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I just got my beta invite, so I am not sure if it is open beta yet.
BTW this game is gonna ROCK!
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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Just played for about an hour earlier today; it was great fun trying to hold back this endless Vanu advance on one of our TR towers. I was manning turrets, healing dudes on the ground, gunning down infantry with my rifle and trying to fix tanks only for them to explode in my face! It ran pretty well but the populations are getting very high so lag is starting to become a problem again, unfortunately. They keep buffing the server though so I hope it'll run really well come full release.
E: Also, some guy was blaring Stars and Stripes Forever over local voice chat and it was amazing.
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Karon wrote: I can't really play this game right now.
Auraxium is collected very slowly, and Certs aren't unlocked yet.
I did have some fun with the 12X zoom scope on the Infiltrator, but that range really requires a bolt-action.
Auraxium is collected slowly, but the only things to buy with it right now are a few vehicle weapons and different missile launchers for heavy assault. Certs are in to a degere; you can definitely unlock plenty of attachments for your guns, some upgrades for your vehicles such as bonus zoom on weapons or decreased spawn times, C4 or landmines for your infantry classes, and a few other things. Granted like 90% of certs aren't in the game yet, but there are at least a few! They also take some time to unlock, but in an hour of playing and capping bases you can get up to a dozen or so. You also get them overnight, so if you just play or don't play for a few days you'll have a nice stock of them.
I got in a week ago, and ran into some PS1 guildies.
There's a lot of stuff locked out of use, but customisation looks good.
I've yet to work out how the various resources get used to aquire stuff, and how certification points work.
Lag is still affecting some, as are other issues, but it's getting sorted out gradually. It's still in beta, after all.
But, for us ex-Vanu players, balance is still an issue. :(
I was playing yesterday afternoon and found myself in the middle of a nightfight. The darkness in this game is actually pretty solid - it's not "true" night like in DayZ or STALKER, but it gets a lot darker than you'll usually see in a game. I was getting blindsided left and right when I realized I had plenty of certs lying around. I then bought myself the IRNV scope for my cycler and proceeded to gun down a ton of Barneys in the cover of darkness. I was really impressed that an IR scope in a game was actually useful! It would be a lot of fun to run around with a squad of folks behind enemy lines using silenced guns with IRNV scopes at night.
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You guys are making me jealous. Still hoping I'll get mine next week I suppose.
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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I can only hope! Would be nice to play with you guys.
Or kill you guys.
Either way.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
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Just had an amazing dream about planetside, I was obviously a terran soldier and I was fighting the dreaded NC and almost hit their flying vehicle thing with a rocket launhcer, felt annoyed I slightly missed. Then all of a sudden my view changed and over the cliff was a huge tau army. They were all blue (cant remember what caste that is) and there were soldiers all standing in loose formation with the odd battlesuit here and there. Someone shouted lets go and they all charged cheering with weapons raised. So yeah, now I want a tau army
Just in case someone isn't already aware of it - the game now has the "Alpha Squad" program where you can basically preorder the game and get instand access plus some other goodies, akin to MWO's Founder program. It costs about $40, but the package also includes $40 in Station Cash so you don't really "lose" anything in case you were considering to spend some cash on PS2's itemshop anyways, like for buying additional camo sets or sidegrades.
I just played some, and oh my, I did like. Server was underpopulated due to being an EU one and it being 5am in the morning, but still, awesome.
Will play this a lot...
Prestor Jon wrote: Because children don't have any legal rights until they're adults. A minor is the responsiblity of the parent and has no legal rights except through his/her legal guardian or parent.
Hmm, yeah. EU1 mayhaps? Just spent 3 hours there as Combat Medic for a TR Galaxy Drop Team (fluctuating membership, but we did manage to get the entire dropship fully seated for a time).
2 of those 3 hours were a bit boring due to lack of opposition (made more xp doing capture assist than killing enemies), but I had about 1 hour of good fights, dropping right into hot zones and stuff.
Still have to find my bearings, but this has potential.
I cannot afford a fourty dollar game at the moment, so it'll still be a while for me :/
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
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Ordinarily I'd pay for the Alpha Squad thingymajig, but as I don't even have enough time for Guild Wars 2 atm and that set me back £35, there's just no point in wasting the money.
Started at a Bio lab and joined a team in a galaxy after we defended the lab. All the galaxies went in different directions, taking bases where ever we could find them. Couple of Galaxies were with us until we decided to go towards an outpost above a hill. All seemed fine, few NC aircraft trying to get us but the Mosquitos took care of them. As we approached the outpost however....
We started taking fire from NC tanks and aircraft, we had to bail out urgently so the Galaxy could land and deploy its shields and get repairs. We captured the outpost and hoped backup would arrive until the galaxy landed and then took a few rounds from a tank and exploded. We were on our own, the only reinforcements were those few who spawned at the outpost. A few infiltrators and the odd soldier were trying to pick us off. Nothing we couldnt handle. Everything was rather relaxed and then the really hit the fan. Tanks started rolling towards us and numerous Galaxies were descending on our position, some in front and some flew behind us. We were surrounded and thus begun an epic struggle to defend the outpost. They pushed further and further forward and I had to log off eventually so I dont know the fate of that outpost.
FOR THE REPUBLIC! I love this game, even more so if there was a warhammer mod
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@Melissa: the game is still F2P - the Alpha Squad thing is basically you pre-purchasing station cash and getting some questionable bonuses along with it.
And... access to the beta. Ergo, I can't play yet unless I buy it. Still no beta invite for me, just an invitation to purchase the Alpha Squad junk for early beta access.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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I've been trying out Vanu and New Conglomerate, then saw this video and was reminded why I wont play them.
Old vid and probably seen by all already, but I hadn't seen it.
Prestor Jon wrote: Because children don't have any legal rights until they're adults. A minor is the responsiblity of the parent and has no legal rights except through his/her legal guardian or parent.
The only issue right now is when battles climb over 300 people, people start teleporting around and it becomes unplayable.Its only happened to me a few times and you just pack up and attack something else instead, no biggie.
some of the bases are a little too easy to defend IMHO, but finally taking one after a 2 hour fight is great.
Currently the game doesn't reward epic battles though, you gain certs much faster by just flying around and taking small undefended territories
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Nice little image there. Still waiting for beta access though :/
Automatically Appended Next Post: They have sent emails asking me to pay money for beta access :/ I wouldn't even mind it, but I can't afford 40 bucks on an F2P game. Maybe if it was ten or twenty...
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really hit the fan. Tanks started rolling towards us and numerous Galaxies were descending on our position, some in front and some flew behind us. We were surrounded and thus begun an epic struggle to defend the outpost. They pushed further and further forward and I had to log off eventually so I dont know the fate of that outpost.
