Planetside 2 launches on PC, featuring up to 2000 players in each battle...

MMOFPS for the win. Of course console kids will say its irrellevant because its part MMO which means it just supports a lot of people lolol.

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

The next Crysis? :o

lostrib

Not really. It looks fantastic but a big hit comes from all the people it has to render.

Although some of the ground/rock textures are really crappy (unless they updated them since the beta)

Crappy is generous. They're downright hideous sometimes. Luckily you don't concentrate on them ever

Nice, I never got into the beta (even when I was "in" I just didn't play it for some reason) and so now I guess I can jump in clean into the full experience.

[QUOTE="lostrib"]

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

On my 670 I was getting 30-50 frames sometimes when there weren't a lot of people around or not much happening. And that was the lowest settings. Sometimes it would smooth out to higher numbers but overall it was hugely inconsistent for me.

seanmcloughlin

Heads up, Nvidia relesed beta drivers today for PS2

Got em ;)

How well do the beta drivers work?

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[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Ultra isn't coming for awhile, like mid 2013 at the ealiest. It wasn't about optimization, it was about their target hardware requirements. Hardware to run the game on ultra isn't really out yet. Sure, a quad SLI machine may be able to, but they aren't bothering because nobody can use it.

You can unlock it in the .ini but it's not officially supported.

Jebus213

How well do you guys think my laptop would run it? I got a dual core i5 M430 2.27 ghz 4gb RAM and a HD 4670 1gb. I'd be okay with low settings and <1080p. Do you think I'd be able to maintain 30ish fps at ANY setting?

The HD 4850 is the minimum requirement lol surprised you even that many

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[QUOTE="lostrib"]

Heads up, Nvidia relesed beta drivers today for PS2

NoodleFighter

Got em ;)

How well do the beta drivers work?

Haven't been in game yet, apparently they help though with inconsistent framerates and try smooth everything out

MMOFPS for the win. Of course console kids will say its irrellevant because its part MMO which means it just supports a lot of people lolol.

Masenkoe

Also did anyone avail of that triple station cash thing that was held for one day only a few weeks back? I got like 5 euros worth of Station Cash and normally it would translate to 500 in game but I got 1500 :D

So I jumped in for a few. Killed me a tank, and had me a "star Wars" moment hat blew my mind. I was on a heavy passanger truck and enemy ships flew overheard ina snowy landscape. Felt like I was in Hoth!

Any vids you guys would recommend to a newbie. I am so lost.

I'm on the red team... but guys wiht a red marker are NOT, appaarently my buddies. The blue guys are. Argh!

Can't complain about free stuff. I just hope it is better than BF3 (wich sucked).

So I jumped in for a few. Killed me a tank, and had me a "star Wars" moment hat blew my mind. I was on a heavy passanger truck and enemy ships flew overheard ina snowy landscape. Felt like I was in Hoth!

Any vids you guys would recommend to a newbie. I am so lost.

I'm on the red team... but guys wiht a red marker are NOT, appaarently my buddies. The blue guys are. Argh!

Kinthalis

This is what helped me, a lot of how to videos and what not

http://www.planetside2.com/game-tutorials

So I jumped in for a few. Killed me a tank, and had me a "star Wars" moment hat blew my mind. I was on a heavy passanger truck and enemy ships flew overheard ina snowy landscape. Felt like I was in Hoth!

Any vids you guys would recommend to a newbie. I am so lost.

I'm on the red team... but guys wiht a red marker are NOT, appaarently my buddies. The blue guys are. Argh!

Kinthalis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gvXlHyApxY - FrankieonPC1080 Beginners guide to the game, haven't played the game but this looks like a nice introduction to it.

Probably won't get the opportunity to download it and give it a try for a couple days, but looking forward to it.

The f*ck is wrong with this game? I managed to get into one server and play a little but now when I try to join a server it crashes to the desktop and tells me "MALFUNCTION" and then the game wont even start up until I reboot my computer.

Been playing for the better part of 6 hours off and on and I've gotta say I'm impressed how well it runs compared to the beta. Can't say I noticed a dip to low 40fps or had any hitches.

A lot of crazy experiences defending biolabs. But I have noticed an overall lack of coordination today with all the people running around not knowing what to do haha.

Finally got to play some. It's alright. The size and scope of it is pretty impressive, but the battles kind of lack a sense of excitement. It feels more like a clusterf*ck. Maybe I just gotta learn the ropes to appreciate it more.

I'm also playing on low graphics settings so I imagine I'm missing out on a lot of the spectacle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gvXlHyApxY - FrankieonPC1080 Beginners guide to the game, haven't played the game but this looks like a nice introduction to it.

Probably won't get the opportunity to download it and give it a try for a couple days, but looking forward to it.

iamrob7

Yeah, that's definitely not the game I played. On low settings it looks like a PS3 launch title :(

And during massive battles the framerate still starts to chug for me.

