http://www.planetside2.com/overview

Looks good, I played Planetside 1 and it was fun, just the $15 a month was too much. The main thing for me it says it is FREE TO PLAY. Looks like they may try to make money on extra stuff, we'll see how that works. They had some interesting strategies/classes and battles.

8/8/2012 7:06:27 PM

First one sounded cool but had shifty reviews and a fee. This could be interesting

8/8/2012 7:29:00 PM

I played the shit out of Planetside. Now that I've quit WoW and Eve maybe this will fill the hole in my life. Not having to pay a subscription fee would be nice too.

I doubt anyone has learned how to defend territory in 10 years though.

8/9/2012 10:32:53 AM

i doubt it too. I'll prob end up playing GW2 and this. Free to play is a major win.

8/9/2012 11:24:13 AM

I don't blame them actually; there was no incentive to stick around. You'd capture a base and move on to wherever the most fighting was, leaving the base completely defenseless.

In a game where you respawn there's really nothing else that can happen. It's not fun to log on to sit in an empty base by yourself and if the enemies do come then you'll probably be hopelessly outnumbered.

It still was a fun game.

8/9/2012 1:09:44 PM

Kinda disappointed that all empires can jumpjet.. I liked that only the vanu max that had it in the first one.. But looks like the air battles might be pretty awesome with the vanu cylon looking jet.

[Edited on August 10, 2012 at 7:44 PM. Reason : .]

8/10/2012 7:42:20 PM

Checking out all the info sites and videos. Looks good. Already strategizing my spec. The medic class looks good for gaining rank quickly especially since I will be vanu and I am sure that the vs will be on the defense the most and low in numbers. But I still want to get good at the scythe for the mass air battle that will take place.

8/13/2012 10:32:47 PM

Gonna be playing the beta soon hopefully.. My new comp should be in soon. Watched all the stream videos and it seems the scythe can be pretty deadly to air.

8/23/2012 9:12:44 PM

playing the beta now. looks really good, lots of mix of the strategy group objectives and the random 1 person/small group objectives and action. Its not gonna steal many of the COD fanboys but it might get some BF fanboys to crossover being that it is free to play and has vehicles.

9/12/2012 11:59:20 AM

I'm just hoping there's as much vehicle play as the first one. I'm SO worried that it's going to be 90% infantry, but that's not what I've heard so far. Fingers are crossed. Planetside was a revelation in my PC gaming youth.

9/13/2012 2:52:04 AM

I hope this game has a good release and tons of people play it..

9/21/2012 11:23:51 AM

bump, november 20th is the day. I'm definitely excited to pick this one up and really hoping Sony can deliver.

10/26/2012 11:52:25 AM

woot, just got a beta invite.

10/26/2012 4:44:01 PM

Light assault is a blast, though I rack up more kills as infiltrator. Need to stop spending cert points on my weapons and focus on another C4 pack so i can take out tanks. I think Light Assault will be the first class I fully cert.

Also, gunning for a Liberator is extremely fulfilling.

10/31/2012 11:05:25 AM

^ yea gunning for the lib with the bombs is nice. I have my guy fully certed out for air and support.


They are fairly far along in the beta. Most things have been balanced out for the most part. there aren't many situations where there are tons(>20) of tanks/sunderers/air.

[Edited on November 4, 2012 at 12:36 PM. Reason : .]

11/4/2012 12:32:38 PM

One thing that bothers me is you can't cert as a gunner. Meaning I can't spend my points to get the badass liberator or magrider gun; the guy who spawns the vehicle has to have the cert.

So while I'm building up points on magrider, I have to spend what are essentially useless points for my secondary gun in the hopes that I'll have a gunner. And it's a lot of points.

I've been playing engineer almost exclusively lately too. I miss the jumpjets but man I love it.

11/5/2012 11:03:08 AM

Coming out today.

11/20/2012 11:13:29 AM

Yep. Bought Alpha Squad and am running with Spectre.

