Planetside 2! 11.20.2012!

Damn I just realized this is a free to play game...lame. So basically the game is pay to win I'm guessing?

jer_1

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Can't believe how badly it runs :(

Unless they've improved performance since the beta where i was getting 30fps or less on medium.

lostrib

Servers might just be overloaded? also, I dont know about AMD, but Nvidia released beta drivers for Planetside 2 today

you need the latest beta drivers for your GPU, I get over 100fps constantly

Oh god this game. I'm in love. <3

Game runs flawless on my rig maxed out. DevilMightCry

Planetside 2 is live.

Start downloading ASAP.

Wasdie

Game runs flawless on my rig maxed out. DevilMightCry

[QUOTE="DevilMightCry"]Game runs flawless on my rig maxed out. Toxic-Seahorse

I'm enjoying the full version more than the beta thanks to the increased number of players, it took me about 5 hours in the beta to get to BR 5 and about 1 hour in the release version, simply because there is more action and I get more kills.

The game runs well but I have noticed some lag with players warping around, and also this bug which I experienced in the beta. It also doesn't feel very smooth even though I get good frame rates, the game just feels a bit twitchy. Hopefully this improves as time goes on.

What was the point of SOE pooling tons of resources into Planetside 2 if they're not going to make any money off it except some crappy market purchases? No wonder Sony's credit rating just got downgraded to junk status. Kjranu

What was the point of SOE pooling tons of resources into Planetside 2 if they're not going to make any money off it except some crappy market purchases? No wonder Sony's credit rating just got downgraded to junk status. Kjranu

I bought Alpha squad and I am a monthly subscriber.

I think they'll make a lot of money on PS2. Sony may be going under though, but SoE won't be the cause.

I'm enjoying the full version more than the beta thanks to the increased number of players, it took me about 5 hours in the beta to get to BR 5 and about 1 hour in the release version, simply because there is more action and I get more kills.

The game runs well but I have noticed some lag with players warping around, and also this bug which I experienced in the beta. It also doesn't feel very smooth even though I get good frame rates, the game just feels a bit twitchy. Hopefully this improves as time goes on.

with_teeth26

They drastically lowered the amount of EXP it took to rank up. Before it would take like 2 billion to be level 100. That would take 96 years of making 8k exp a day.

They drastically lowered the amount of EXP it took to rank up. Before it would take like 2 billion to be level 100. That would take 96 years of making 8k exp a day.

Wasdie

That would take 96 years of making 8k exp a day.

Wasdie

96 years

Wasdie

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I'm enjoying the full version more than the beta thanks to the increased number of players, it took me about 5 hours in the beta to get to BR 5 and about 1 hour in the release version, simply because there is more action and I get more kills.

The game runs well but I have noticed some lag with players warping around, and also this bug which I experienced in the beta. It also doesn't feel very smooth even though I get good frame rates, the game just feels a bit twitchy. Hopefully this improves as time goes on.

Wasdie

They drastically lowered the amount of EXP it took to rank up. Before it would take like 2 billion to be level 100. That would take 96 years of making 8k exp a day.

ahhh that makes sene then.

Is it just me or did they make cert points take longer to get? It might just be it feels like it takes longer relative to the quick leveling but I swear it takes longer now.

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do you have to download via steam?

Wasdie

Nope.

Steam just downloads you the launcher. You can get the launcher from their website.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

[QUOTE="lostrib"]

do you have to download via steam?

Jebus213

Nope.

Steam just downloads you the launcher. You can get the launcher from their website.

[QUOTE="Jebus213"][QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Nope.

Steam just downloads you the launcher. You can get the launcher from their website.

darksusperia

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

[QUOTE="lostrib"]

do you have to download via steam?

Jebus213

Nope.

Steam just downloads you the launcher. You can get the launcher from their website.

I was wrong, you download the whole game.

Best game I played since years.

Really i feel like that 13 year old kid again playing bf 1942.

Getting with the squad in a transporter for a planned co-platooned invasion, getting shot down, 6 of us still alive, in the middle of nowhere, we find a small outpost, we use guerilla tactics to attack and capture it, we are surrounded and we get a major counter attack, just before they sacked us, our platoon is dropping 30+ troops from the air.

F*ck you CoD and f*ck you Bf3

They really know how to get that brothers in arms vibe going!

They said it is 2000 people per cont and 6000 per server, I'm not seeing that, I'm seeing small boring fights, people are too spread out.

Don't start the game with a 360 controller plugged in, it makes it crash on startup!

They said it is 2000 people per cont and 6000 per server, I'm not seeing that, I'm seeing small boring fights, people are too spread out.

Don't start the game with a 360 controller plugged in, it makes it crash on startup!

GAJY_FILTH

They said it is 2000 people per cont and 6000 per server, I'm not seeing that, I'm seeing small boring fights, people are too spread out.

Don't start the game with a 360 controller plugged in, it makes it crash on startup!

