PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! - Page 2

falconsfan14 · 06-13-2006, 04:44 PM

Well i played it and it owns. I suck at it really bad and have yet to kill someone. They all have these ****ing strong ass guns that own my punisher and suppresser. My IGN is Corners

**Chromer** · 06-13-2006, 06:41 PM

Is it like a regular FPS or what? I'm patching at the moment.

falconsfan14 · 06-13-2006, 06:54 PM

Its amazing man. So much fun, i killed a bunch of people once i finally figured out that i could use ROCKETS. so much fun ^^

To Chromer: what do you consider regular?

jbr7 · 06-13-2006, 06:55 PM

Falcon - The weapons they're using against you are likely from the Heavy Assault certification. To get it, you need to spend 4 certification points in the Heavy Assault category after spending 2 points in Medium Assault.

Don't bother using the Punisher or Suppressor. Really, they're not worth it. Don't make yourself more frustrated than you need to be.

I suggest using your empire's standard Medium Assault weapon (TR - Cycler, NC - Gauss, VS - Pulsar) or the Sweeper. Those are the ones that are worth using if you don't want to spend the points in Heavy Assault.

Chromer - It is an FPS, but it's probably not what you're thinking. It's much slower paced than regular FPS's, and it combines a few (not many) RPG elements. The idea is that your character can advance, but a higher-level character will not have any advantage, as far as raw damage, over a lower-level character.

**Chromer** · 06-13-2006, 07:13 PM

Oh. ^^

Umm, then its like CS only slower and more RPG like?

Omeganitros · 06-13-2006, 08:00 PM

CS? No, this is more like a really really really huge UT2k4 Onslaught map, but slower action. Maybe like...like....Tribes 2, without jetpacks.

**Chromer** · 06-13-2006, 08:03 PM

OMFG It's taking forever to load up everything. =/

Omeganitros · 06-13-2006, 08:08 PM

Yeah, it took me 3 hours before I could play, but just bide your time, it's fun.

ALSO: When you start you first dude, go through the tutorial UNTIL IT TELLS YOU TO GO TO INSTANT ACTION. DONT DO THAT. At that point, quit the tutorial, and explore the base. Run up to everything with an explamation point, and then GO TO THE VR TRAINING ROOM AND EQUIP EVERY WEAPON, ARMOR, SUPPORT, AND RIDE EVERY VEHICLE AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU CAN DO. Just drawing a weapon for the first time get you experience, and if you do EVERYTHING you can get up to Battle Rank 4 (or 3, or something). Then you have a KILLER edge against noobs that just go straight to Insant Action.

jbr7 · 06-13-2006, 09:03 PM

Yeah, Instant Action is broken anyway. Everytime I use it, I end up in the middle of nowhere just because a random hotspot showed up there a while ago.

The best thing to do for transport, if you have a low Battle Rank, is to certify in ATV. It only costs 1 certification point, you get three very fast ATVs, and you can get one of each every two minutes. You'll never be missing a ride if you get it. For higher BR players, the Mosquito is better. It costs 3 certification points, but it's the fastest vehicle in the game, ground or air.

Omeganitros · 06-13-2006, 09:05 PM

ARGH I hate Mosquitos. I can't tell you how many times me and my platoon were cut down by Mosquito gunfire because none of us bothered to equip anything anti-air.

falconsfan14 · 06-13-2006, 09:49 PM

Anyone wanna play for a little? My IGN again is Corners.

falconsfan14 · 06-15-2006, 12:10 PM

I made an all vehicles character named FalconFFR so message me in game.

evilbutterfly · 06-15-2006, 02:13 PM

There are 3 sides, no? I think if we're all gonna play, we should try to all be on the same team and meet up so we can kick ass together.

Omega, as somebody who has played BF2 and loved it, would you say that somebody who loves BF2 (and other FPS games that have more to do than just killing) would really like Planetside? It seems like something I would like.

On that note, I'ma try playing as soon as I'm out of the shower. Hopefully it's ready by then. =)

lord_carbo · 06-15-2006, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omeganitros

CS? No, this is more like a really really really huge UT2k4 Onslaught map, but slower action. Maybe like...like....Tribes 2, without jetpacks.

After reading that post I stopped reading the rest of the thread and went straight to downloading this sexy game <3

PS yeah EB is right. What side are you guys all on?

jbr7 · 06-15-2006, 03:14 PM

If you're wanting to stay on the same side/server, I can help.

I play on the NC empire, on the Emerald server. My in-game name is Jonathan7

I'm in an outfit called Legend, and I can invite you all into it. The outfit is pretty inactive at the moment, so I'm sure nobody will have a problem with me inviting you.

If you're in-game on an NC Emerald character, do the following:

Type "/who Jonathan7"
- If it says "no matches," then I'm not on.
- If it says something like "1. Jonathan7, NC <location>," then send me a tell by typing "/tell Jonathan7 Hey, I'm from FFR and need an invite to Legend," or something like that.

