Planetside 2 - MMOFPS

[Kafein]

a lot of weapons fire blanks

This. I simply can't play right now.

[Tibe]

Did the patch just kill this game? This threads been dry for a while now.

[Kafein]

No, the game is pretty much back on track as many of the 02/02 bugs were fixed and the base designs are really better. Playing any kind of vehicule is still a huge pain in the ass though.

[Tanken]

I've considered getting back into it, I put a lot of money into buying cool stuff for my guy. I played it as my main game when it came out for like 2 months straight and burnt myself out badly.

[Kafein]

It is still very cool, but I start smelling something. The smell of metro. The smell of nuketown. You know the feeling.

I wanted to go premium for one year. Too bad they don't accept paypal.

[Christo]

I just had the most amazing kill of my game time;

We were defending Dahaka AMP station, seriously outnumbered and losing.
Reaver pilot hovering in the same spot around like he knows he's safe up there and nothing can hurt him.

I noticed this, and decided to make a bold action while we're losing anyway, why not?
Playing as light assault, I estimated my jetpack length and distance, then headed to the airpad quickly, he was still in the same spot shooting rockets inside A.

Then I went up and landed right on top of his aircraft, dropped a c4 charge on it, stayed on the craft for about 10-15 seconds, then I jumped off and pushed the button. 

After that I fell to the claws of the enemy, but it was glorious.

(click to show/hide)

Too bad I forgot to take a screenshot of me riding a reaver 

[Vibe]

I just had the most amazing kill of my game time;

We were defending Dahaka AMP station, seriously outnumbered and losing.
Reaver pilot hovering in the same spot around like he knows he's safe up there and nothing can hurt him.

I noticed this, and decided to make a bold action while we're losing anyway, why not?
Playing as light assault, I estimated my jetpack length and distance, then headed to the airpad quickly, he was still in the same spot shooting rockets inside A.

Then I went up and landed right on top of his aircraft, dropped a c4 charge on it, stayed on the craft for about 10-15 seconds, then I jumped off and pushed the button. 

After that I fell to the claws of the enemy, but it was glorious.

(click to show/hide)

Too bad I forgot to take a screenshot of me riding a reaver 

awesome

[Christo]

awesome

yep, I felt like a total badass.

This was my inspiration to pick up the class, especially 2:28.

I'm so happy I actually reproduced this without dying.  :mrgreen:

[Casimir]

Been playing LA since beta, its the way forward.

The carbines are brilliant at mid-range and the shoguns dominate at close range, eithernway its fucking boss.

[Kafein]

Anybody else purchased the alpha squad package back in beta ? They increased the xp and resource bonus to +50% and extended it for another 6 months starting from the day you activate the new boost.

[Christo]

And.. I think I got to the point where I burned out of this game.
For now.

Too bad.

[Vibe]

   

    All servers will be brought down at 6:00 AM PT for a game update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 90 minutes. Players may note the following changes:


    General Updates

    · Tweaks have been made to render distance values

    Infantry Updates

    · Corrected an issue while using HR-NV on an SMG on low settings that would make it difficult to see other players within 20m
    · Dying and reviving with the VS Eridan SX5 HS/NV Scope equipped will no longer cause the scope to become misaligned.
    · Icon for the VS Eridani SX5 should no longer be misaligned
    · If an engineer turret is placed on or near a vehicle pad, they will be deconstructed when a vehicle spawns.
    Vehicle Updates

    · Optics will no longer persist when switching from gunner to the driver’s seat in various vehicles
    Item Updates

    · New SMG’s and customization items

    UI Updates

    · Players with outfit tags should be able to see kill messages in chat
    · Made it so players can see hotspots on continents they are not on.
    · While using the Enemy/Ally HUD color scheme, the influence pie chart will only display 2 wedges (ally vs enemy) instead of three (two of them being red anyway)
    · Squad leaders should now be properly added to the Command Chat voice channel
    · Squad leaders that belong to a platoon should now be able to promote a member of their squad to the role of squad leader.
    · Fixed an issue where changing an outfit member’s rank would not always work on the first attempt
    · Corrected an issue where multiple consumable tints could not be purchased at once in the Premium Early Access section of the depot
    · Submachine guns should now appear properly in the depot when filtering for Infiltrator or Heavy Assault weapons
    · Influence percentages on the HUD should now update more dynamically
    · Fixed an issue where purple generator icons were being displayed on the respawn map instead of the appropriate destroyed generator icon
    · Will no longer display a “Killed by []” message in chat when you are killed by a pain field

    Facility Updates

    · Fixed the spawn location for Xelas South Bridge
    · Made fixes to the coverage of multiple spawn room pain fields including:
    o Zurvan Pump Station
    o Zurvan Network Complex
    o All forward spawns for Dahaka
    o Saurva Data Storage
    o Mao Southeast Gate
    o Mao Southwest Gate
    o Rashnu Cavern
    o Rashnu Southern Pass
    o Allatum Broadcast Hub
    o Allatum Research Lab
    o Hvar Northgate Garrison
    o Auraxicom Substation
    o Wokuk Shipping Dock
    o Wokuk Storage Yard
    o Camp Waterson
    o Elli Barracks Complex
    · Should now be able to successfully capture the Freyr Substation forward spawn point
    · Fixed the spawn point at the NS Refinery
    · Made fixes so the spawn room shields will properly change faction when the point is captured across the following areas:
    o Hvar, Southeast Forward Spawn
    o Mekala, North Forward Spawn
    o Tumas, Northeast Forward Spawn
    · All jump pads at Tawrich Depot should work correctly again
    · All teleporters at Andvari Bio Lab should have functioning shields again
    · Amerish’s East Hills Checkpoint should now display correct region info in the HUD
    · All jump pads and air vehicle pads at Elli Amp Station should now properly recognize the Empire in control of the facility
    · Saerro Listening Post’s teleporter room has had its pain field re-enabled
    · Fixed an issue where specific door shields at Zurvan would be invisible when viewed from certain angles
    · Corrected some missing wall textures at Tawrich
    · Corrected ramp geometry errors across all amp stations
    · Regions of the Vanu Archives should no longer display as part of Snake Ravine in the HUD

    Audio Updates

    · VS Flare audio should no longer cut out when running low on ammo

and

Server merges soon. Info coming by Monday. No server transfers coming till after that's done. Wouldn't be right doing it other way around

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/304207140019654656

[Casimir]

Anyone played with the SMG's?

[Kafein]

Anyone played with the SMG's?

That's goddamn expensive for a weapon I would only use with the class I play the least. Except if those babies are way better than shotguns in CQB, which I doubt.

[Vibe]

Anyone played with the SMG's?

Trialed the TR SMG for 30 minutes, you're basically fucked at mid+ range, not bad for CQC, bit more range than shotties.