Planetside WAR! Call to Arms!
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Seeing all the adverts for planetside has got me all excited. I had a reserves account a while back and the time I did play for was bloody fun. It's definitely a unique game. Ahh nostalgia, I'm downloading the 14 day free trial now.
And goodluck to the people who get picked.
We should definitely go with this. Get all fanatical on their asses.DoW Lowen said:
And goodluck to the people who get picked.
Greetings from TRG!
I'm here along with Sardus in hopes of participating in your event.
PlanetSide is a game that was released in May of 2003 so its nearing its 6th year now. The battles weren't 300/300/300 but more like 150/150/150, but still, thats quite a huge battle considering most FPS games can only hope to achieve 64 players max.
It's believed that PlanetSide was an experiment by Sony and so wasn't supported nearly as much as games like Everquest. Most people have never heard of PlanetSide because it was poorly advertised/promoted when it came out. Furthermore when the game was released there were a lot of bugs and every patch that would fix a bug would break something else. Unfortunately there are still some bugs in the game and PlanetSide still crashes for no apparent reason from time to time.
One solution I have for those that are having issues with PlanetSide crashing while launching the game is to run the game under an older operating system compatability mode. For example, I use vista so in order for the game to run on my system I have to run the PlanetSide shortcut in Windows XP mode and the planetside.exe itself (in the Sony folder) in Windows 98/ME mode.
PlanetSide uses client side hit detection, which means you might think you made it around a corner just in time to escape getting killed but on the shooters screen you might still be there for another second allowing them to get in that final blow that takes you down. In an FPS every second counts so at times this can be frustrating.
Another point is that you only have one hit box. In order to make it possible to have so many players fighting at the same time the game was designed so that you would take the same damage from a particular weapon whether you get hit in the foot or in the head.
I've always said that I've never had as much fun playing a game as I have in PlanetSide, these days with how small the playerbase is it isn't as epic feeling as it was at release. There used to be 20+ tank columns forming up with Galaxy ships (15 man air carriers) landing to pick up troops. I still come back to this game because there really isn't anything out there like it and probably won't be for some time because developers are currently fixated on making WoW clones (dull small scale grind games where you get to kill predictable mobs).
Just to give you a sample of what PlanetSide is capable of here is a video made by our own TRG leader Sardus made some years ago. Enjoy!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5285342658696894496&ei=O2puSa6yN4P6-QHsifC3BQ&q=TRG+planetside&hl=en
I'm here along with Sardus in hopes of participating in your event.
PlanetSide is a game that was released in May of 2003 so its nearing its 6th year now. The battles weren't 300/300/300 but more like 150/150/150, but still, thats quite a huge battle considering most FPS games can only hope to achieve 64 players max.
It's believed that PlanetSide was an experiment by Sony and so wasn't supported nearly as much as games like Everquest. Most people have never heard of PlanetSide because it was poorly advertised/promoted when it came out. Furthermore when the game was released there were a lot of bugs and every patch that would fix a bug would break something else. Unfortunately there are still some bugs in the game and PlanetSide still crashes for no apparent reason from time to time.
One solution I have for those that are having issues with PlanetSide crashing while launching the game is to run the game under an older operating system compatability mode. For example, I use vista so in order for the game to run on my system I have to run the PlanetSide shortcut in Windows XP mode and the planetside.exe itself (in the Sony folder) in Windows 98/ME mode.
PlanetSide uses client side hit detection, which means you might think you made it around a corner just in time to escape getting killed but on the shooters screen you might still be there for another second allowing them to get in that final blow that takes you down. In an FPS every second counts so at times this can be frustrating.
Another point is that you only have one hit box. In order to make it possible to have so many players fighting at the same time the game was designed so that you would take the same damage from a particular weapon whether you get hit in the foot or in the head.
I've always said that I've never had as much fun playing a game as I have in PlanetSide, these days with how small the playerbase is it isn't as epic feeling as it was at release. There used to be 20+ tank columns forming up with Galaxy ships (15 man air carriers) landing to pick up troops. I still come back to this game because there really isn't anything out there like it and probably won't be for some time because developers are currently fixated on making WoW clones (dull small scale grind games where you get to kill predictable mobs).
