Correct if me I'm wrong, but I read that this game has no anti cheat at all, and that there are 'admins watching the players to ban hackers'.
That is the reason why I never even bothered to download this.
Yeap, it'¡s true. However, ever since I started playing with my outfit back in december, I think we must have encountered like 2 hackers (not sure if even 3), and we play on a daily basis. The admins have really done good job. They have even perma-banned users that had spent more than $100 in the game.
And that's just ridiculous, only SOE would rather pay people to watch players than pay for an actual anti-cheat. Its amazing how stupid this whole thing is
Yeah I can imagine how finantially unhealthy that must be. But I think they said they plan to use a proper anti-cheat system. As long as they keep the house clean in the meantime, I'm ok with that.
Apparently nvidia is doing some big promotion with some f2p game developers, including SOE to give away 50$ of in-game cash and Planetside2 is among the 3 games available, if they buy one of the pricier cards. Here's hoping for a Proekaan awesomeness.
Anyways, Higby just posted an interesting graph regarding MBT KD statistics. Of course, Vanu tanks were no way easy-mode before the patch in any way, seriously you guys.
Patch released: suddenly there is a more level playing field. The Vanu? They whine. Now there is a small advantage to Prowlers it seems, but that's mostly down to superior skills.
· 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
Patch released: suddenly there is a more level playing field. The Vanu? They whine. Now there is a small advantage to Prowlers it seems, but that's mostly down to superior skills.
Meanwhile flyboys give zero fucks. Not that I care now I put 200 hours or so into the game and the lack of a visibility fix drove me insane. It's not that your client isn't displaying the enemies, your client doesn't know they are even there. It's bullshit of the highest order when you could be hitting something but you aren't because the game is shit.
Why can’t I choose where my characters are going?
We’ve taken time to analyze the needs of every server for both player and empire populations and are combining server communities based on their needs. It will be completely seamless and the only change you’ll notice is more combat.
Will I lose my name?
Your character name is unique to your account and will remain the same.
What happens to my outfit?
Your outfit and all its members will transfer together to the new server.
What about my Friends Lists?
These lists will stay completely intact so you can stay in touch with all your fellow soldiers.
Will I lose the stats I’ve earned playing PlanetSide 2?
Everything you’ve done in game will transfer with you including kills, score, etc…
Will I retain my items and certifications?
All progress you’ve gained and items purchased will go with you to your new servers.
Why are you merging servers?
In order to provide a more consistent gameplay experience for everyone we are merging a few player communities together. This will provide a larger number of engagement opportunities and increase multiple continent populations.
When are character transfers going to be made available?
These will be made available in the very near future but not before the merges are complete.
EDIT:
Higby wrote:
The following servers will be getting Merged:
US West:
Genudine and Helios -> Helios
US East:
Mattherson and SolTech -> Mattherson
Waterson and Jaeger -> Waterson
EU:
Cobalt and Lithcorp -> Cobalt
Ceres and Mallory -> Ceres
Connery, Woodman, Miller and Briggs will not be part of the merges.
As I supposed the server I'm on (Connery) won't be part of the merging
This is actually my second character (still lvl5), since I wiped out the other one while being semi-drunk a couple of weeks ago /auto-facepalm* Oh well
Their 'War Correspondent' guy contacted our outfit a bit ago, and tonight was the big filming. Apparently he was using some free-cam thing and followed us around like a cameraman's ghost.
I don't know how long it takes him to put together the final video, but hope it gets put on their channel soon. Our platoon did quite alright, the squad lead was very pleased with our performance , but I have no idea if the guy was filming us at all, or if he was busy with one of the other 2 platoons our outfit deployed tonight.
I almost missed the whole thing. We were supposed to deploy on Esamir which was already full by the time I logged in. I started out as #5 on the queue to warp there, then the p2p members got in queue, literally making it impossible for f2p members to get there (from 5, my position in the queue steadily rose to 30 over the time I was there). I spent about an hour faffing about on Amerish, killing NC, then I think they might have raised the pop limit temporarily for Esamir, since from a 30 minute queue, I almost instantly dropped to #1 and got in instantly. Mighty nice of them.
