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Planetside 2 |OT| 12 Man Squads, 2000 Players, So Free You'll Want to Pay!
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ThreePiMatt
Member
I think I have some spare SC and there really aren't any other weapons I'm interested in (not until the inevitable Scatter Pistol when they do faction-specific pistols).
razgriz417
Member
Looks like no double/triple SC sale this year
They're doing a 40% off sale instead :/ (1000 extra SC for those with prepaid cards)
https://www.soe.com/news?view=station-cash-40-percent-off-july-4-2013
They're doing a 40% off sale instead :/ (1000 extra SC for those with prepaid cards)
https://www.soe.com/news?view=station-cash-40-percent-off-july-4-2013
Looks like no double/triple SC sale this year
They're doing a 40% off sale instead :/ (1000 extra SC for those with prepaid cards)
https://www.soe.com/news?view=station-cash-40-percent-off-july-4-2013
bah, now I feel like an ass for grabbing $30 in Walmart Cards.
I feel like a complete ass for going in Walmart.
They did the Triple SC sale last year around X-Mas...
I'll definitely be getting more if they have a Triple SC this X-Mas...
RadioactiveLobster
Member
If you redeem your Walmart $15 card on the 4th you get an extra 1000 SC
1500 SC + 500 SC (Walmart Bonus) + 1000 SC (4th Sale Bonus) = 3000 SC per card.
I mean, yeah, it's using Walmart's bonus to get a "double" XP for a regular one, but it's still cheap. A real Double, would make that card 4000, a triple would be 6000.
Yes, it's a double XP long weekend. Just wrapped up about 3 hours of play, and had to have gotten about 1000 certs. Average score an hour was somewhere north of 40,000 (Premium + Heroic Boost*2 as well as 2 alerts won = Hey, I can buy a gun)
http://youtu.be/ly3Es4koZkU
Hopefully will work, youtube uploading has always been strange to me
Just a little bit of Warpgate Fireworks.
Hopefully will work, youtube uploading has always been strange to me
Just a little bit of Warpgate Fireworks.
You'll Never Not See them again!
ThreePiMatt
Member
http://youtu.be/ly3Es4koZkU
Hopefully will work, youtube uploading has always been strange to me
Just a little bit of Warpgate Fireworks.
Got it set to private.
Anton668
Member
I will say this about them though... running MAAGO OP's, they were great for baiting air into our area to shoot down! lol
See! The upload in game sets it to private. Think I managed to change it to unlisted, maybe it'll work.
Shaundakahl
Member
Do you prefer to work alone and without goals when you play? If you answer yes to both of these, then you will be fine.
If you said no, however, then you may find the experience frustration. It is difficult to get anything done working alone, so joining an open squad may help you out. I recommend practicing nano-medicine or nano-repairing for easy certs and drunk love. Enjoy!
GU12 update time
Not alot of HUGE changes, but some nice additions (more loadouts, and "no Sundy Deploy zones" will be interesting)
https://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads%2Fserver-downtime-for-game-update-12-july-10-2013-6am-pdt-3pm-cest.140010%2F#.Ud002CrGE9A.twitter
Extended Interactive Tutorial
Added a new outdoor area to the interactive tutorial which starts after the respawn training. This new area has the following additional training topics:
Destroying vehicles (tanks)
AV Turrets
Jump pads
Ground vehicle driving
Vehicle ammo tower
Gate shield
Generator overloading
Added an energy shield that blocks access to the teleporter until the player completes the shooting segment.
Alert Frequency Changes
We’ve increased the time between alerts across the board and made further refinements to the population requirements that govern alert launches.
Recommended Server Chanages
Recommended servers are now provided for each faction instead of having one set of suggested servers for all new players.
More Loadouts (Lonestar Note: YES YES YES YES.gif)
Three new loadout tabs are unlocked for each class and vehicle as part of Membership
The member custom loadouts will immediately be unlocked for any current subscribers, and will unlock right away upon membership purchase for any new subscribers
The member custom loadouts will lock again if the player loses membership – however, the loadout configurations are saved, so if the player renews membership, all previously configured loadout information should be maintained
Four additional loadout tabs can be unlocked for all classes and vehicles via purchases in the Depot under the Utilities category
Gold Trim for Main Battle Tanks
Available in the Early Access category of the Depot.