Just to give you a sample of what PlanetSide is capable of here is a video made by our own TRG leader Sardus made some years ago. Enjoy!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5285342658696894496&ei=O2puSa6yN4P6-QHsifC3BQ&q=TRG+planetside&hl=en
is there a specific deadline to this or do we just have to put our registration in before Monday? I still need some time to consider whether or not I want to risk getting banned for not having the system requirements (I know they're on page two I just cant find half of them on my comp so don't tell me).
Slow down, 2003? I thought this was some new version called PlanetSide WAR, in retrospect that seemed a bit foolish on my part. Well now I'm registering for sure (65/some thousands isn't as bad as some contest odds).Tialian said:
Oh and good luck to you and the people on your site.
EDIT: sorry for double post.
If you are looking to find the system requirements go to start > run. Then type dxdiag and enter. It will tell you everything you need to know about your computer.
As an alternative you can go to http://www.systemrequirementslab.com and select PlanetSide from the drop down list. It will probably prompt you to install an active x control and after that it will automatically evaluate your machine and tell you where you might be falling short for both the minimum and recommended requirements.
As an alternative you can go to http://www.systemrequirementslab.com and select PlanetSide from the drop down list. It will probably prompt you to install an active x control and after that it will automatically evaluate your machine and tell you where you might be falling short for both the minimum and recommended requirements.
Yes I was quite confused when searching for PlanetSide WARS yielded no results on Wikipedia or Google. I was only scared because my computer is only slightly younger than the game and has recently been acting up, but if the game was from back when this computer wasn't a pile of excrement I think it'll do fine. Plus you all seemed to have planed the event perfectly for me because it occurs right after finals at my school so homework temporarily slows to a trickle.Tialian said:I think PlanetSide WAR is just the title of the eventblack lincon said:
I am definitely up for this! DO YOU KNOW WHAT LIES BEYOND THOSE HILLS? IMMORTALITY! TAKE IT, IT'S YOURS!
I would do this, but I'm worried that my spot would be wasted as I couldn't really play during the week...Damn school...Long live the Escapist!
Back at release the pop lock was set at around 266 per side, currently at 133 per side. Since the sever merge (emmy and markov) I've seen one 3 way pop lock.Tialian said:
Amen brother. 5-6 year vet here, joined in open beta still subbed. Since I don't see much info about the game mechanics I'll try to fill in some gaps. In the game everyone has 100 HP (120 w/healing mod but that's another bag of cats) and armor of 0, 50, 100, 200, or 650 depending on what you have. The first of those is the infiltrator who can cloak but becomes progressively more visible the faster they move. They also have the smallest inventory and can only use 1 pistol slot. Next is the standard which you spawn in and you won't be using except when you spawn. It has 1 pistol and 1 rifle slot. Agile is 100 and has 2 pistols and 1 rifle. Rexo is next with 200, 2 pistol slots and 2 rifle slots. Finally with 650 are the 3 MAX suits which are more like vehicles than infantry. They have only 1 slot and it's what ever is attached to the arm of the exo-suit. Since you poor people are playing TR that will be the Pounder (anti-veh), Duel Cycler (anti-infantry), and Burster (anti-air). The MAXs of each of the 3 sides have a special ability. The TRs is lock down and over charge. Lock down makes you immobile but drastically increases rate of fire and accuracy. Over charge is the same as lock down but you can still move around, however it is based on a 1 use per full charge so don't spam it.Tialian said:
As for the speed of the game, it's fairly slow which is welcome if you don't like the way CS does things. In addition if you're a medic or engineer you can heal yourself or repair your armor respectively. There are VERY few instant death weapons in the game and almost all of them are mounted on vehicles. The only ones you need to worry about indoors are the Boomer (remote planted explosive) and point blank shotguns (NC Jackhammer and NC Scat MAX). Outside is a little more dangerous. Most MBTs (medium battle tanks) can one shot infantry with direct hits (exception is VS magrider), liberator bombs can 1 shot any infantry, getting run over can do it, Flail artillery, some B(ig)F(reaking)R(obot)s can but I don't think you'll be seeing many or any of them due to the requirement to get one, and finally the orbital strike will ruin your day if you're caught under one. However, Orbitals require a command rank 4 or 5 to do and then have a few hour cool down between uses.