After that, I joined up with the platoon and the BRTD managed to lock the continent in about another hour or so of constant fighting. Hope I get a brief appearance.
EDIT: well, he already has a video up about TR on Miller, and we get a mention at aroudn 1:30, but it's on Amerish and not Esamir.
We had a newsletter that he would be filming us exclusively and we even had a set time (20:00 GMT) when he'd start filming (they said he liked us so much he even joined the outfit ). Since that video was uploaded yesterday, I would guess our exclusive coverage will come later. But still, we had a mention in an official video.
That's very nice Hopefully it'll be our turn sometime in the future. We're mostly focused on spec ops on mid-size facilities as support to the zerg that takes the big places.
Also, Esamir full? That's a very populated server then. Unfortunately on my server Esamir and Amerish are ghost lands most of the time
Rotated the Warp Gates on all three continents
Passive Certification gain has been increased for members.
We've increased the number of passive certifications for members and scaled the increase in Certification points based on length of Membership. The new cert point rates are as follows:
1-mo. member - 24 passive cert points/day
2-mo. member - 28.8 passive cert points/day
3-mo. member - 33.6 passive cert points/day
4-mo. member - 38.4 passive cert points/day
5-mo. member - 43.2 passive cert points/day
6-mo. + member - 48 passive cert points/day
Added a Virtual Reality Training Center
This area is accessible through any warp terminal
This is a safe test area where you can try every weapon, vehicle, and upgrade available to your empire!
Each empire has its own Training area.
This area has target dummies for vehicles and infantry that have the same properties as in normal combat.
An indoor shooting range with random targets at 10 meter intervals for reflex practice and target recognition is available.
An outdoor shooting range with infantry and vehicle targets to train with all manner of weaponry is also available.
There is an open area to practice driving or flying with vehicles.
A quad course is available, but jump ramps haven’t been installed yet, so be cautious and creative when navigating the course!
While in the training area players have a separate set of loadouts for vehicles and classes. Normal loadouts are used when the player returns to one of the continents.
A Redeploy hotkey has been added and can be used without having to view the map. Default binding is the Delete key. If you find yourself stranded in VR, use the hotkey to get back to the training facility. This functionality is available both in and out of VR Training.
For training purposes, reality has been altered in this area:
All weapons for infantry and vehicles available to the player’s empire can be used!
All vehicle upgrades, suit upgrades, abilities, and weapon attachments are available and at the maximum rank while in the zone, regardless of the player’s current certifications.
Vehicles and MAX suits do not cost resources.
Vehicles and MAX suits do not require or start acquisition timers.
Player stats are not recorded while in this area.
Experience and medals cannot be earned while in this area.
Players cannot hurt each other or their vehicles but can hurt themselves.
Shooting or destroying friendly target dummies does not grant grief points but will still show the grief indicator and play the grief sound.
Respawning has no time delay.
Weapon trials cannot be obtained while in this area (you already have access to every weapon!).
Note that consumables still cost resources and deplete the player’s inventory when used while in VR. This will be altered in a future update.
That update is about a week old A very nice one though, especially with the VR training grounds. Since then, gpu physics + account wide unlocks (purchased ones) have been added to the game along with a couple of performance hotfixes.
- New empire specific rocket launchers have been added to the Depot:
- Terran Republic: T2 Striker
- The rapid-firing T2 Striker is capable of launching multiple heat-seeking missiles at both air and ground vehicles.
- New Conglomerate: NC15 Phoenix
- The NC15 Phoenix uses a camera guided missile that allows the user to make adjustments in mid-flight, vastly increasing accuracy at range.
- Vanu Sovereignty: Lancer VS22
- The Lancer VS22’s charge up particle accelerator is capable of firing a beam that punches through enemy armor with frightening speed. The more the weapon is charged the more ammunition will be used, causing more damage.
- Client stability improvements
- All factions should now be able to equip the Burning Resolve Armor Decal appropriately.
