Planetside 2 - MMOFPS

[Casimir]

Im on 1, but have no particular affinity to any of the servers so I'm willing to change

[Vibe]

Eh I don't mind coming to EU1, have no affinity as well. I'm not playing that much anyway atm, since I have little time and there's also GW2.

I'm a bit disappointed in base capture mechanics and the general flow of the battle and strategy. There doesn't seem to be a lot of the latter, it's just storming random bases from spawnpoints, not much depth in transportation and stuff. There's no frontline. No depth in actually moving masses of people, you just spawn on a point right into action.
Every base is safe for only what, 5 minutes, because of the uberfast decryption timer. So people just fly off and take another base because you lose that base in max 15 minutes anyway. There's no incentive to defend because of this, because you can retake the base again 5 minutes after they capped it.
The whole influence thing doesn't really work well, we completely took over Bio Labs, no enemy anywhere and we still lost the area due to god knows what kind of influence crap.

Then again, they did say they were going to redo the whole base capture thingy after performance fixes. Still enjoyable though

[Casimir]

Yep definitely room for improvement, but the basic game play seems fine to me.

[Vibe]

They are experimenting with new base capture flow changes (like they promised) and we will soon be testing them!

Link: http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/new-facility-flow-adjustments.10654/

Sounds much much better than the boring stand on random points to capture a base as we have now. Just awesome.

[Casimir]

Im sure it will liven things up a bit, made a 2d character on eu2 as well so let me know when your playing.

[Vibe]

Sure, I'll add you to steam.

[SeQuel]

So I posted on the forums and apparently I'm not the only one getting these FPS freezes. People are pretty sure it's because I got a Dual Core as others who have it are also receiving this spike.

I get decent FPS 20~ while in combat and 40-50 outside combat but get random drops down to 0-2 for about 3 seconds and pretty much freezes up. Hopefully they get this fixed soon, it happens at random times and quite frequent and is a little frustrating. I'll turn a corner and see a enemy and start unloading, freeze for 2-3 seconds come back and I'm dead.

Edit - They fixed it today, wooo. Now they just need optimization.

[SeQuel]

Anyone in NA that plays regularly? I have no one to play with

[Digglez]

Anyone in NA that plays regularly? I have no one to play with

beta is VERY rough plus it shuts off @ 12am CST which is like near the middle of my play time.  Like I said, look up the crew above.

What I find strange is alot of beta players are capping undefended bases instead of LOOKING FOR actual fights.  If its not prime time, I have troubles finding any sustainable back & forth action

[SeQuel]

beta is VERY rough plus it shuts off @ 12am CST which is like near the middle of my play time.  Like I said, look up the crew above.

What I find strange is alot of beta players are capping undefended bases instead of LOOKING FOR actual fights.  If its not prime time, I have troubles finding any sustainable back & forth action

I also thought the same but today was a bundle of fun, had a lot of good fights.

I'm not really interested in joining a hardcore clan for PS2, just a group to play with now and then.

[Vibe]

Actually since the new Zurvan is in effect there was quite a lot of action there yesterday, at least on EU2.

[SeQuel]

Actually since the new Zurvan is in effect there was quite a lot of action there yesterday, at least on EU2.

Yup, Zurvan and Amp station have been good fightin grounds.

[Casimir]

will be hitting up PS2 this evening on eu1 and eu2 for any interested in playing together

[Leesin]

Fuck you guise, wish I was in this beta too. 

[SeQuel]

-In order to capture a base, your empire will now need to own a hex adjacent to it.

In the patch notes, should be creating more fights and less back capping, I like it.

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General:

A number of Client Stability and Performance improvements have been made.
Players may now purchase additional Infantry and Vehicle certifications.
Zurvan and Peris base capture mechanics have been changed.
Capture mechanics now have an adjaceny requirement.
A YouTube Uploader is now available in the client.
A certification to reduce the squad spawn timer is now available.
A certification that allows the player to gain health when they heal others is now available.


Notable Bug Fixes:

Keybinding will now save again between gameplay sessions.
Platoon, Squad, and Outfit bugs have been fixed allowing for better voice and chat communication.


Items:

A few weapon scope certification costs have been adjusted.
Healing and Revive grenade costs have been adjusted.


Vehicles:
The Following Vehicle Certifications have been added:
Flash - Scout Radar
Sunderer - EMP Pulse Generator, Reinforced Front Armor, Reinforced Side Armor, Reinforced Top Armor, Smokescreen.
Lightning - Sunderer - Reinforced Front Armor, Reinforced Side Armor, Reinforced Top Armor.
Magrider/Vanguard/Prowler - Reinforced Front Armor, Reinforced Side Armor, Reinforced Top Armor.
Scythe/Reaver/Mosquito - Composite Armor, Decoy Flares, Scout Radar
Liberator - Decoy Flares

The Liberator has been adjusted in the following ways:
The magazine size of the 105mm cannon has been reduced.
The direct hit damage of the 105mm cannon has been adjusted.
The Recoiless rifle damage has been adjusted.
It's resistance to AA and Flak has been slightly adjusted.
The firing rate of the Scythe and Reaver have been adjusted.
Infantry:
The Grenade Bandolier certification is now available allowing players to carry additional grenades.
The Engineer Utility Pouch certification is now available allowing players to carry additional mines.

World:
The Zurvan and Periss base capture systems have been changed. Please head to this thread to learn more.
In order to capture a base, your empire will now need to own a hex adjacent to it.
Overseer voiceover has been added for base capture status.
Anti-Air Phalanx Turrets overheat time has been adjusted.

Squad/Platoon:
Platoon and Squad Members are no longer indicated as the same color in the Minimap.
Platoon voice chat should now be working as intended.
Players will no longer lose cursor functionality on the UI page.