You can also add me to your friend list by pressing P and clicking the friends tab and entering my name.

evilbutterfly · 06-15-2006, 09:39 PM

In Emerald, also as an NC character. IGN is ebFFR (I'm so creative). Going through the training. o____O

lord_carbo · 06-16-2006, 06:07 AM

Omg ;_; Whenever I go to download it gets stuck on some map file. I first did a normal download and then a "full scan", and both times it got stuck on the same file...

I'll try again later =/

vashthestampede0987 · 06-16-2006, 11:18 AM

I'm also NC and my IGN is VashFFR. PS I'm on emerald.

Omeganitros · 06-17-2006, 01:53 AM

I hooked up with Jonathan7, and it RULED. He gave me TONS of pointers that only a veteran could tell me, and with his help, I got to level 5! =D

What does this mean? It means that now I have a JACKHAMMER, the super-mega shotgun! I haven't gotten to try it out yet, but my days of never getting kills are over.

lord_carbo · 06-17-2006, 10:59 PM

Got it working this morning. I think it was ActiveX being disabled that made it not download.

Well anyway my videocard blows and whenever I go to areas with a whole bunch of people fighting everything lags out and it's impossible to play. I only got into one fight that I could actually play, but my guns suck and I didn't get a single kill ;_;

Anyway I'm going to get a new video card this week. I'll go for anything under $35. It just has to be something with 128MB and basic things required for most modern graphically intensive games like alpha-blending and pixel shader 1.1. Any suggestions? I'm going for this:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...ion=14-143-058

Looks pretty decent.

06-13-2006, 04:44 PM	#21
falconsfan14 Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: GiRRRRRRR!!! Age: 36 Posts: 2,183	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! Well i played it and it owns. I suck at it really bad and have yet to kill someone. They all have these ****ing strong ass guns that own my punisher and suppresser. My IGN is Corners

06-13-2006, 06:41 PM	#22
Chromer Hookers and Blow Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: You heard the robot. No fun. Age: 36 Posts: 4,981	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! Is it like a regular FPS or what? I'm patching at the moment. __________________

06-13-2006, 06:54 PM	#23
falconsfan14 Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: GiRRRRRRR!!! Age: 36 Posts: 2,183	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! Its amazing man. So much fun, i killed a bunch of people once i finally figured out that i could use ROCKETS. so much fun ^^ To Chromer: what do you consider regular?

06-13-2006, 06:55 PM	#24
jbr7 FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 89	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! Falcon - The weapons they're using against you are likely from the Heavy Assault certification. To get it, you need to spend 4 certification points in the Heavy Assault category after spending 2 points in Medium Assault. Don't bother using the Punisher or Suppressor. Really, they're not worth it. Don't make yourself more frustrated than you need to be. I suggest using your empire's standard Medium Assault weapon (TR - Cycler, NC - Gauss, VS - Pulsar) or the Sweeper. Those are the ones that are worth using if you don't want to spend the points in Heavy Assault. Chromer - It is an FPS, but it's probably not what you're thinking. It's much slower paced than regular FPS's, and it combines a few (not many) RPG elements. The idea is that your character can advance, but a higher-level character will not have any advantage, as far as raw damage, over a lower-level character.

06-13-2006, 07:13 PM	#25
Chromer Hookers and Blow Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: You heard the robot. No fun. Age: 36 Posts: 4,981	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! Oh. ^^ Umm, then its like CS only slower and more RPG like? __________________

06-13-2006, 08:00 PM	#26
Omeganitros auauauau Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hee-Haw! Age: 37 Posts: 8,897	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! CS? No, this is more like a really really really huge UT2k4 Onslaught map, but slower action. Maybe like...like....Tribes 2, without jetpacks.

06-13-2006, 08:03 PM	#27
Chromer Hookers and Blow Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: You heard the robot. No fun. Age: 36 Posts: 4,981	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! OMFG It's taking forever to load up everything. =/ __________________

06-13-2006, 08:08 PM	#28
Omeganitros auauauau Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hee-Haw! Age: 37 Posts: 8,897	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! Yeah, it took me 3 hours before I could play, but just bide your time, it's fun. ALSO: When you start you first dude, go through the tutorial UNTIL IT TELLS YOU TO GO TO INSTANT ACTION. DONT DO THAT. At that point, quit the tutorial, and explore the base. Run up to everything with an explamation point, and then GO TO THE VR TRAINING ROOM AND EQUIP EVERY WEAPON, ARMOR, SUPPORT, AND RIDE EVERY VEHICLE AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU CAN DO. Just drawing a weapon for the first time get you experience, and if you do EVERYTHING you can get up to Battle Rank 4 (or 3, or something). Then you have a KILLER edge against noobs that just go straight to Insant Action.

