Planetside 2

[Mrbloodworth]

That was added a few patches ago.

[Simond]

So, as SOE seem to finally be going down the path of "Oh hey, PS1 already solved this problem. Let's copy that!", how long before Zone of Influence make a return?

Might give people a reason to fly a Galaxy then.

[Mrbloodworth]

Speculation shall begin. EDIT: This is stated as a Prototype. In no way is this upcoming patch related.

[Jimbo]

The merge helped Waterson and Matherson, wow, the battles today were awesome! Wish I didn't have to work tonight, was a lot of fun.

[Mrbloodworth]

Yes, fighting on Not indar has been a blast.

[shiznitz]

If you don't log in for 48 hours your passive certs stop accumulating.  You also have to log in each character, not just go to character select.

DNKT.  Thanks. 

[Mrbloodworth]

[Miasma]

Article on the new VR training area.  Looks really good, might actually have people spend almost too much time in there.

[Mrbloodworth]

PlanetSide 2: War Correspondent - Episode 2

[snowwy]

The crying over the "nerf" of the TR tank has been entertaining. "What do you mean we have to fire both barrels to kill a single trooper now?"
Life in Easyville is hard shit. I stopped playing my VS main to kill countless numbers of pubbies with the Cycler TRV. How that gun has avoided the nerfhammer i will never understand.

[Miasma]

This game is quite easy to leave for extended amounts of time and hard to get back into.  Having a crash a few minutes after coming back isn't helping.  How in this day and age can a game still manage to crash so hard that ctrl alt delete does nothing and you have to do a hard reboot?

[Pennilenko]

How in this day and age can a game still manage to crash so hard that ctrl alt delete does nothing and you have to do a hard reboot?

It's actually pretty easy when clients think their machine is amazing when the reality is that its a poorly managed pile of shit...

[Mrbloodworth]

PlanetSide 2: Roadmap - March Preview

[01101010]

PlanetSide 2: Roadmap - March Preview

Coming right to your PC in May... sometime

[Surlyboi]

Fuck. YES. Gimme mah Phoenix!

[Pennilenko]

Anyone know when the next triple cash day is?

[01101010]

Anyone know when the next triple cash day is?

No one has a clue. Hoping for Easter... but probably Flag Day or something.

[Jimbo]

I wish I could get my local Walmart's to stock the damn $15 card that gives 500 bonus (15 for 2000, instead of 1500 Station Cash). The damn internet site says it should be in stock at the local stores but they haven't had any of them for the past 3 months.  They have had the $10 dollar ones that give 200 bonus.  Better than regular price, but still frustrating. I wish Walmart would let me order them online, then I could get 3 to save for later when triple cash comes around again. That or if they do a double cash would be great too.

[Miasma]

Full patch notes for GU4.  It's pretty long.

[Mrbloodworth]

Its also rather great.

[shiznitz]

I love how they mention in the video for the Phoenix that one can be killed while steering the missile.  They obviously never played PS1.  What was great about the Phoenix is that you can fire it from almost total cover and then go searching for a target like a US drone.  I get chills (of pleasure) just thinking about the rage this will cause in the TR and VS ranks.

[Mrbloodworth]

No, whats really going to be fun is, all the NC standing in fields.

[shiznitz]

They deserve headshots.

[Mrbloodworth]

That's what i was thinking!

 

[Miasma]

Be careful in the VR, you still get the "unlock" button besides stuff and it counts for real.  You can equip everything regardless of whether or not it's unlocked.

[Surlyboi]

No, whats really going to be fun is, all the NC standing in fields.

Only the stupid ones.

[Mrbloodworth]

Flash rumble seat and VR is tits.

[Pennilenko]

What is not tits, however, is crushing fps performance loss since the last update that is effecting even the highest end pc builds.

[Jimbo]

Agree, turned down to lowest graphic seeing, & render quality to 50%. Hopefully they fix it soon.

[Mrbloodworth]

Nope, but they say there is a hotfix in the pipe.

[Pennilenko]

Nope, but they say there is a hotfix in the pipe.

They pushed the fix and the result was a slight improvement, but hardly in the range of previous playability.

[01101010]

Nope, but they say there is a hotfix in the pipe.

They pushed the fix and the result was a slight improvement, but hardly in the range of previous playability.

Really? Before I was running my FPS capped at 75 in the warp gate (I hard set it in the useroptions). The patch dropped it to 45 in the warp gate and after the hotfix I was back at 75.

[shiznitz]

This is a good thread:

http://www.planetside-universe.com/showthread.php?t=53686

Some of my surprising discoveries:

1) Underbarrel grenade launcher is ineffective at short range.  The grenades go right through the target.  Aim at their feet only.
2) The damage increase from soft point ammo is barely noticeable at short range and the damage drop-off at long range is definitely noticeable.  Don't bother certing it. High velocity ammo, on the other hand, is worth it.
3) NC MAXes should invest in slugs.  I see no noticeable effect at point blank range (only two hits to kill an inf with hacksaw pellets or slugs) and significantly superior medium range effectiveness.  Took 20 slugs to kill an enemy MAX at 10-15m or so (which requires a reload with standard 7 shot magazines).

[Surlyboi]

I've found soft point surprisingly effective with the SMG.

[shiznitz]

A high RoF weapon would benefit most from a per bullet bonus so that does make sense.  I was using soft point on my engy's Gauss Compact S.