franchise ever and MAG felt like a bigger FPS version of SOCOM to me so it was really a great game that was extremely underrated. Its ambition lead to some of its problems, but I overlooked it since it was so much fun and unique. I was hoping for MAG 2 after SOCOM 4 or at least a Vita SOCOM game but then all my dreams vanished.
In short, download it. Even if you just think its just "good" right now, keep an eye on it as they have big plans for this game. It's definitely another hardcore game similar to SOCOM, MAG, KZ2, etc. but expect a tougher learning curve with this one since it's so damn large that there's a lot of information to take in. Just be patient and don't write it off right away but you probably know that being a MAG player. Too many people did that with MAG when it took a while to get into it. Feel free to add me on Steam if you have any questions. ID is "Demolitio2"
I started as a noob and now I'm trying to teach my friends shit...lol
Man I am so excited. Ill definitely add you thanks man.
When everything was clicking in a match in MAG it provided satisfaction like no other mp game before it.
Agreed. Some of the firefights I've had in MAG have still yet to be rivaled in terms of overall chaos, but that's thanks to the objective funneling people into a chokepoint whereas PS2 is more dynamic and comes from armor and air as well. I think you'll love some of the big base invasions for that reason.
You're right though. MAG had that same magic feeling SOCOM had where it just felt so damn satisfying compared to other games and I have no clue why. They just had a magic touch to them.
Of course, we went Valor in MAG since they were basically the SOCOM faction...lol.
The Terran Republic in PS2 will remind you of a mix of Raven and Valor as it's very sleek and clean but hold traditional military values and weaponry. The NC is definitely S.V.E.R. with blue highlights instead (people call them smurfs) and Vanu can't compare to any really except maybe Raven as far as tech advantage goes but they're so different that it's hard to compare them to MAG. Damn Vanu hipsters...Definitely check out the subtle differences online with their weapons and vehicles and find which one you like. They're pretty similar mostly, but there are some differences that give each advantages in different situations.
I think PS2 right now is close to the magic of MAG and passes it in many ways, but will really pass it once more continents come and the gameplay tactics change.
Edit: Shit, you can tell I love MAG and have too much time on my hands.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Where is the userconfig file located? Someone said in the main directory but I don't see it there. Meh I'll just drop the one from the beta in there.
YOLO
YOLO
glorious
Hah, all the kids play Terran or Vanu. We NC stand as smallest in numbers but strongest in spirit.
So I was gonna get that MAX Composite armor (daily sale) but then I noticed this:
if you search for 'bundle' on the depot you can see some upcoming weekly sales. 'Form over function' sounds to me like it'll end up being all the different composite armors. That'd be pretty mean to make a daily deal something that'll be in a bundle the next day though.
Either way the triple SC sale will be up before the next weekly sales expire, so I'm gonna bet on my prediction. I don't really play MAX much anyways, although I would if I could afford two Blueshifts. Or if the Vanu MAX got a new gun that was actually on par with the other two factions.
if you search for 'bundle' on the depot you can see some upcoming weekly sales. 'Form over function' sounds to me like it'll end up being all the different composite armors. That'd be pretty mean to make a daily deal something that'll be in a bundle the next day though.
Either way the triple SC sale will be up before the next weekly sales expire, so I'm gonna bet on my prediction. I don't really play MAX much anyways, although I would if I could afford two Blueshifts. Or if the Vanu MAX got a new gun that was actually on par with the other two factions.
Go Space America!
Sweet, following on from my question about recommending fun PS2 streams, I woke up today to see that CHKilroy played last night. Glad that he's still streaming these ShackTac sessions, even the low-key ones (ie. more squad play than platoon play). 1st 90 minutes or so.
Liberty4all
Banned
I remember you playing MAG with us. It's a shame you were attracted to the purple spandex people.
I agree though. It's the dynamic battles that make it awesome. Now, that's not to say that I understand some people want a reason to fight in the game overall. But I think they have that planned and will eventually surface. Maybe in that January patch or outline whatever they're doing they'll say.
I remember you too
PS2 really did attract the MAG crowd. I'm not surprised, the things that made MAG great are all in planetside 2. I actually came to MAG from planetside 1.
I remember you too
PS2 really did attract the MAG crowd. I'm not surprised, the things that made MAG great are all in planetside 2. I actually came to MAG from planetside 1.
That's a similar thing for me as well. Played PS1 for a time, liked it (though it also was basic back then), and had wanted a similar experience to those large PS1 battles. Along came MAG.
The best bio lab fights are the ones that have large swings in momentum including the SCU going down a few times. Either of those ideas make it nigh impossible to push out and repair the SCU & retake the base after the SCU has been blown. The game already heavily favors offense over defense lets not push it even further.
If you're good with other FPSs you should do fine. The first thing that will happen is you get drop podded down into a fight that's already begun and will likely be killed, then you can respawn with the rest of your faction in that area. Basically just follow groups of people from your faction and join a squad and communicate with them until you get the hang of what you need to be doing.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
when attacking a certain "mushroom" base, you are supposed to use the jumppads (not depicted on the map) or a teleporter in one of the captured (mini) side-bases.