06-13-2006, 09:03 PM	#29
jbr7 FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 89	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! Yeah, Instant Action is broken anyway. Everytime I use it, I end up in the middle of nowhere just because a random hotspot showed up there a while ago. The best thing to do for transport, if you have a low Battle Rank, is to certify in ATV. It only costs 1 certification point, you get three very fast ATVs, and you can get one of each every two minutes. You'll never be missing a ride if you get it. For higher BR players, the Mosquito is better. It costs 3 certification points, but it's the fastest vehicle in the game, ground or air.

06-13-2006, 09:05 PM	#30
Omeganitros auauauau Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hee-Haw! Age: 37 Posts: 8,897	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! ARGH I hate Mosquitos. I can't tell you how many times me and my platoon were cut down by Mosquito gunfire because none of us bothered to equip anything anti-air.

06-13-2006, 09:49 PM	#31
falconsfan14 Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: GiRRRRRRR!!! Age: 36 Posts: 2,183	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! Anyone wanna play for a little? My IGN again is Corners.

06-15-2006, 12:10 PM	#32
falconsfan14 Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: GiRRRRRRR!!! Age: 36 Posts: 2,183	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! I made an all vehicles character named FalconFFR so message me in game.

06-15-2006, 02:13 PM	#33
evilbutterfly FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Small town, TN Age: 39 Posts: 5,784	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! There are 3 sides, no? I think if we're all gonna play, we should try to all be on the same team and meet up so we can kick ass together. Omega, as somebody who has played BF2 and loved it, would you say that somebody who loves BF2 (and other FPS games that have more to do than just killing) would really like Planetside? It seems like something I would like. On that note, I'ma try playing as soon as I'm out of the shower. Hopefully it's ready by then. =) __________________ So I've gone completely slack-ass and haven't done any work on creating games. =( In less-depressing news, I got a job for an online business (which sells non-electronic games, of all things!) which has taught me a lot about marketing online and all that jazz. So now I'm on Twitter @NoahWright. And I write the blog for their website. Plus I do cool programming in-house that you'll never see. =O

06-15-2006, 03:14 PM	#35
jbr7 FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 89	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! If you're wanting to stay on the same side/server, I can help. I play on the NC empire, on the Emerald server. My in-game name is Jonathan7 I'm in an outfit called Legend, and I can invite you all into it. The outfit is pretty inactive at the moment, so I'm sure nobody will have a problem with me inviting you. If you're in-game on an NC Emerald character, do the following: Type "/who Jonathan7" - If it says "no matches," then I'm not on. - If it says something like "1. Jonathan7, NC <location>," then send me a tell by typing "/tell Jonathan7 Hey, I'm from FFR and need an invite to Legend," or something like that. You can also add me to your friend list by pressing P and clicking the friends tab and entering my name.

06-15-2006, 09:39 PM	#36
evilbutterfly FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Small town, TN Age: 39 Posts: 5,784	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! In Emerald, also as an NC character. IGN is ebFFR (I'm so creative). Going through the training. o____O __________________ So I've gone completely slack-ass and haven't done any work on creating games. =( In less-depressing news, I got a job for an online business (which sells non-electronic games, of all things!) which has taught me a lot about marketing online and all that jazz. So now I'm on Twitter @NoahWright. And I write the blog for their website. Plus I do cool programming in-house that you'll never see. =O

06-16-2006, 06:07 AM	#37
lord_carbo FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: fighting villains from afar, NJ Age: 34 Posts: 6,222	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! Omg ;_; Whenever I go to download it gets stuck on some map file. I first did a normal download and then a "full scan", and both times it got stuck on the same file... I'll try again later =/ __________________ last.fm

06-17-2006, 01:53 AM	#39
Omeganitros auauauau Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hee-Haw! Age: 37 Posts: 8,897	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! I hooked up with Jonathan7, and it RULED. He gave me TONS of pointers that only a veteran could tell me, and with his help, I got to level 5! =D What does this mean? It means that now I have a JACKHAMMER, the super-mega shotgun! I haven't gotten to try it out yet, but my days of never getting kills are over.

06-17-2006, 10:59 PM	#40
lord_carbo FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: fighting villains from afar, NJ Age: 34 Posts: 6,222	Re: PlanetSide: Free MMOFPS! Got it working this morning. I think it was ActiveX being disabled that made it not download. Well anyway my videocard blows and whenever I go to areas with a whole bunch of people fighting everything lags out and it's impossible to play. I only got into one fight that I could actually play, but my guns suck and I didn't get a single kill ;_; Anyway I'm going to get a new video card this week. I'll go for anything under $35. It just has to be something with 128MB and basic things required for most modern graphically intensive games like alpha-blending and pixel shader 1.1. Any suggestions? I'm going for this: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...ion=14-143-058 Looks pretty decent. __________________ last.fm

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