More Planetside gubbins

[Sock-Stuff]

1. To anyone that's in beta - whats it like worth the monthly fee you think?

2. Also whats tha lag like in beta to the servers in the US.

3. When it's released here do we know if we have a UK/euro server at launch?

yes yes. this isn't the planetside fourm, but THERE ISN'T ONE!

you duuuuh brain!

 

[old.I_Am_Glen]

http://www.fohguild.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6668

prety gud sumrey imo, but flamer ther n' idiot..so info mite not b grate, but alot is ok..... )

keke ^_o

[edi] info is from leet haxor doods that play eq p ...jus fyir

 

[.Cask]

Originally posted by old.I_Am_Glen
prety gud sumrey imo, but flamer ...spawning similarities. Oh well that is all :)

 

[SilverHood]

the 1 zone thing... its a fps for god sake

not a combat simulation
they dont have zones in UT / Quake , do they?

 

[Summo]

Of course they do. Even Half-Life used hit zones.

"Headshot!"

Maybe its a lie, or maybe it doesn't matter, though.

 

[SilverHood]

ah yeah.. forgot about the UT headshots

still, the quake games never had zones...

and were better for it...
means you just shoot it, rather than try to pull off fancy shots

 

[Summo]

Not sure I agree with you there, but Planetside sounds like a step into a new FPS/MMOG area (though that's debatable). We should allow for the possibility that hit zones are included, despite what these people say, or that they're not included for a reason. Maybe in this type of game hit zones don't matter.

I'd be surprised if they were left out, though.

 

[SilverHood]

it is a step into a FPS MMO game... with a few rpg element

love the fact that its a persistant world... no rounds sytem... what you do one day will affact what happens the day after, and the fact that the war never stops.

and it is left out... atleast according to the devs

 

[Yaka]

those who have Fileplanet subs can get the beta rite now. the rest will just have to wait

 

[ECA]

Half-Life had multiple *zones* or is more accurately known hitboxes.

legs, arms, chest, head.

pleh.

PS: planetside is poo.

 

[Gekul]

Hmm, only 1 hit box sounds a bit disappointing. But I'm more worried I'll only get a few fps with my current comp tbh.

 

[.Cask]

Originally posted by Yaka
those who have Fileplanet subs can get the beta rite now. the rest will just have to wait

Gave them my cash grudgingly so I could try it out for myself.

Is the the full beta? Only says a demo on the BW frontpage. Wots the deal guv?

 

[Xtro]

It is indeed the full beta m8. I need to seriously upgrade my pc to cope properly with this game .

Got up early this morning as I couldnt sleep so played a bit of PS. Got dropship to drop me off at a friendly base not far from some action . Kitted myself out with the stealth suit and picked a Wraith (3 wheeled buggy that if you wear the stealth suit and turn stealth on - the buggy stealths too ). Came across a 2 way battle between the other 2 factions a few mins drive away. They were both after a vehicle depot by the looks of it which was neutral. You can only carry a pistol when you wear the stealth suit and I dont yet have hacking so wondered what to do, although it was a nice view watching about 200 people fight over a bridge . Next thing I knew a dropship appears and about 20 people jump out right at the flipping side of me. They kitted out and headed off to the battle...leaving one poor monkey behind rah Watched him toddle about trying to set up a turret so got in my wraith, unstealthed about 10 ft in front of him then ran the monkey over

I've got Athlon 1.7xp, 256mb ram, gforce 2 gts 32mb - so not the best or most up to date system. Main priority is ram and new vid card.

Fun game

 

[Xtro]

Ubisoft will be running Euro servers from release day btw, main one based in London.

 

[leggy]

Xtro j00 are evil

Made me laugh though

 

[Will]

X just made the game sound interesting. *tempted*

 

[Wij]

Can you rocket jump though ?

And are there indoor places to fight in ?

 

[.Cask]

You can borrow fileplanet ID's so I can see a blackmarket forming in IRC

 

[Wij]

Originally posted by .Cask
You can borrow fileplanet ID's so I can see a blackmarket forming in IRC

Nylon Stockings love ? Much more fun for your old man that putting a bovril stripe up your leg eh ?

Bananas ?

Powdered egg ?

Crack cocaine ?

 

[Xtro]

Originally posted by Wij
Can you rocket jump though ?

And are there indoor places to fight in ?

Taking the second question first - yes, shitloads. Depots, bases, towers, etc. Facilities can be owned by any of the 3 factions or neutral.

Rocket jump, er no The closest thing to this is the jump jets used by the MAX (mini mech suit) used by one side - VS. Death from above anyone?

I'm going to find some battle stories and stick em here for you to give you more of a taste as I've only just started playing.

Btw Cask, I average a ping of 200 (on cable) to the US PS servers but it is playable. I usually use high explosive/splash damage weapons to compensate although I have tried sniping a bit. Obviously on euro this will be a lot different.

Brb with one or two of my fave tales.

 

[Wij]

gifv warez !