Bumpers for Flash
Equippable in the new Trim Slot
Gold versions available in the Early Access Category
Infantry Updates
Improved Damage Feedback
Improved feedback when getting hit by enemy projectiles.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue that caused certain corpses to not receive revive attempts
Fixed some issues with the drop pod deploy radius not always behaving as intended
Popping in and out of ADS while firing should no longer stop the player model from playing recoil animations in 3rd person
Vehicle Updates
Fury Changes
Direct hit damage decreased from 750 to 300
Resist type for the weapon has improved against vehicles, which partially mitigates this decrease in direct hit damage
Time to reload increased from 2.5 seconds to 3 seconds
Bail Out FX
When a soldier “safe” ejects out of a vehicle, they will now play Bail FX around them. Safe eject is any eject where they are not intended to take fall damage: Galaxies, ESF’s w/ejection seat, Liberator w/ejection seat.
Bug Fixes
Sunderer decals now can extend to the hood of the vehicle
Fixed the missing startup audio for both Vulcan variants
UI Updates
Platoon Interface Improvements
Added an icon to the platoon leader
Added ability to see detailed squad information while in a platoon by clicking the panel for each squad in the platoon management screen
Point Capture Feedback
Added a text call out when players are in range of a capture point, but are unable to capture it due to:
Not having appropriate territory adjacency/lattice connection
Use of a MAX suit
Being inside a vehicle
Improved Vehicle Damage Feedback
Updated the directional damage arcs that display when you get hit
The intensity of the arcs are dependent on the normalized damage being received
HUD Element for SCU Vulnerability
Added a new element to the facility status panel to communicate the state of the SCU.
Secure: SCU is active and the shield is active, not vulnerable
Vulnerable: SCU is active but the shield is down
Overloaded: SCU has been overloaded but has not yet detonated
Destroyed: SCU has been destroyed
Other Miscellaneous Changes
The UI now shows indicators when vehicle passengers are hitting enemies
Recon device animation has been changed to show a single pulse instead of two
If a computer has less than 4GB of memory, only low texture quality will be available in the settings
Added the ability to bring up the score screen while on the death screen
Unified the HUD and map squad and instant action deployment functionality
They now share the same timers and notifications
Now can only be canceled by pressing the hotkey or clicking the button (i.e. hitting Esc to exit out of the map will no longer cancel the countdown)
Double-clicking a loadout number from the equipment or vehicle terminal will now equip yourself or spawn the vehicle of the selected loadout, respectively
Double-clicking a deployment location from the deployment list will now deploy you. Deploy, deployment, deploy, deploy.
Bug Fixes
Zebra Vehicle Camo should now be selectable in the loadout menu after purchasing the Mega Vehicle Camo Bundle
Fixed Ally/Enemy colors not showing correctly on in-world UI icons for explosives
Added a progress indicator to the redeem a code flow
Health bars should no longer intermittently display as empty when nanoweave armor is equipped
Players should no longer receive a revive prompt if they deploy as a teammate attempts to revive them
Non-members will no longer see an incorrect discount on the member’s sale in the Depot.
Battle Rifles, MAX AV right, MAX AI right, and MAX AA weapons are now properly tracked on the stats page
Fixed missing icons for the Walker in the Depot
Facility/ Environmental Updates
Sunderer No Deploy Zones
Facilities and Outposts on Indar and Amerish now have Sunderer No Deploy Zones.
