[qazwsx]

So, naturally, you had to post said NSFW picture here.

Good job.

well, I made it impossible to accidentally click and marked it as NSFW, :\

[Suongadon]

Lol, never noticed that. I kinda liked this game for not seeing tits everywhere for once I even had female character. Until I heard the voice..

The voice is why I don't play on my own account/characters anymore

But, not using my account enabled me to experience the joy of the lightning's HE gun. Its got rocket-pods beat by a mile for the whole cert-farming ordeal, and no one whispers you to ***** and whine when you kill them with it.

[BengalTiger]

I went with the HEAT Python on the Lightning, works OK vs infantry and needs 2 shots to mess up an MBT when hitting it in the a.... uh, I mean in the rear.

Now grinding for the 150 mm AP Titan for the Vanguard so I could duke it out with the heavy stuff.
I trialed that gun, about 4 shots blow up a Sundy (3 AP rounds plus one or two HEAT shells fired from the Vanguard next to me got it). Another player I talked with said that 3 hits defeat a Prowler.

P.S. Missed quite a few things since the last visit here...

P.P.S. Anyone here an NC on Lithcorp?

[Firstdragon34]

I really like Planetside 2, even though my gaming laptop runs it at low settings *still high resolution* 50-60% render settings. Darn GTX 460. Oh Well.

Anywho, Fighting with my steam friend on Jaeger, New Conglomerate. Likin' the Reaver, strafin' those Sundy's and tanks are heck a of a lot more fun then the Lib.

Edit: PS2 In game name is: BastionOrion, if anyone is interested.

[Alex Heartnet]

I really like Planetside 2, even though my gaming laptop runs it at low settings *still high resolution* 50-60% render settings. Darn GTX 460. Oh Well.

Anywho, Fighting with my steam friend on Jaeger, New Conglomerate. Likin' the Reaver, strafin' those Sundy's and tanks are heck a of a lot more fun then the Lib.

Edit: PS2 In game name is: BastionOrion, if anyone is interested.

I have not been able to figure out how to fly the Reaver sucessfully.  I have zero problems with the Galaxy, and can handle a Liberator, but no fighters for me.  Of course, it probably didn't help that my computer fan died again, so until that is fixed I have yet to see the game run in a decent frames-per-second.

I'm also NC on the Jaegur server, by the way.

[KyadCK]

I really like Planetside 2, even though my gaming laptop runs it at low settings *still high resolution* 50-60% render settings. Darn GTX 460. Oh Well.

Anywho, Fighting with my steam friend on Jaeger, New Conglomerate. Likin' the Reaver, strafin' those Sundy's and tanks are heck a of a lot more fun then the Lib.

Edit: PS2 In game name is: BastionOrion, if anyone is interested.

I have not been able to figure out how to fly the Reaver sucessfully.  I have zero problems with the Galaxy, and can handle a Liberator, but no fighters for me.  Of course, it probably didn't help that my computer fan died again, so until that is fixed I have yet to see the game run in a decent frames-per-second.

I'm also NC on the Jaegur server, by the way.

It's not all that hard. Treat it like FSO, but with insane roll and almost no yaw.

[Mongoose]

This game looks like a decent amount of fun, but I don't think I'd have any hope of running it on here.  Plus I need a new gaming addiction like I need another hole in the head.

[Alex Heartnet]

So the Engineer's anti-tank mines are about the best thing ever.  You can set them up somewhere, switch to a different class, go off and do something else on the opposite side of the map, and boom you get rewarded for a Sunderer or Main Battle Tank kill, with the occupants not getting a chance to bail out.  (Deploying them right next to a parked enemy vehicle also works if you can get in that close)  Apparently they only vanish if you log off or decide to deploy mines elsewhere - otherwise they can just sit there for hours, waiting for an unsuspecting vehicle.

They also are expensive at 75 infantry resources each (you carry 2 of them), and you need both of them to instakill most vehicles (put them right next to each other.)  But at least it gives you a use for your infantry resources, and the results are soooo worth the 100 cert points to unlock them.

[Pred the Penguin]

I... might have to try that once. Sounds awesome. Need to get the certs in the first place though.

[BengalTiger]

Does the Lightning also require 2 mines? I only remember one big boom when I drove over something recently...

I also finished grinding for the 150 mm Titan firing AP shells, gets the job done- not really tested yet (I'll update the "5 tips for tanks" thread when one of my outfit buddies grabs a Vanguard with the HEAT gun and we shoot each other- thread here), so I can't really tell just how much better it is against armor.

Instant kills vs infantry with a direct hit are fun too.

The Vanguard also got the M12 Kobalt .50 cal machine gun, scares planes away and tears infantry apart nearly as instantly as the main gun.

[qazwsx]

double XP until 2nd of Jan, aww yiss

[carbine7]

Does the Lightning also require 2 mines? I only remember one big boom when I drove over something recently...

I'm fairly sure the Lightning would only take one, as I had the misfortune of coming across one in my Vanguard the other day. Lost about 60% health, hard to see the papertank surviving that.

[Aardwolf]

Einstine909 convinced me I should try this game.

What do I do once it finishes downloading the additional 2675 MB that wasn't downloaded by Steam?

[Alex Heartnet]

Einstine909 convinced me I should try this game.

What do I do once it finishes downloading the additional 2675 MB that wasn't downloaded by Steam?

The launcher has a link to a bunch of tutorial videos.  Definately a good place to start.

OR.  Planetside 2 - The Absolute Basics (feat. TotalBiscut)

[Kobrar44]

It's a MMO, which means it's idiot-compatible, which means you should be able to learn everything by just running around and shooting friendly headshots. I know I was.

[Aardwolf]

Oh. I saw the thing about the tutorials, but the description made it sound like "how to get skillz" rather than "how to start", so I didn't click it.

[Pred the Penguin]

Depending on your taste, they might feel a bit cheesy, but they're done pretty well and go into some useful details.

[Alex Heartnet]

So apparently the Flash is even more awesome then I first thought.

http://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/the-flash-shaken-not-stirred.70507/

With the right sidegrades, you can even fight inside buildings with it!

[technopredator]

I play in Jaeger US East, Vanu, Heavy Assault, free game/only certs, lvl 19, joined like a week ago, using IObit Game Booster v3.4 and disabling some services and applications I can run the game fine setting graphics and lights to high and the rest to medium except shadows and another setting (taht I don't remember) to low, I get about 17-20 fps on my ATI HD4670 setting the drivers to high quality on most setting, letting applications control AA and An. filtering, my CPU is a AMD Phenom II X4 3.4 Ghz no OC, 2x4GB DDR3-1333 . My ping is high 170-230, so I get lag killed a lot but when i find another laggy player is a nice duel .

What I like most about it is the realistic sounds and attenuation over the distance and the environment that forms in battles: the realistic damage, explosions, movement and scale are just very immersive, I wanted to play a game with a really good feel of a "real" battle like the ones in: 'Saving private Ryan', 'The Pacific' or 'Band of brothers' and for me, this was it.

[Aardwolf]

Limited view cone on Flash is incredibly annoying. Why can't I look around farther than the range the turret can aim? And the way terrain can affect the steering is really annoying too.