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Planetside 2 |OT| 12 Man Squads, 2000 Players, So Free You'll Want to Pay!
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Angelus Errare
Banned
Same, slightly bummed but meh I'll live.
More Fun To Compute
Member
Bought 6000 sony dolla for 15 pounds. Feel that I have got that value from the game already and I want vehicle weapons.
I play TR with the light vehicles more. So I'm thinking I should unlock the HEAT for the lightening and the ground rockets for the Mossie as a start? That should leave me with a chunk of change left.
I play TR with the light vehicles more. So I'm thinking I should unlock the HEAT for the lightening and the ground rockets for the Mossie as a start? That should leave me with a chunk of change left.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Why on earth is the text so tiny in this game? I feel like I don't know what I should be doing in the game as reading the menus/HUD/etc. is such a chore.
The_Player
Member
Okey, I've spent some SmedCash on dem new shiny weapons and willing to tell you short story about each of them and my opinion on how good they are.
GR-22 [Medic]
Ex-known as Torrent, this assault rifle is a straight beast in the close quarters. Even though it was like 10 times better in the days of beta, you still might want to buy it if prefer close contact with the enemy. Laser Sight is required if you wan't to kill stuff with higher accuracy. Sadly, weapon is kinda bad in the mid-to-high ranges. Even controlled burst won't save you from its terrible (in my opinion) COF.
Warder [Engineer / Heavy Assault]
Just buy it, and don't ask any question. Right now. This beastly battle rifle is probably the best weapon of choice for those who prefer both damage and accuracy combined in the single weapon. 20 rounds, semi-auto, ridiculously high reload speed and low as hell recoil. Most of the times 4 bullets are enough to calm any bipedal threat (except for MAX).
GD-7F [Engineer / Light Assault]
Exceptionally good carabine, designed to slaughter enemies in the shortest periods of time. Don't be fooled with the lowest damage per bullet over all NC carabines: its DPS is ridiculously good. Soft point ammunition makes it even deadlier at the point blank range, though sacrificing its long range capabilities due to the slower bullet travel time.
GD-22S [Heavy Assault]
In all ways better than the regular NC6 Gauss SAW, with the only exception of 2 times lower magazine.
GR-22 [Medic]
Ex-known as Torrent, this assault rifle is a straight beast in the close quarters. Even though it was like 10 times better in the days of beta, you still might want to buy it if prefer close contact with the enemy. Laser Sight is required if you wan't to kill stuff with higher accuracy. Sadly, weapon is kinda bad in the mid-to-high ranges. Even controlled burst won't save you from its terrible (in my opinion) COF.
Warder [Engineer / Heavy Assault]
Just buy it, and don't ask any question. Right now. This beastly battle rifle is probably the best weapon of choice for those who prefer both damage and accuracy combined in the single weapon. 20 rounds, semi-auto, ridiculously high reload speed and low as hell recoil. Most of the times 4 bullets are enough to calm any bipedal threat (except for MAX).
GD-7F [Engineer / Light Assault]
Exceptionally good carabine, designed to slaughter enemies in the shortest periods of time. Don't be fooled with the lowest damage per bullet over all NC carabines: its DPS is ridiculously good. Soft point ammunition makes it even deadlier at the point blank range, though sacrificing its long range capabilities due to the slower bullet travel time.
GD-22S [Heavy Assault]
In all ways better than the regular NC6 Gauss SAW, with the only exception of 2 times lower magazine.
RadicalRad
Member
Is 3x sc still going?
All day today.
Even playing at 109dpi and 120dpi this isn't an issue for me... I do have to put the UI in "centralized" mode on my 27" though
You can try setting the game to a lower resolution to increase the size of the UI and then compensating for the decreased rendering res by increasing render quality over 1.0 in useroptions.ini.
e: really damn cool atmospheric tech demo from the guys working on Reset, would love to see this kind of system used whenever SOE starts working on implementing their weather systems
Jaded Alyx
Member
I'm playing on a 32" at 1360 x 768. It's really off-putting.
>< I want to tear my eyes out just thinking about that lol
Text will be huge in that case and lowering the res and compensating with a higher RQ is really your only option atm if you wanted it to be even bigger, this is a PC exclusive with a UI designed around people playing the game up close on a monitor with a KB/M.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Yeh I figured this was the case, but I no longer play PC games at a desk. I'm not really prepared to lower the resolution as I'm really happy with how the game looks. I'll try to deal with it.
Render Quality is used to control the rendering resolution of the game; what I'm trying to say is that if you lower the game's resolution it will make the UI bigger as is normal, but then you increase the rendering quality and you can make the game render at the same or higher resolution as the native res of your TV, independent of the UI which remains at the appropriately scaled size for whatever you set the game res to.
Shai-Tan
Banned
They should put more checks in their code. I was getting a glitch yesterday where I had infinite repair on my engineer. Happened several times. I used it to repair some stuff in a base but someone could have stood behind a vehicle getting attacked. I probably would have if i wasn't too lazy to go find one.
I also had some turrets get too much heat and get stuck with it permanently.
I also had some turrets get too much heat and get stuck with it permanently.
razgriz417
Member
BattleMonkey
Member
Got two cards at Walmart, they had tons left yesterday. Now I have no idea what to spend my cash on in game.
people talk about the LSW for the VS HA. Some don't like the A2A rocket launcher for HA (because it's kind of easy for air to avoid) but as long as it keeps them further away, it's doing it's business (though you might not see XP results)
LA, I'm just now getting around to using, so I don't know much in the way of purchasable gear for them. Got a Burst rifle that I share with Engineer, and it currently has an underbarrel smoke grenade. LA needs C4 to make it worthwhile.
on TV/PC screen, I'm playing on a 36" (I think, never can remember that stuff) and play on a 1600x1200 resolution. Seems fine to me.