These function just like the No Deploy Radius around allied deployed Sunderers
These zones prevent someone from parking a Sunderer right on top of a capture point, forcing players to fight to the capture points on foot
Warpgate Rotation
All faction warpgates have been rotated counter clockwise.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue preventing players from resupplying consumables while in the VR training zone
Fixed non-functional teleporters at Arroyo Torre Station
Fixed a neutral spawn room teleporter at Feldspar Canyon Base
All Gravity Pads at the Saurva Overflow Depot should function correctly again
Replaced the missing south east facing vehicle pad at the Ikanam Bio Lab
Addressed two ground vehicle terminals overlapping at Saurva South Fortress
Removed a misplaced stair object at Crux Headquarters on Amerish
Not alot of HUGE changes, but some nice additions (more loadouts, and "no Sundy Deploy zones" will be interesting)
https://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads%2Fserver-downtime-for-game-update-12-july-10-2013-6am-pdt-3pm-cest.140010%2F#.Ud002CrGE9A.twitter
Extended Interactive Tutorial
Added a new outdoor area to the interactive tutorial which starts after the respawn training. This new area has the following additional training topics:
Destroying vehicles (tanks)
AV Turrets
Jump pads
Ground vehicle driving
Vehicle ammo tower
Gate shield
Generator overloading
Added an energy shield that blocks access to the teleporter until the player completes the shooting segment.
Alert Frequency Changes
We’ve increased the time between alerts across the board and made further refinements to the population requirements that govern alert launches.
Recommended Server Chanages
Recommended servers are now provided for each faction instead of having one set of suggested servers for all new players.
More Loadouts (Lonestar Note: YES YES YES YES.gif)
Three new loadout tabs are unlocked for each class and vehicle as part of Membership
The member custom loadouts will immediately be unlocked for any current subscribers, and will unlock right away upon membership purchase for any new subscribers
The member custom loadouts will lock again if the player loses membership – however, the loadout configurations are saved, so if the player renews membership, all previously configured loadout information should be maintained
Four additional loadout tabs can be unlocked for all classes and vehicles via purchases in the Depot under the Utilities category
Gold Trim for Main Battle Tanks
Available in the Early Access category of the Depot.
Bumpers for Flash
Equippable in the new Trim Slot
Gold versions available in the Early Access Category
Infantry Updates
Improved Damage Feedback
Improved feedback when getting hit by enemy projectiles.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue that caused certain corpses to not receive revive attempts
Fixed some issues with the drop pod deploy radius not always behaving as intended
Popping in and out of ADS while firing should no longer stop the player model from playing recoil animations in 3rd person
Vehicle Updates
Fury Changes
Direct hit damage decreased from 750 to 300
Resist type for the weapon has improved against vehicles, which partially mitigates this decrease in direct hit damage
Time to reload increased from 2.5 seconds to 3 seconds
Bail Out FX
When a soldier “safe” ejects out of a vehicle, they will now play Bail FX around them. Safe eject is any eject where they are not intended to take fall damage: Galaxies, ESF’s w/ejection seat, Liberator w/ejection seat.
Bug Fixes
Sunderer decals now can extend to the hood of the vehicle
Fixed the missing startup audio for both Vulcan variants
UI Updates
Platoon Interface Improvements
Added an icon to the platoon leader
Added ability to see detailed squad information while in a platoon by clicking the panel for each squad in the platoon management screen
Point Capture Feedback
Added a text call out when players are in range of a capture point, but are unable to capture it due to:
Not having appropriate territory adjacency/lattice connection
Use of a MAX suit
Being inside a vehicle
Improved Vehicle Damage Feedback
Updated the directional damage arcs that display when you get hit
The intensity of the arcs are dependent on the normalized damage being received
HUD Element for SCU Vulnerability
Added a new element to the facility status panel to communicate the state of the SCU.
Secure: SCU is active and the shield is active, not vulnerable
Vulnerable: SCU is active but the shield is down
Overloaded: SCU has been overloaded but has not yet detonated
Destroyed: SCU has been destroyed
Other Miscellaneous Changes
The UI now shows indicators when vehicle passengers are hitting enemies
Recon device animation has been changed to show a single pulse instead of two
If a computer has less than 4GB of memory, only low texture quality will be available in the settings
Added the ability to bring up the score screen while on the death screen
Unified the HUD and map squad and instant action deployment functionality
They now share the same timers and notifications
Now can only be canceled by pressing the hotkey or clicking the button (i.e. hitting Esc to exit out of the map will no longer cancel the countdown)
Double-clicking a loadout number from the equipment or vehicle terminal will now equip yourself or spawn the vehicle of the selected loadout, respectively
Double-clicking a deployment location from the deployment list will now deploy you. Deploy, deployment, deploy, deploy.