 

[.Cask]

Originally posted by .Cask
You can borrow fileplanet ID's so I can see a blackmarket forming in IRC

I just thought. Do you log in with your fileplanet info or something? Spose this wouldn't work then ;/

*EDIT*
Important Information: The PlanetSide Beta is currently only available to FilePlanet Subscribers. You will receive a unique key for the beta from FilePlanet during the installation of the beta.

 

[Xtro]

Beta Journal from official site:

http://planetside.station.sony.com/news_story.jsp?story=55511

short post from a tester that I found funny:

http://www.planetside.info/forum/showthread.php3?threadid=2074

Couple of quotes from official forums:

"We were on Cery as well and had just capped and held a base to the NW (Bowtwain I think) when we regrouped and made a push farther N. We took the NE tower and began attempting to cross the bridge that lead to the next base when we met a large counter attacking force. For the next 3 - 4 hours we had one of the best battles for the bridge that I had ever seen. At one time someone mentioned that there were close to 500+ people all fighting for the bridge at one time. We had tanks and Sumonners on both sides making attempts to cross the bridge in a push only to meet a well dug in resistance on the other end. I remember standing on the top of our tower overlooking the bridge to see 3 of our TR Tanks with, no kidding, 20 or 30 Inf all following behind in an attempt to break through. It was with out a doubt, a heck of a sight to see. In the end we finally overran their position and took the other tower but it was a heck of a good time and made the taking of that tower feel like an actual accomplishment. I think the guys who were there for the whole battle actually stood around the tower and took 20 min talking to each other about that battle."


"Best thing about the lattice system is you can now have huge battles on Cysor and not have it be at Gunuku every single day. Now, rather than 400 people crowding into one base, it's 100-200 across 2-4 bases along the front. And a battle that's 100vs100 is plenty crazy.
The lattice system has really brought the MMOFPS feel to the game.

You can still find less contested continents for smaller fights, but it's easier to get a good, sizable war going now.

I spent early Saturday in Cyssor with my adv engineer, guarding a bridge that lead from the NC sancturary to a nearby base we'd captured. I was mining the bridge, setting up turrets, etc. I killed 2 tanks, 1 ams, a couple buggies and a few Reavers (with my missile launcher) pretty much by myself.

You'd think when the tank driver hit one mine, he'd stop, but they tend to just keep going. Hitting all the rest of the mines in the process."

/edit: Inf = infiltrator, the stealth suit. So the first quote - he mentions 20/30 stealthers all trying to sneak over a bridge behind the tanks. Hmm one stray shell.....

 

[-Ultimate]

Inf = infantry surely

As for the game, totally hooked. I ping around 200 too but its very playable. The big battles just hae to been seen to be belived. Theres nothing looks better then 'hotdropping' (bailing out of a galaxy transport into the middle of a battle) and seeing tracer fire and rockets going off all around you as you drop down. Theres also tension too when you hack a base. Once you've hacked one you have to defend it for 15 minutes before it becomes yours.

I remember a pitched battle over one the other day, squad i was in took part in a attack on a base, managed to hack it but then we got cut off from our own lines. The base we were at was on an island with a bridge at each end. The enemy were to the south but then they tried to hack the base to the north too meaning there was no reinforcements getting to us because everyone was preoccupied with saving the northern base. Eventually it got to the last 5 minutes and i was literally the last man standing at the control switch in my MAX suit defending. I stood there for 3 minutes with nothing happening and the tension growing, we stopped the hack at the north base and i had news there was people on there way if i could just hold out. Two minutes left and all hell brakes loose, theres incoming from both entrances to the switch, i took down 6 beofre a TR MAX finally felled me, but i did enough to hold the base until the reinforcements got there and just 20 seconds after i died the hack was complete

 

[.Cask]

Any chance of a lil overview of the classes for those of us staring at the download meter

 

[Xtro]

Cask, first vital bit - do the training. If you do it all you get from Battle Rank 1 to Battle Rank 3 in no time - all just for trying out guns on a shooting range and driving things around having a laugh.

There aren't classes as such, its where you spend your certificate points (which you earn when you gain a Battle Rank).

There are different types of armour though and which you wear determines whether or not you can do certain things.

This will help you no end :

http://www.planetside.info/nuke/mod...index&req=viewarticle&artid=77&page=1&index=1

It's a calculator so you can see what skill relies on what and where to spend points. I heard the maximum Battle Rank is 20 (command rank is 5). At the start you have points to spend, you get a point ever time you go up a rank and at certain ranks (first is 5 I think) you get an implant slot. Check it out and see what you want to do. Remember you can "forget" stuff you have learnt on purpose so you can respec (you have to wait 24 hours until you can respec again). Get some basics then branch out to what you want to do. Remember you have 4 character slots too.

Gl.

Planetside forum ffs!

 

[-Ultimate]

Implant slots are br6 br12 and br18

 

[Xtro]

ta, good man

what would you pick ultimate?

I think the first one I'd go for is Darklight.

 

[Will]

Any chance of a summary for those of us with work filters that recognise planetside as a game?

 

[Xtro]

lo Will, what do you want to know m8? I'm far from being the oracle on PS btw, I'm in "helpful n00b" mode today