[QUOTE="Kinthalis"]

So I jumped in for a few. Killed me a tank, and had me a "star Wars" moment hat blew my mind. I was on a heavy passanger truck and enemy ships flew overheard ina snowy landscape. Felt like I was in Hoth!

Any vids you guys would recommend to a newbie. I am so lost.

I'm on the red team... but guys wiht a red marker are NOT, appaarently my buddies. The blue guys are. Argh!

clyde46

I think he's actually TR, he is talking about the little spotted arrows above characters. Blue/green is your team/squad while red is enemies. For tutorials, check out rivalXfactor's channel on youtube, he did a bunch of official Planetside 2 tutorial videos

Finally got to play some. It's alright. The size and scope of it is pretty impressive, but the battles kind of lack a sense of excitement. It feels more like a clusterf*ck. Maybe I just gotta learn the ropes to appreciate it more.

I'm also playing on low graphics settings so I imagine I'm missing out on a lot of the spectacle.

Master_ShakeXXX

Runs 30-40 FPS on high during the big fights for me. Medium settings never went under 50, low would be in the 100s.

They haven't even put in the ultra setting because it's targeting computers that aren't even available yet.

Wasdie

Will download the game later on today.. Problem is got too many games and yesterday also received COD:BO2...

I hope my PC will run the game smoothly on decent settings..

Downloading the Steam version. Downloads seems slow. Must be because everyone is DLing it

The people in the beta were added slowly so everyone got to learn in time but now its gone live there is a huge influx of people that don't know what to do...of course its gonna be uncoordinated.

Also i am amazed at how many ppl today are unable to learn game mechanics just by playing and then moaning about the quality of the game because they are too inept to learn and to take the time to learn.

Whats the biggest a battle actually is? I would imagine there would be numerous smaller battles featuring up to a few hundred rather than the full on 2k.

also downloading, hopefully will be a nice change of pace from what I've been playing for the past 3 months (Smite) and Halo 4.

First impression: performance has been optimized significantly since beta. Created a character, hopped right in, and got a couple kills. Ran way smoother than before. Then the servers went down.

I'm trying hard to care about this, but I really can't.

It's odd , I loved the first planetside, and was hyped for this a few months back.

Whats the biggest a battle actually is? I would imagine there would be numerous smaller battles featuring up to a few hundred rather than the full on 2k.

Lief_Ericson

First impression: performance has been optimized significantly since beta. Created a character, hopped right in, and got a couple kills. Ran way smoother than before. Then the servers went down.

Brendissimo35

There seens to be a huge demand for the game. Usually Steam for me is fast but today it's slow as for downloading PS2

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First impression: performance has been optimized significantly since beta. Created a character, hopped right in, and got a couple kills. Ran way smoother than before. Then the servers went down.

OB-47

There seens to be a huge demand for the game. Usually Steam for me is fast but today it's slow as for downloading PS2

i hear its free...or so the steam home page says socampzor

It is free.

i hear its free...or so the steam home page says socampzor

First impression: performance has been optimized significantly since beta. Created a character, hopped right in, and got a couple kills. Ran way smoother than before. Then the servers went down.

Brendissimo35

Question:-

How's the gameplay specially the shooting mechanics?

Also is there teamwork involved or you end up running on your own most of the time? (i know teamwork depends on how players approach the game, but when joining a game does it throw you in with a small team of other players, or randomly on your own)

Sony supporting the PC better than Micro$oft. SDC. :cool:

Sony supporting the PC better than PS3. SDC. :cool:

DrTrafalgarLaw

Question:-

How's the gameplay specially the shooting mechanics?

Also is there teamwork involved or you end up running on your own most of the time? (i know teamwork depends on how players approach the game, but when joining a game does it throw you in with a small team of other players, or randomly on your own)

Malta_1980

Lol teamwork shooter

K/D ratio is the only thing that matters

Lol teamwork shooter

K/D ratio is the only thing that matters

Zurrur

It is out of beta? I have the game, and I didn't even know! I'll check this out immediately.

[QUOTE="Zurrur"]

Lol teamwork shooter

K/D ratio is the only thing that matters

Jankarcop

Question:-

How's the gameplay specially the shooting mechanics?

Also is there teamwork involved or you end up running on your own most of the time? (i know teamwork depends on how players approach the game, but when joining a game does it throw you in with a small team of other players, or randomly on your own)

Malta_1980

Shooting takes awhile to get use to, specially vehicle combat.

The maps are pretty big so it honestly depends on if your faction has pushed out or is getting pushed back can affect if how many people are in a area that is on your faction. I was playing the game for around 8 hours yesterday and I don't think I wasn't in the middle of some big fight that was 100 vs 100 or so. Joining a game/map I think is random where it drops you, same when it comes down to being in a squad I believe cause I've spawned being in a squad and sometimes not being in one, I have no idea if that is working as intended or not.

As for team work, smaller objectives can be done alone if there's not a lot of people in the area, though assaulting a "bigger" base will always require teamwork, same as defending an objective.