11/20/2012 11:36:57 AM

Downloaded it the other day. Good number of people on and some good game play adjustments from beta

11/22/2012 2:15:53 PM

Oops

[Edited on November 22, 2012 at 2:16 PM. Reason : .]

11/22/2012 2:15:53 PM

any good? i heard it was not much different from ps1

11/23/2012 11:04:59 AM

this game fucking sucks. everything is poorly thought out. the maps, the squad system, the cap system, everything is trash. if you like walking around trying to find something to do or if you like spending 30 minutes to capture a base only to have 2 guys come up behind you and cap it back 10 minutes later, then this is the game for you. idk what idiot designed it but its total shit.

11/23/2012 1:51:36 PM

I like it. It is a more modern version of ps1. I like the squad system, the bases, and vehicles. The fact that people can take a base you just took just means you didn't clear it out enough or didn't have enough influence around the base to slow down the enemy base cap. And not being able to find something to do.. When you can hit drop on bases that are under attack.. And a map with blinking areas and the vehicles to get there..

[Edited on November 23, 2012 at 11:07 PM. Reason : .]

11/23/2012 10:53:21 PM

Quote :

"And not being able to find something to do.. When you can hit drop on bases that are under attack.. And a map with blinking areas and the vehicles to get there.. "

agreed .... with the ability to port basically anywhere on the map... it's not terribly hard to find something to do.

11/25/2012 12:50:43 AM

instant action has like a 30 minute cooldown. so if you're stuck in the middle of nowhere you're basically either walking around trying to find the nearest vehicle pad or you abuse the respawn system to move across the map. its so dumb. squad spawning would both eliminate that problem and make the game more team oriented. its just stupid to not have it in there.

11/25/2012 1:21:12 AM

so dont port where there aren't people ?

11/25/2012 2:26:35 AM

^^ Join squads where the squad leader isn't a complete dumbass. Spawn at spawn beacon.

Even without a squad it takes like 30 seconds to fly across a continent in a Scythe. Even if your instant action is on cooldown, redeploy to the warpgate and fly whereever you want. Crash land and respawn where the action is if dogfighting isn't your thing.

Finding a fight is never a problem. The map shows you in detail where shit is going down.

11/26/2012 9:22:48 AM

I had a problem last night where I could not last more than 30 seconds in the air because of all the mosquitos with lock on missiles.. Terran have basically taken over my entire server with 10% reduction for all things and I think I got spoiled with all my upgrades on my scythe I got on the beta so I will have to change my play style until I get those back.

But I was wrecking kids with my dual burster max.

11/26/2012 9:31:48 AM

I spent 5 dollar bucks to go ahead and get the dual burster and I don't regret it. I expect nerfs incoming.

11/26/2012 10:11:34 AM

i didnt realize this shit was free. i can make some time for it now.

11/26/2012 7:42:12 PM

with all the bonuses on XP it is crazy how high level some people have gotten. up in the 40s it is crazy all the different looks people paid for.. I can't justify getting those when I could get a different gun.

11/27/2012 9:30:26 AM

I'm considering spending my Diablo Dollars on this game.
Sell items on RMAH in Diablo -> put in paypal -> turn into guns/certs

11/27/2012 11:40:18 AM

lots of people spending money on the custom stuff... game should do pretty good even without the subscription and game price.

I am going to get the +50% xp for 7 days sometime in december. its like 500-750 station cash ($5-7.5).

12/7/2012 3:48:28 PM

Finally got around to play this, boy is it fun. Not as open as PS1, but for being F2P its pretty damn fantastic.

12/8/2012 8:58:39 AM

double xp weekend

12/8/2012 10:07:26 PM

this game is fun. More people need to play.

12/13/2012 2:34:03 AM

I have started doing infiltrator stuff and it is pretty fun when you get on kill streaks and people in large battles are not aware but if people are aware or it is not a big battle you die over and over more than normal .

but still headshoting guys with the bolt action gives me a lot of satisfaction.

