Planetside - anyone playing?

[Octavius]

BEEFCAAAAAAKE!

Yeah, it's been doing that all day.  Seems their in the process of patching/updating the servers as we speak.

It was fine and dandy yesterday.  I'm waiting impatiently over here

Start a character on Markov of Dalton (thats where I'll be).  Go New Conglomerate and look for me!

[Chaos68]

once everyone is on post your clan and what server your on so we could squad up and do some damage.


i jump around to different servers but my name is Atkia or Chaos68

[Beefcake]

Rgr Oct. Guess I'll go play WC3, C&CG or DC till they come up. Bare in mind I have no idea how to play lol.

[Makarov9]

Beefcake,

Sometimes the servers can be down for half a day while they patch and fix bugs. Usually by primetime they have the servers up. It's definetly worth the wait. I highly recommend getting in a dedicated PS squad. It makes the game 10x funner when you actually have coordination in the battles.

Our squad, Sturmgrenadier, started on the Dalton server because Smokejumper (Dev) told us it will have less lag then others because no de-bugging software is used on it. I'm 'Makarov' on Dalton.

Here are some screenshots I snapped last night. The reduced 800x600 doesn't do them justice. At 1280x1024 this game is a beaut:

[Beefcake]

You guys are kinda confusing my here. Last night I finaly got to play. I started a charater on Markov named "Beefcake" (what a surprise) and a little bit later I started a charater on Dalton named "Porkcake" (Beefcake was taken). Well here is my take on the game. Fun as hell....and will be much more fun when I figure out what the hell I'm doing and supposed to do. Last night I spent most of time wandering around aimlessly, though I did manage to find the training center and get some pratice with guns and vehicles. The game reminds me of Tribes only the in depth detail is amazing. I was blown away by the small fact that vehicles had trunks. I think I understand the basics but I'm still missing alot of info on what to do, maybe sometime we can get together in game and you guys can show me the ropes. I'll be on a little today and I'll be on tonight (after 10pm EST) after my college class. Oh and both of my chars are on the NC side.

[Octavius]

Goodie!  There's something about the NC that I like... not sure why.

Beef, try out all the vehicles/guns.  You earn experience for training.  The "o" key tells ya information about your character.  Once you get a few certification points, you can head to a Cert terminal and "buy" or learn new certifications for different weapons and vehicles.  I made the mistake of buying armour and medium assault and no vehicles on one character.  Get some sort of transportation cert or find a squad because it's a REAL pain getting around on foot.  A reaver or mosquito gets the job done just fine.

[Wanker]

Oh brother....first BF1942, now you guys are trying to get me hooked on Planteside. Don't you people realize I have a family to take care of!

Ok, so tell me, how much is this going to set me back to try? Is it going to be a monthly subscription like AH, or a box game like BF1942?

[Makarov9]

banana, yep it will probably be $12/month. You can give the beta a spin for free right now though. The game comnes out on May 19th. Warning...will be VERY addictive. Blows BF1942 out the water.

Beefcake, yes in the Sanctuary go to the training area and give all the weapons/vehicles a try. Give the Phoenix missle a try. You can guide it with your mouse after firing. Just like a TOW. As you kill things and take over bases you will gain Battle Experience Points (BEP) which will gain you ranks. Each rank gains you certs. Use the certs to add weapons, MAX armor, vehicles or Eng/Medic abilities to your character.

To get to other continents you can use the warp gates from Sanctuary or take the HART and to a hi-alt drop on the continent of your choosing. It takes a night or two to get use to things but it's well worth it.

[Dowding]

Yeah it is confusing at first - it's grand in scale and there's loads to do.

banana - head on over to file planet and download it for free. You have to be a subscriber over there though (small subscription fee, 5 of your Earth dollars).

[akak]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
I bet no one claims the historical space flight models are not correct!

You're lucky you didn't take the bet.  Some clown from WW2OL was squeaking on the Planetside beta boards about how 'unrealistic' the flight and ground vehicle model was.



Ack-Ack

[akak]

Originally posted by Dowding
It rocks. I can only imagine what WW2OL would have been like if they had the backing these guys clearly had.

I'm connecting to their servers from the UK with a ping of 250ms and still enjoying large battles - spectacular to say the least.

Sci-fi of course, but a good blast all the same.

Yep.  Fighting for the glorious forces of the Terran Republic in our valiant quest to quelch the rebellious NC and Vanu scum and unify the planet once again under the banner of the glorious Terran Republic.

I'm SirCampalot on all servers.


Ack-Ack

[Beefcake]

Well after playing for 3 hours today I'm now a BR5, with Gal and Engineer certifacation. I'll be playing later tonight after I get back from class.





BTW, banana think of PS as Everquest....only without the scantly clad elven females (awww ) but with lots of guns and explosions and hours of mindless fun.

[Dowding]

I'm Battle Rating 8 and I just need one more level for that Reaver...

... go NC!

[Makarov9]

Dowding, what is your favorite weapon so far? I primarily use the Rocklet. Great for up close and long range work. I tried the Jackhammer last night but unless your 5 feet from the guy it just isn't that handy/powerful.

akak you Terran scum. We will throw off your oppressive ways and bring freedom to the new world! Chaingun wielding varmint!

[Octavius]

BR5 after playing 3 hours?!  My god I'm only BR4 and I've been playing 2 days!  Well, not 2 days straight...

Getting booted every 10 minutes doesn't help either I suppose.  

What sort of performance do you guys get from this?  I get a ton of video stuttering upon entering the game.  Settings are really turned down too.