So how does exp work. There's BEP and CEP. Battle exp and Command exp. Battle exp as someone else mentioned will get you additional battle ranks (Br). The way getting cool toys works is that for each Br you get a point beyond what you started with. You have 8 cert points and you want to drive a mosquito. Well you'll need 3 cert points to buy it. After that you can pull a mossie from any vehicle pad. That's cool, but you also want to be able to use better weapons than the standard assault that everyone gets for free. Well, say you want an anti-tank weapon. To get AV you'll need 3 points but you'll also need to first get the medium assault cert for 2 points. So that totals 8 cert points, you still have 2 left. Being the upstanding player you are you might want to get ground support so you can get the AMS that acts as a mobile spawn point for you and friendlies. So that fills out your 10 points. When you get another and say want to trade Mossie for Heavy Assault (4 points), you can forget the Mossie cert and get your points back to buy Heavy Assault.
Command Exp or CEP is acquired for leading a squad when a base is captured. To lead a squad you need to be #1 in the squad list, this gives you the ability to invite people and do progressively more fancy things the higher Command rank (Cr) you are.
Don't let that get you down, sniping can be an absolute blast. It's one of the FPSs that does it right in that sniping is HARD. The round is a large orange tracer with a unique sound that does 75 HP damage and 25 armor or 100 HP if you have no armor left. It has the longest range outside of the Flail artillery and is really accurate. However, the bloom on the Bolt Driver is really touchy and the round has long travel time so leading and predicting movements is key. The implant that lets you see other's health (adv targeting) is a must have as you can pick off weakened foes. It can give great BEP (battle exp), one of my br25s got there almost solely on sniping and is currently 1600/2000 for the next sniping merit. Word of warning though; medic/engy and rexo are HIGHLY recommended if you want to snipe seriously so it is cert point heavy.Jaffar_Hasad said:
If I can give you some advice: Medkits, Medkits, Medkits, and inventory management. Unless you're driving a tank, you should have 3 Medkits on you.
If you're interested in some keybind and map info, I was working on some help pages that can be found here: http://homepage.mac.com/mcgrogans/captain/PlanetsideProject/Starting%20Out.html
I have more written but a LOT of it is out of date now. There is an ingame starting up walk through but IMHO it's bad, but it DOES give you free BEP for doing it. Also, when you spawn in sanc, walk out the door and take 2 lefts or 2 rights. On the side of the building are several large doors. Those lead to practice areas where you can play with every weapon/vehicle in the game. Since you get BEP for looking at something for the first time I HIGHLY recommend you do this.
Just wanted to give my 2 cents and AGREE that the bolt driver rocks. If you really want to raise hell get on coms and team up with another sniper and call targets, in TRG we do that all the time and drop people left and right. BOOM! BOOM! DEAD! The bolt driver only has one shot then you have to reload which gives the target time to go for cover and heal. It takes some skill to hit moving targets because you have to lead your shots so its best to get them with a partner when they aren't moving. You can crouch and stand in the game but for sniping crouching is required because thats how your cone of fire in the most accurate. One tactic some people use is to get sniping and an air vehicle and bail out in a tree near a base and snipe from there, it can take enemies a while to find you and eliminate you (unless someone sees you drop and starts firing on you immediately).Captain1nsaneo-J said:
As the Captain said when you first load into the game as a new character go to the VR (virtual reality) that is in the sanctuary. Last I looked you will get at least 3 battle ranks (BR) alone just from trying out all the weapons and all the vehicles.
PlanetSide really is an incredible game, if you get a chance to play it I'm sure you'll realize as many players have that as awesome as it is it could have been even more incredible if Sony didn't have their head up their ass when it came to putting money into it (supporting it).