Liberty4all
Banned
I use the Pulsar LSW but a lot of people swear by the Orion. I like he Pular variant as it has a bigger clip (but less damage).
I had bought the magrider secondary turrent, a Laser one that's anti tank, instead of the Halberd (which looked like an anti tank rocket launcher). Seems like they had similar ratings (except the range of "Long" to "Very Long")
Any noticeable difference?
Any noticeable difference?
razgriz417
Member
Saron is the go to 2ndary, fastest "bullet" velocity of any tank weapon and very little drop, IMO way better than the Halberd
I hear most people go with the LSW (on sale today for 125SC or 100certs) or the default Orion for VS, for LA I hear a lot of praise for the vx6-7 but I personally use the Solstice SF for the smoke launcher
If people don't have the VX6-7 yet, Serpent is the better gun now. Lower recoil and faster firing rate.
Reload is a little slow for my tastes, compared to the VX6-7 though.
We're not the best but we're pretty good when we're rolling. If you want to run with us. Do you have an outfit? I thought I'd added you to my friends list but I don't know that I ever got you to respond in game.
Join the NC on Mattheson and you can play with at least one Gaffer.
Will do.
Be warned though, I have no idea what i'm doing as MP gaming on PC is a new thing to me.
I still remember how beast you used to be on MAG.
BattleMonkey
Member
Oh yes that is a very well thought out counter argument. Whatever. Game has issue of a grind when it takes 25,000xp just to unlock one single attachment for one single gun.
Isn't it either claymores or AT mines as far as actual mines go? I know C4 is in that slot too, but if it's just those two, then it's really up to what you find yourself needing more often. Claymores are great to watch your back or to place near objectives in bases because it will almost always give you a kill while AT mines are really good for when armor has to cross a choke-point but requires better judgement on placement than claymores to get a kill because there's so much open area for vehicles to go around them.
Really, it's either AP or AT. I find myself getting killed by claymores and laughing about it a lot because it can easily defend a generator and also alert you when people are in the area.
I almost always carry the proxies. Tank mines are useful in very specific situations, but it's pretty difficult to predict where the armor push will come from. With proxies you are almost guaranteed a kill if you place it in a good spot, unless you get unlucky and a MAX triggers it. Proxies are also great when you are using your turret to defend positions. Just drop your 2 proxies in doorways or pathways that can be used to flank you. When you hear them explode, or you see a kill confirmation pop up, that's a pretty good time to move to a new spot.
Having both is probably best though. When you know you are going to be defending a big push, grab a flash and tank mines, go lay your tank mines, take your flash back to the sundy or loadout station, and resupply with proxies. I'm pretty sure you can have both deployed at the same time.
Vault 13 Dweller
Neo Member
Does anyone know when the double xp event starts?
I've had this occur multiple times to me. It's really odd. And it has always occurred in a state where the other AA emplacements simultaneously suffered. And it wasn't something that just effected me -- other players would also get a frozen 'heat' level. I still have no idea if it's a glitch or some kind of 'long game' cool-down.
On the NC side, I cannot give enough love to the GD-7F. Such a great short-midrange weapon, especially once you put Advanced Laser on it for hip-firing domination. I get a ton of mileage from my shotgun on LA too, I really like the Mauler, the one which comes as part of the Infantry Bundle (which also comes with the Rebel pistol -- so good), the Mauler just feels snappy, brutal if you can get a headshot. Shotguns are a GREAT weapon to use when you're in the air, jetpacking around -- they don't suffer from the bloom effects that other weapons do (by which I mean, the increase in spread of your on-screen cross-hairs when you jump or jetpack), they bloom only based on rate of trigger-pulling*.
It's on! Right now! Lasts until January 2nd!
*[citation needed] but I think this is true.
I don't know if I like the TAR or NS-11 better for the medic class. The TAR has an insane fire rate, but that NS-11 is on point with every damn bullet even with no attachments. I almost think it's better due to how easy it is to get headshots with it.
I think the rest of the weapons will have to wait for a bundle deal for me to get them. They're smart not to have any of those going on right now, lol.
I think the rest of the weapons will have to wait for a bundle deal for me to get them. They're smart not to have any of those going on right now, lol.
I'd side with the NS-11 personally. Totally agree with ya on the bundles. I'll wait until I can get bundles or 50% off daily deals on the stuff I want.
Krappadizzle
Member
I'm on Connery as TR if anyone wants to send me a FR. Krappadizzle is my in-game name.
Liberty4all
Banned
If the secondary is the Sauron you bought all kinds of win.
That thing demolishes tanks and can often take out hovering aircraft too. It's a one shot on infantry as well.
Liberty4all
Banned
Also just wanted to say I love my horn.
Today me and 2 GAF'ers rolled by a packed TR base firing off those grenade rounds while I honked the horn like crazy. So awesome and WORTH EVERY PENNYYYYYYY
Today me and 2 GAF'ers rolled by a packed TR base firing off those grenade rounds while I honked the horn like crazy. So awesome and WORTH EVERY PENNYYYYYYY
Too much fun. Lol
It's funny how 90% of Magriders I see now have one, myself included.
I just finished a huge killing spree with mine...I must be real close to the Auraxium medal for the VPC. Is there any way to check vehicle weapon medals at all? I see I have ~1150 kills in the Magrider and most of those are with that gun, but I can't be sure how close I am.