Planetside 2 - MMOFPS

[Vibe]

cert grind is way to extreme now, I would be ok with it for release but during beta when you know your grind is going to be reset. cba to play, its still fun yes but might aswell wait until release.

Agree. Takes too long to grind auraxium/certs for anything of worth. Should be sped up, at least for beta, so people who don't play 24/7 get a chance to test new items/certs as well.

[SeQuel]

I don't really see it as a grind...I just play with a group and have fun.

I take risks with certs I'm unsure off so I can test it and decide if it's any good for actual release. Now Auraxium takes forever.

[Vibe]

I don't really see it as a grind...I just play with a group and have fun.

I take risks with certs I'm unsure off so I can test it and decide if it's any good for actual release. Now Auraxium takes forever.

Well, I play PS2 mildly, don't want to overplay it before the actual release. Saving all the first time experiences for after release
But would still be nice if I could test something else than the standard soldier/vehicle setup.

[Vibe]

Beta status and upcoming changes by Higby - http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/beta-status-and-upcoming-changes-9-25-12.24261/

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Hey guys -

I wanted to address some common issues we're seeing on beta right now and some plans for solving them which you'll see in the next couple weeks.

Spawn Camping

Towers and certain large facilities have had big increase in the prevalence of spawn camping since the last patch. When a base is about to flip you'll see players spawn engineers and camp the tubes with turrets. To combat this we will be implementing pain fields (areas where enemy players take damage over time as long as they're standing in them) in certain spawn rooms.

Rockets and tank shells occasionally do no damage

Currently there is a bug where if you fire immediately after reloading the projectile will not do damage. This is most obvious when firing rocket launcher and tank shells. You can avoid this by waiting a moment after reloading before firing, but it will be resolved with this week's beta update. [Currently scheduled for Wednesday night/Thursday morning]

Population balancing

We've noticed the issues associated with population imbalances in the game. There are two primary things we're doing to address these issues in the near future:

1 - This week we'll be increasing the XP and Resource bonuses for under populated empires, as well as the threshold for when those bonuses are received.
2 - Next week we will be implementing zone and world level empire population caps. These will prevent a single over-populated empire from locking the other empires out of the zone / server.

We will continue to monitor the issues associated with population balance and reassess as more continents become available for play.

Default lack of anti-air

With the recent character wipe we've noticed players having a lot of trouble dealing with aircraft (especially liberators) from the ground. This week we'll be making Burster MAX weapons more readily available to new characters (this may just be a 1 Auraxium unlock for now, or it may just show up automatically on your character, we're still figuring it out), and eventually we'll be adding more anti-air weaponry for Engineers.

Platoon and squad issues

Platoons and squad leaders have expressed several communication and coordination related issues, largely having to do with being able to see all platoon members on the map, being able to see platoon and squad vehicles on the map. We're working on fixing these issues as quickly as possible and you should start seeing improvements this week, with a lot more coming next week.

My guns suck now! Boo! Hiss!

We've seen a lot of threads about various weapon balance changes and the feeling that "_____ faction's weapons have been nerfed, I can't hit anything now". Looking through our data we can see that overall weapon accuracy has gone down a few percentage points in the last week, but not significantly and not for any one faction more than any other. Here is some aggregate accuracy data for each of the main infantry weapons gathered since the most recent patch vs pre-patch:

Pre-patch accuracy:

NC Assault Rifle: 34.0542%
TR Assault Rifle: 33.0161%
VS Assault Rifle: 33.2806%

NC Carbine: 33.3055%
TR Carbine: 32.4743%
VS Carbine: 33.6675%

NC LMG: 28.3856%
TR LMG: 27.7163%
VS LMG: 27.8617%

Post-patch accuracy:

NC Assault Rifle: 29.9629%
TR Assault Rifle: 29.2134%
VS Assault Rifle: 29.4579%

NC Carbine: 30.6946%
TR Carbine: 29.4575%
VS Carbine: 29.8943%

NC LMG: 24.0507%
TR LMG: 24.6082%
VS LMG: 24.8786%

This shows a drop across the board of about 3-4.5% accuracy on each weapon with the addition of the new recoil mechanics. This is pretty much as expected and isn't impacting any particular empire more than the others. The average difference in accuracy across each empire are as follows:

NC: -3.7614%
TR: -3.8115%
VS: -3.9724%

NOTE: This loss in accuracy hurts the NC the most, since they're generally speaking the most punch per bullet, but the effects should be mostly negligible.


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EDIT to add from further in the thread:

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A note about the accuracy data:

The point I was trying to make is that no one empire got "nerfed", it was a global adjustment to the way weapons worked which affected every empire pretty much equally. Weapons should actually be a lot more accurate shot for shot now, as ADS mode has heavily reduced random deviation. However, the recoil makes sustained fire a lot less viable on some weapon types than the previous system of random deviation w/ light recoil was. This isn't to say 'we're happy with where everything is and we're done tuning weapons now' at all, we're going to continue to monitor the data, listen to feedback and make tweaks. I just wanted to show everyone what the data shows, which is that everyone has been affected by the changes equally, and "your" empire isn't getting screwed over. Again, I am not saying that further specific tweaks and adjustments aren't warranted.
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As always, thanks for continuing to beta test, your feedback and bug reports are definitely helping us to make this game great. Until next time!

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mh

Also, didn't realize there was offline cert gain.

[Artyem]

NC has a lot of snipers? Have you even seen the Vanu yet?  Every other guy is using that god forsaken death cannon that has the accuracy of a laser at a distance and the CQC capabilities of a fucking shotgun.  I hate fighting them because it's like they're shooting laser guided miniature ICBM's from a nuclear powered vacuum cleaner.

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Every NC weapon reminds me of this:

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[Digglez]

have you guys commenting about CP grind logged in recently? you have 10k points to spend and get like 1 every 30 seconds now.
OMG pimped out Vannie was AWSOME. they definitely increased tank round velocity...like double at least. was killing infantry left and right instead of STRUGGLING with a tank. the reload speed equipment thingy was GREAT

[GreasySausageSandwhich]

The powerful (and situational) drifter jump jets for light assault.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmDr9c0KQzc

[Vibe]

Ok yeah, the new certs are cool and allow you to test different crap out. However, you still need to grind those overexpensive auraxium weapons... Btw, I certed all kinds of mines and explosives for my engi, how do you actually get those? Seems the hand grenade is all I can use. I can't see those in the auraxium shop either.

[SeQuel]

Gotta equip them at a weapon terminal.

[Radament]

[Vibe]

Now for the painful part - with next week's patch and certification point rebalance we will be doing a character wipe. Next week's patch is going to be really exciting, we'll be adding Esamir to the game as well as ungating almost all of the remaining certs and solidifying cert point costs across the board. So this week, enjoy the fast cert point gain, try out lots of certs and let us know what works well, what works too well, and what doesn't work at all.

http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/cert-costs-and-cert-point-gain-this-week.24932/

[Radament]

http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/cert-costs-and-cert-point-gain-this-week.24932/

that's omg , i'm going to...omg esamir? what ? now i need to change my clothes !!!
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and buying all the magrider stuff to test if it can drill the surface and create tunnels from the crown to Ti alloys inc.

[Christo]

Any idea how to snatch a beta key for this thingy, as of now?

I have to beg, or something?

[Logen]

I have to beg, or something?

yes beg as hard as humanly possible

[Vibe]

Any idea how to snatch a beta key for this thingy, as of now?

I have to beg, or something?

Alpha package - 40$
Beg on Twitter - 0$
Find it in a gamer magazine - 1-25$
Find it online - 0$
Register for beta on official page and wait - 0$