The teleporter is depicted by two arrows pointing towards each other.
for all bases:
THEN you are supposed to attack the generator (hold E to compromise, don't shoot it) and allow it to overload to destruction. And then you defend that location because the enemy has near-instant rebuild of base assets, so you kind want people to be able to walk in (or roll in if you went for the tank shield generator) and assist.
I just saved you about 10 hours of figuring this stuff out.
Also: you can buy a max armor from any 'class' (gun) console, meaning you can bring a sunderer and deploy it (button: B!) to allow maxes to be deployed locally, should it be required. They are pretty effective, actually. Certain more than bringing a brain-dead column of tanks into a platoon of heavies (with lock-on for the lols).
oh, and heavies have a temporary shield (boost) under 'F', which is why they glow blue and take more damage to take down. Speaking for the heavy: shield, fuckyeah.
When buying a vehicle or max armor, look at the resources to the left side. There is a fairly long cooldown on buying a new vehicle of the same type, but your resources (these are private btw, not platoon based or anything) dictate what you can buy anyway. These resources comes from controlled bases.
So if you happen to be 'warp gate locked' don't roll out with your most expensive vehicle first, since you won't be able to buy another for a long ass time.
and more.
razgriz417
Member
So I was gonna get that MAX Composite armor (daily sale) but then I noticed this:
if you search for 'bundle' on the depot you can see some upcoming weekly sales. 'Form over function' sounds to me like it'll end up being all the different composite armors. That'd be pretty mean to make a daily deal something that'll be in a bundle the next day though.
Either way the triple SC sale will be up before the next weekly sales expire, so I'm gonna bet on my prediction. I don't really play MAX much anyways, although I would if I could afford two Blueshifts. Or if the Vanu MAX got a new gun that was actually on par with the other two factions.
Hmm this is quite a dilemma for me too, been wanting the Vanu Max Composite armor for a while...
I'm holding out on purchasing any armor. I'm expecting much more interesting designs coming down the line from SOE in the close term, and then there will be the player creation shop
Union Carbine
Member
Just played a quick bit on Mattherson-- took part in a nice base assault (can't remember which, I'm not good with the names of places yet). I like to play infiltrator but lately I've been enjoying engineer. Got the bronze medal for turret kills which was fun-- found a good protected spot overlooking two small ridges outside the base and was able to make some hay.
Can't ever seem to find any GAF'ers on when I'm on to get an outfit invite. If anyone's on and they happen to see me ("ReubenKincaide"), drop me an invite if you're able.
Can't ever seem to find any GAF'ers on when I'm on to get an outfit invite. If anyone's on and they happen to see me ("ReubenKincaide"), drop me an invite if you're able.
I think the player shop is only planned to be for outfit decals right now.
Nope, they've talked about opening it up more. Outfit decals are just the short term goal. In any case the Composite armor sets are boring.
KidGalactus
Member
We need to get a GAF NC outfit going on Jaeger.
Purely cosmetic
You're welcome to start one but there's only a few gaffers on that server currently
Howso?
If people are already destroying the SCU then you've already lost. As of now, you cant spawn anyways when the SCU is destroyed and once the SCU is destroyed then 98% of the time, you're being spawn camped already with no way out. I dont see how this takes away from defense at all. It's always been large swings in momentum with the generators going down multiple times and the arming/disarming of the SCU. Only thing this does is get rid of that safe zone for defenders.
It's just expanding upon what already happens in the game without the annoying wack-a-mole gameplay that happens around the spawn rooms after you take out an SCU.
New Smedley Interview
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/12/14/s...de-2s-future-free-to-play-and-everquest-next/
Higby on UI redesign in reference to this user created mock-up
And on player configurable UI
I love how frank Higby and Smed are. So refreshing after coming from almost any other modern dev.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/12/14/s...de-2s-future-free-to-play-and-everquest-next/
Higby on UI redesign in reference to this user created mock-up
And on player configurable UI
I love how frank Higby and Smed are. So refreshing after coming from almost any other modern dev.
Because you'd destroy any way for defenders to rally together and push to resecure? The current base design means that any even somewhat nearby spawns will almost certainly be taken by the zerg of offensive troops and the only chance you have for a reasonable spawn is the base spawn or a sundy. The shielded spawn also gives you a place to organize troops that are able to push into the base.
Hacking the SCU would effectively stop any fight dead and would almost certainly become the default action instead of taking the SCU down (which defenders are able to respond to because they have that safety zone they can rearm and push from). Instead of being able to push in a somewhat organized fashion to the nearby SCU defenders would immediately be squashed between the spawn tubes now dumping enemy troops and whatever troops are between them and the spawn, almost certainly leaving them without an infiltrator able to hack the SCU back because they can't use the equipment terminals. This would also mean that there wouldn't be ANY reason for most of goal oriented offensive troops to stick around and actually try to defend the position until the hack goes through because there's little risk of defenders retaking the base. Making it so the offensive zerg can just sweep through territories before defenders are even able to catch their breath and setup a semblance of a defensive line in the hopes of halting or slowing the advance. The reason those shields are there is to make sure the attacker has to actually dedicate men to holding what they've taken. Seems pretty obvious.