Bug Fixes
Zebra Vehicle Camo should now be selectable in the loadout menu after purchasing the Mega Vehicle Camo Bundle
Fixed Ally/Enemy colors not showing correctly on in-world UI icons for explosives
Added a progress indicator to the redeem a code flow
Health bars should no longer intermittently display as empty when nanoweave armor is equipped
Players should no longer receive a revive prompt if they deploy as a teammate attempts to revive them
Non-members will no longer see an incorrect discount on the member’s sale in the Depot.
Battle Rifles, MAX AV right, MAX AI right, and MAX AA weapons are now properly tracked on the stats page
Fixed missing icons for the Walker in the Depot
Facility/ Environmental Updates
Sunderer No Deploy Zones
Facilities and Outposts on Indar and Amerish now have Sunderer No Deploy Zones.
These function just like the No Deploy Radius around allied deployed Sunderers
These zones prevent someone from parking a Sunderer right on top of a capture point, forcing players to fight to the capture points on foot
Warpgate Rotation
All faction warpgates have been rotated counter clockwise.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue preventing players from resupplying consumables while in the VR training zone
Fixed non-functional teleporters at Arroyo Torre Station
Fixed a neutral spawn room teleporter at Feldspar Canyon Base
All Gravity Pads at the Saurva Overflow Depot should function correctly again
Replaced the missing south east facing vehicle pad at the Ikanam Bio Lab
Addressed two ground vehicle terminals overlapping at Saurva South Fortress
Removed a misplaced stair object at Crux Headquarters on Amerish
Mikey Jr.
Member
Yeah, they are going pretty slow. A lot of baby steps. I mean, we still don't have Amerish and Esamir lattice. Never mind Hossin.
But at least they are fixing bugs, and adding some good "quality of life" changes. But I agree with you. Slow.
At least they are working on the tutorial. That is pretty huge in my opinion. I remember when I started playing and there was no tutorial. What a huge barrier. I nearly quit half a dozen times because I didn't know where to go, what to do, what everything meant. They just dropped me into this massive world in the middle of fucking nowhere (no joke, a drop pod just falls from the sky into the middle of fucking nowhere your first time playing).
I feel like a lot of people try it the first time and get frustrated. Glad they are working on it.
razgriz417
Member
Yeah, I haven't really played in 2 weeks either, login everyday to get my 48 certs but thats about it for now. Been having fun messing with Marvel Heroes and Warframe instead.
I feel like the devs are spending more time hammering out tutorial stuff for when the PS4 version launches, its important no doubt to get more people into the game but changes seem too slow atm for me. That and lauching a beta in China last month probably took quite alot of resources as well.
I feel like the devs are spending more time hammering out tutorial stuff for when the PS4 version launches, its important no doubt to get more people into the game but changes seem too slow atm for me. That and lauching a beta in China last month probably took quite alot of resources as well.
From the recent gaf ps2 thread, a lot of people just load up the game for the first time, have no idea what they're doing, and give up either immediately or after a few hours. In a perfect world, yes, players should want to figure everything out for themselves and would relish the ability to do so, but that is not your common player of any game these days.
ThreePiMatt
Member
The No-Deploy Zone thing should be interesting. The problem with a lot of the smaller outposts is that the attackers can put a Sunderer in such a place where they have better access to the control point than the defenders. If not the control point then the vehicle terminal, and the attackers can just chain pull new Sunderers and have unlimited new spawn points.
I'm not playing as much as I was, but largely due to the fact that I'm deep into too many games at the moment (Civ V ain't gonna help matters). But yeah, its been too long without new continents or the lattice on Esamir/Amerish.
I'm not playing as much as I was, but largely due to the fact that I'm deep into too many games at the moment (Civ V ain't gonna help matters). But yeah, its been too long without new continents or the lattice on Esamir/Amerish.
razgriz417
Member
That nerf has been months coming, they didnt do it because it was on sale the day before they intended nerf
Fury nerf was needed & has been planned for a while.