12/13/2012 8:45:04 AM

Just got done going on a 200 kill streak with a friend who has pretty much everything upgraded in the liberator gunship. Auto 105 cannon with inferred scope and a good low flying pilot that knows how to maneuver is super awesome. Its funny when attacking fighter jets try to kill us, my friend does some crazy fast barrel rolls and they get a face full of tank shells; die in one or two hits. Most fun yet.

Its crazy how punishing this game is on my 570's. May need to get my 3rd one back from my friend whose been borrowing it since summer.

12/13/2012 6:51:14 PM

My name is madddog13 on waterson Vanu. I have the single shot 150 mm and I only have a small chance of decent bomber..

12/13/2012 9:50:19 PM

^I'm vanu-waterson as well, name is Netstorm there oh gee golly who woulda thought.

Yeah, I'm lovin' this game, been playing for about two weeks on and off now.

12/14/2012 12:37:55 AM

Bazitron on Soltech as a Vanu.

I play with about 40 people with mics almost daily now that has been wildly fun and hugely comical when shit goes wrong.

12/14/2012 2:01:30 PM

^Fuck I might come join you if I could get in that Outfit. I play with some guys on Teamspeak but it's maybe 10 on an amazing night. When you can get more than once squad going is when it hits terminal awesomeness.

12/14/2012 10:17:47 PM

There's about 450 people in the outfit and every night I see about at least 60-80 regulars thus far.

Just today, I was running with a full platoon and we took Amerish and then Esamir, all within 3 hours. Our platoon leader was coordinating efforts with other platoons so we had a rape train of about 40+ tanks and a dozen fighters, plus my platoon had three upgraded liberators all with great pilots. We headed to Indar before I logged off, but it was a site to see so many tanks lined side by side on the large hill south of the Crown near the crossroads, just shelling the shit out of the area. I don't think I've seen such a huge coordinated effort that latest longer than one or two territory grabs, let alone 2 full continents.

Plus our server wide population hit an unprecedented 40%, by the afternoon, we held 2 and a half continents.


Also, btw, rumor has it, December 21st, SOE may have a 3x station cash sale; might be tempted to throw in 10-20 bucks if it nets me 30-60 in value.

12/15/2012 2:02:10 AM

Last night I got to do some bombing with the zephyr on a lib at a bio lab when everyperson in the bio lab gets on the landing pads.. that is one way to get your k/d better quickly.

made me sad i got the one shot dalton.. but it is good for tanks..

12/18/2012 10:51:18 AM

The dalton is still good for groups, its one hit kills and has a huge splash AOE. Plus it takes out turrets in two hits and most armour in 2 or 3 hits. The down side is that you get a lot less ammo and its reload is a bit slower.

For ground pounding, the Zepher chews through infantry a lost faster and easier with 6 shells instead of 1. Just two nights ago, I was with a few buddies from my outfit, we ran two libby's with zephers and successfully defended an assault on the crown from crossroads and literally killed an entire company each; we only had maybe 2 squads defending the crown. In 5 short mins, I got 100 kills and like 60 certs. Best pair it with inferred scope and the enemy lights up like christmas; red heat sig over blue background makes it super easy to spot them from far away. I like it over the longer range night vision that most others tend to use.

Plus, if you got a good pilot with a mic, you can easily take out air fighters that's sitting on your tail, not expecting to be shot down with a tank cannon. It's extremely satisfying when you do, I start shouting over the mic like some deranged football player.

12/18/2012 2:21:41 PM

Triple Station Cash today only & Double XP through Jan 2nd!

If you can find a walmart near you with the 1500+500 station cash gift card for $15, you can effectively get 4x station cash ($15 turns into $60). I went to three different walmart's, two didn't stock it (even though their website said so) and the 3rd one says they have it, but its been stuck in their truck, which they won't unload till tomorrow, which has been there since Wednesday. Fucking Walmart.

12/21/2012 2:56:46 PM

Every Friday there is a huge zerg of people all in one location because they film the battles and put them online. Its pretty interesting.

1/19/2013 10:29:19 AM