- Lock-on UI for A2A missiles fixed.
So.... How is this guys? Worth giving it a shot? People still playing?
Recently, I got a $50 in game cash thing from the video card I bought and should probably use it so it doesn't go to wast. Mmo's haven't really been my thing lately so I've been hesitant to try this.
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Yeah there's lots of people playing despite not being the same numbers as on release. The server I play on (Connery) is probably the less populated of them all as it wasn't part of the recent merging because it was the most populated before the mergings started. Yet you're able to find lots of actions accross Indar (the other two continents are sadly kinda sub-utilized right now). If you try one of the US east servers like Mattherson or Waterson you should find even more action than I can find on Connery, as they're result of mergings.
Also, I never played a MMO before, the reason I play this is because I don't see it as a MMO but rather as a persistent military FPS a la Battlefield, just with a much wider scope and sense of true war and with much less of the derp stuff that was added to BF3 with the purpose of making it more suitable to COD players. Also the game receives a lot of dev support and SOE just doesn't stop adding new great stuff like the ones mentioned above which were all added during the last week alone.
Finally, my recommendation if you want to enjoy the game at its full potential, is to join a decent Outfit and roll with them. Like I've said before, it takes the experience to a whole different level compared to playing the lone wolf
yeah, saw that , just thought to post it here since that huge update draw my attention.
I haven't played Planetside 2 consistently since december/january 2012/13, when there was that double xp. I've made like level 18/19 then,without joining any outfits or nothing. Launched the game a couple of times in the recent months but didn't spend more than 15/30 min in it. ( mostly because of not having time )
Last night when i started the game with these new updates the game seemed completely different
Yeah you can make a ton of xp without joinin any outfits, that's just not the point of joining one. I don't know about anyone else, but I personally don't get my satisfaction of playing these games from the amount of xp. kdr, and other useless stats, but from the quality of the experience as a whole. Assaulting a facility as part of a well coordinated platoon, each squad in charge of a different task, fight your way through it, see the results, etc.
And yeah the game has changed a lot since release/beta and has become a lot better and more varied. It's still in that process, with the ucpming continents and even a new improved meta-game based on the feedback of the community. The only thing that still needs a major push is the performance. Even with all the improvements that have effectively made since the beta, there's still work to do on that aspect.
Yeah you can make a ton of xp without joinin any outfits, that's just not the point of joining one. I don't know about anyone else, but I personally don't get my satisfaction of playing these games from the amount of xp. kdr, and other useless stats, but from the quality of the experience as a whole. Assaulting a facility as part of a well coordinated platoon, each squad in charge of a different task, fight your way through it, see the results, etc.
welp.. you're absolutely right . i didn't mean to sound that i was going all alone. If i saw a big fight going on i would jump with the herd and follow them around until the hole continent was ours, and that was the most fun you can have, just follow them, conquer and hold, huge fights , and thus huge xp
Yeah there's lots of people playing despite not being the same numbers as on release. The server I play on (Connery) is probably the less populated of them all as it wasn't part of the recent merging because it was the most populated before the mergings started. Yet you're able to find lots of actions accross Indar (the other two continents are sadly kinda sub-utilized right now). If you try one of the US east servers like Mattherson or Waterson you should find even more action than I can find on Connery, as they're result of mergings.
Also, I never played a MMO before, the reason I play this is because I don't see it as a MMO but rather as a persistent military FPS a la Battlefield, just with a much wider scope and sense of true war and with much less of the derp stuff that was added to BF3 with the purpose of making it more suitable to COD players. Also the game receives a lot of dev support and SOE just doesn't stop adding new great stuff like the ones mentioned above which were all added during the last week alone.
Finally, my recommendation if you want to enjoy the game at its full potential, is to join a decent Outfit and roll with them. Like I've said before, it takes the experience to a whole different level compared to playing the lone wolf
Cool, I think I'm going to give it a shot then. Been holding off on planetside since it was released. once I am able to play through bioshock when its out on steam, this will be my next one.
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