Seems like they made tons more progress during the beta in less time. There were a lot of things added/taken away/completely changed all the time back then. We even got Esamir & Amerish within a couple of months. Guess they cant change as much "to see if it works" because they have people's money involved now.
I think that's slowing down progress a lot too. Before, we could try something out and be like "nah, dont like it" or "wow, yes! this works" and then have it decided whether or not it would stay in the game based on that. Now we have to take baby steps.
Welp, I cant wait for the medic revision, continent locking, hossin, and the battle islands. By then, I might have BF4 taking all my attention away....seems like they're going in the right direction now but who knows. We'll see! Will prob just play both.
Wish no-deploy came a lot sooner than now but too many ppl complained and didnt want to be "restricted". There's too many folks that want absolutely no rules in PS2 and just want a wild west style shooter with madness going in all directions. Cant wait for all of the real meta stuff to start making its way into the game.
Seems like they made tons more progress during the beta in less time. There were a lot of things added/taken away/completely changed all the time back then. We even got Esamir & Amerish within a couple of months. Guess they cant change as much "to see if it works" because they have people's money involved now.
I think that's slowing down progress a lot too. Before, we could try something out and be like "nah, dont like it" or "wow, yes! this works" and then have it decided whether or not it would stay in the game based on that. Now we have to take baby steps.
Welp, I cant wait for the medic revision, continent locking, hossin, and the battle islands. By then, I might have BF4 taking all my attention away....seems like they're going in the right direction now but who knows. We'll see! Will prob just play both.
Wish no-deploy came a lot sooner than now but too many ppl complained and didnt want to be "restricted". There's too many folks that want absolutely no rules in PS2 and just want a wild west style shooter with madness going in all directions. Cant wait for all of the real meta stuff to start making its way into the game.
IIRC people itt were complaining that they had to trudge long distances on the map to get to a fight when there's an instant action button--UI overhauls and more informative menus seem like a better investment in new player retention than expanding the tutorial and, unlike the latter, those also benefit actually existing players too.
Has it? I don't keep up on what the community is complaining about, even when it ends up burning me (Zealot Overdrive).
I can tell you though that nerfs like that are why I'm probably not ever going to sink 1,000 certs into a single weapon unlock or ever spend any Station Cash on non-cosmetic items.
razgriz417
Member
The nerf to Furys were planned I think a month or 2 before max abilities came out, acutally I think it was the big GU update after stealth flashes came out that they planned to nerf them
Gen.Grievous
Member
Fury nerf was only necessary for flashes and harassers. It was perfectly fine on any of the other slow moving vehicles.
Implants will probably end up killing this game outright if these actually come to fruition, no matter the method of acquisition...
Pure power creep, giving people OP abilities with no downsides and no way to counter them. They'll be the equivalent of BFRs.
Pure power creep, giving people OP abilities with no downsides and no way to counter them. They'll be the equivalent of BFRs.
ThreePiMatt
Member
None of the implants seem at all overpowered or game-breaking in anyway. Just the time-limited consumable and buying with SC is just dumb. The real-money consumables haven't/aren't destroying Mechwarrior Online, they're just conceptually dumb.
Also, the lack of NC ScatterPistol is criminal.
Also, the lack of NC ScatterPistol is criminal.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Which ones are the OP abilities?
The amount of power they grant is irrelevant, the power they all grant is over the power of any player that doesn't have them, completely circumventing skill, forcing you to buy into them with your money or time to be competitive. It is a direct, front facing power increase with no reason to not use them.
I may be ok with them if they all had equivalent downsides, eg awareness gives the stated benefit, but makes you more vulnerable to vision impairing via flash/concussion grenades (as discussed in the reddit thread on this), and were tied to BR instead of certs/SC, but that would still be a power creep even if they don't have to be directly purchased.
I may be ok with them if they all had equivalent downsides, eg awareness gives the stated benefit, but makes you more vulnerable to vision impairing via flash/concussion grenades (as discussed in the reddit thread on this), and were tied to BR instead of certs/SC, but that would still be a power creep even if they don't have to be directly purchased.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
I really like the new Esamir.