GAJY_FILTH

Loving the game so far... I keep becoming Squad Leader and it's nice to see people actually following order when issued. I wish we could give some orders to the markers.

Also for those who don't know, Q is used to spot (a la BF3) and if you hold it down on a player (in a vehicle or not) you can ask for a pick-up / ammo / heals and so on.

My only gripe with the game right now, is the bad performance I'm getting.On 2560x1440 it becomes unplayable and bumping the rez down to 1920x1080 i get around 30-40fps during large firefights... I think the best part about this game is when all 3 factions converge on 1 base and it becomes an all out war.

They said it is 2000 people per cont and 6000 per server, I'm not seeing that, I'm seeing small boring fights, people are too spread out.

Don't start the game with a 360 controller plugged in, it makes it crash on startup!

GAJY_FILTH

You'll often get battles of a few hundred vs. hundred. Any more than that becomes an unbearable spam.

You just have to learn where the fight is going to be. That's probably the hardest part of the entire game.

If you aren't finding big battles, try re-deploying on hot spots. I'm constantly finding myself in battles that are BF3 metro-esque, like 20 players and a sunderer hunkered down behind a pile of crates with enemies and friendlies running all over the place.

A lot of people don't know what they are doing, so I have a K/D of like 3.5 in the full version, it wasn't nearly that good in the beta. And thats mostly from playing heavy assault very aggresively. Who says its Pay 2 Win.

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They said it is 2000 people per cont and 6000 per server, I'm not seeing that, I'm seeing small boring fights, people are too spread out.

Don't start the game with a 360 controller plugged in, it makes it crash on startup!

Wasdie

You'll often get battles of a few hundred vs. hundred. Any more than that becomes an unbearable spam.

You just have to learn where the fight is going to be. That's probably the hardest part of the entire game.

I loved Planetside but Planetside 2 just isn't fun, they've spread everyone out too much, the base designs are too open, the capture mechanics suck and you can only play during peak time because they went for the dumb server system again.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

[QUOTE="GAJY_FILTH"]

They said it is 2000 people per cont and 6000 per server, I'm not seeing that, I'm seeing small boring fights, people are too spread out.

Don't start the game with a 360 controller plugged in, it makes it crash on startup!

GAJY_FILTH

You'll often get battles of a few hundred vs. hundred. Any more than that becomes an unbearable spam.

You just have to learn where the fight is going to be. That's probably the hardest part of the entire game.

I loved Planetside but Planetside 2 just isn't fun, they've spread everyone out too much, the base designs are too open, the capture mechanics suck and you can only play during peak time because they went for the dumb server system again.

I was just in a 2 hour fight for a tech plant, the battle was massive. You must really not understand the new mechanics to not find a big fight.

They aren't going to implement 4 walls encasing a CoD style map where it's just a grind for 45 minutes like PS1 was. That was a huge issue that game had. Every base fight will be like Metro in BF3 if the bases would be like the old style.

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[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

You'll often get battles of a few hundred vs. hundred. Any more than that becomes an unbearable spam.

You just have to learn where the fight is going to be. That's probably the hardest part of the entire game.

Wasdie

I loved Planetside but Planetside 2 just isn't fun, they've spread everyone out too much, the base designs are too open, the capture mechanics suck and you can only play during peak time because they went for the dumb server system again.

I was just in a 2 hour fight for a tech plant, the battle was massive. You must really not understand the new mechanics to not find a big fight.

They aren't going to implement 4 walls encasing a CoD style map where it's just a grind for 45 minutes like PS1 was. That was a huge issue that game had. Every base fight will be like Metro in BF3 if the bases would be like the old style.

exactly. Proof:

There were probably 500+ people fighting over this small area

How do you join a friend or a squad when they are playing?DevilMightCry

How do you join a friend or a squad when they are playing?DevilMightCry

Hit the insert key, it makes you join a random squad.

:edit note: that's if you yourself want to join a squad

Had an awesome moment yesterday. Me and 2 guys from my class took a base in Red territory (we are blue), by ourselves. We were at the bottom left of Amerish deep in Red territory, the closest blue area was more than halfway up the map. I really should have taken a screenshot.EliteM0nk3y

Can't believe how badly it runs :(

Unless they've improved performance since the beta where i was getting 30fps or less on medium.

kraken2109

I'm really displeased with the performance of the game. I'm getting 30-40 fps in battles with a mildly OC'ed FX-8120 and a 7970. The devs have already mentioned that they're going to work on optimization, but doesn't an engine have to be built from the ground up to properly use multithreading? The game is leaning almost entirely on a single core, and I'd be very surprised if I got more CPU utilization from any "optimizations" they plan to make.

I'm really displeased with the performance of the game. I'm getting 30-40 fps in battles with a mildly OC'ed FX-8120 and a 7970. The devs have already mentioned that they're going to work on optimization, but doesn't an engine have to be built from the ground up to properly use multithreading? The game is leaning almost entirely on a single core, and I'd be very surprised if I got more CPU utilization from any "optimizations" they plan to make.

MyopicCanadian