The tree's add a lot of variety to the normal barren wastelands and all the new walls at the bases will add a lot to infantry fights. I also like that there are still wide open areas for armor and air to fight
The tree's add a lot of variety to the normal barren wastelands and all the new walls at the bases will add a lot to infantry fights. I also like that there are still wide open areas for armor and air to fight
Mikey Jr.
Member
Dunno, I don't see anything that would make someone more competitive. Yeah, do they give you boosts? Sure. And if this was a small scale TDM game like COD, I would agree with you. But this is a game where sometimes 100 vs 100 happen. Someone having the ability to take less fall damage? Reduce camera shake? That wont matter on this grand of a scale of combat.
Now, if you are worried about negating skill, look at the tech tree. 250 extra armor? Extra grenades? Shields for tanks? Cooldown for your abilities? THATS circumventing skill. Not the ability to not be affected by flash grenades (I can count on one hand the amount of times I have been flashed).
I think you guys are making WAY too big of a deal.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Did you go through the tutorial?
I can't remember if the extended tutorial is up on live yet or just PTS
There was definitely no tutorial option if it's up. My main confusion came with leveling up my guy and knowing where to spend certs on what. Too many options!
Where does most of gaf play? Need some teamwork action going on.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Dude, trust me. I was right there with you.
When you first start, you are overwhelmed. Looks like a fuckton of shit.
But if you look back on it a month down, you will realize that there really wasn't that much to learn......It looks super overwhelming right now, but it isn't.
And I played when there was no tutorial and they dropped you literally into battle when you first start, hahaha.
Keep with it though. A truly addicting game.
Open up your options, and at the bottom, it says support. Click that and there should be a tutorial option. When you started a new character, it should have put you in the tutorial. As for your guy, choose ONE class. Focus on them.
For engies and medics, focus on their repair tool and medic gun respectively.
Also, I'm pretty sure there is no GAF clan, so play wherever you like. I play on Matherson.
Most play on Mattherson, but even I'm not sure about that. We're pretty fractured. 3 or 4 of us are on Azure Twilight (VS) on that server, but I haven't been on in a week, and I'm even less sure about the others (MrBig and Razgriz are 2 that I can remember).
SOE really needs to bring in character transfer, so to make it easier to bring back GAF to planetside.
SOE really needs to bring in character transfer, so to make it easier to bring back GAF to planetside.
Guess there was a large amount of hatemail. Hadn't looked at the forums about what they felt about them. I was indifferent.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
So I've put about 12 hours into this in the last week. I initially started it up because I knew it was CPU dependent and I just did a new computer build, so I wanted to stress it. Surprisingly, I ended up having quite a bit of fun.
Started kinda toying with the idea of buying a couple gun upgrades I was looking at just for kicks, since the game itself was free. And I *NEVER* buy stuff like this. But before I did, came to see what kind of community the game has on GAF. Really disappointed to see there's no clan, no "hop on times", and posts from the beginning of the month are at the top of the page. I have a really hard time enjoying games that I can't talk about with others on a daily basis
Started kinda toying with the idea of buying a couple gun upgrades I was looking at just for kicks, since the game itself was free. And I *NEVER* buy stuff like this. But before I did, came to see what kind of community the game has on GAF. Really disappointed to see there's no clan, no "hop on times", and posts from the beginning of the month are at the top of the page. I have a really hard time enjoying games that I can't talk about with others on a daily basis
So I've put about 12 hours into this in the last week. I initially started it up because I knew it was CPU dependent and I just did a new computer build, so I wanted to stress it. Surprisingly, I ended up having quite a bit of fun.
Started kinda toying with the idea of buying a couple gun upgrades I was looking at just for kicks, since the game itself was free. And I *NEVER* buy stuff like this. But before I did, came to see what kind of community the game has on GAF. Really disappointed to see there's no clan, no "hop on times", and posts from the beginning of the month are at the top of the page. I have a really hard time enjoying games that I can't talk about with others on a daily basis
Yeah there's not much activity in this OT but I see people posting about PS2 fairly often in other gaming side threads, so there's quite a few gaffers playing, but not enough a community interest to keep a stable clan so we all pretty much split up into different communities outside of GAF.