Planetside 2

[The Vault Dweller]

I hate to say this, but it needs to be said.

I should love this game. Like 9/10 love it. However due to constant and sever performance lag (even at lowest settings and with tweaks to make it lower) it's almost a slideshow in large battles which are the entire purposes of this being an MMO. Also I get crashes on average of once an hour that require me to restart the program.

It's only half as fun as it should be. Then again I have an old PC.

2 GB intel dual core processor
6 GB RAM
NVIDIA GTX 550 ti

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

 

[Kane]

With that CPU forget it tbh. This is what you need:

Isn't it shiny?

So shiny?

So much FPS

Precious

My Precious

 

[The Vault Dweller]

I know that the weakest link in my PC is the processor and I think the best value upgrade would be an i5. I was actually saying the same thing to a friend in chat today.

However that along with new windows (I'm still on XP) and possibly a new motherboard (more than 4 years now) I think I'll wait a year and get a whole new PC instead of buying half a new one now just for Planetside 2. It's hard though since I can safely assume I'll be playing the game quite a while.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

 

[Kane]

 

[Kem0sabe]

How well does this run on your average computer? and is the netcode any good?

 

[Kane]

How well does this run on your average computer?

If you don't have a high end i5 or i7 don't even bother.

 

[ohWOW]

You people still play this game?

 

[The Vault Dweller]

Just yesterday NVIDIA released a new driver for my video card (GTX 550 Ti). I downloaded and installed it immediately.

My framerates are significantly better by what feels like 50%. Unfortunately I am also getting strange graphics clipping into and out of existence. The ground/floor, buildings, and sky randomly appear and disappear. As long as I see other players though I think it's worth it.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

 

[Kane]

The flickering is an old bug.

 

[Machine]

From Smed's twitter:

John Smedley ‏@j_smedley
Along with Triple Station Cash, I'm happy to announce we're running Double XP from Friday the 21st through January 2nd.

John Smedley ‏@j_smedley
Triple sc is one day only btw. Only the double XP is extended.

Certs will be had. IMO they should just make double exp standard exp gain, certs take forever anyways.

 

[Kane]

huh? i make 100 certs an hour.

more importantly the speed of content aquisition has to be balanced vs their speed of content generation, otherwise everyone will complain that there is not enough content/i am bored/SOE sucks.

 

[Destroid]

huh? i make 100 certs an hour.

more importantly the speed of content aquisition has to be balanced vs their speed of content generation, otherwise everyone will complain that there is not enough content/i am bored/SOE sucks.

That's the kind of retardation F2P grind business models bring out in the player base.

 

[Kane]

huh? i make 100 certs an hour.

more importantly the speed of content aquisition has to be balanced vs their speed of content generation, otherwise everyone will complain that there is not enough content/i am bored/SOE sucks.

That's the kind of retardation F2P grind business models bring out in the player base.

not really, that kind of retardation was already there way before F2P; what with all the people on welfare playing 25/7/52 and then complaining that there ain't enough content

in PS2 you create the content

 

[The Vault Dweller]

Okay I love this game.

I played 3 hours straight last night. Me and a group of family/friends (who've had a "guild" for a few years and play different MMO's) went around either in an armored column/galaxy dropping/liberator bombing and did some ridiculous work in base capture and such. I had more fun than I've had in a long time.

I see myself playing this not only for a long time, but very often.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

 

[Machine]

huh? i make 100 certs an hour.

more importantly the speed of content aquisition has to be balanced vs their speed of content generation, otherwise everyone will complain that there is not enough content/i am bored/SOE sucks.

I agree with you somewhat, I make 50 certs for 30ish min when I play, and I'm totally f2p player (not gonna go into reasons why I don't think game is worth spending money on currently). But lots of people ingame I spoke to feel like cert grind is too heavy, I guess it depends on expectations and feeling of "progression". I'd say random f2pers dont really make certs I do tho, I do liberator runs with friend exclusively, cause everything is scrubland compared to air tbh.

 

[Kane]

huh? i make 100 certs an hour.

more importantly the speed of content aquisition has to be balanced vs their speed of content generation, otherwise everyone will complain that there is not enough content/i am bored/SOE sucks.

I agree with you somewhat, I make 50 certs for 30ish min when I play, and I'm totally f2p player (not gonna go into reasons why I don't think game is worth spending money on currently). But lots of people ingame I spoke to feel like cert grind is too heavy, I guess it depends on expectations and feeling of "progression". I'd say random f2pers dont really make certs I do tho, I do liberator runs with friend exclusively, cause everything is scrubland compared to air tbh.

On the off. forums there are posts cert gain ain't heavy enough. And yeah, Libs are best way to farm certs currently.

 

[Excidium]

Jesus Christ...

 

[ohWOW]

Totalbiscuit is a bro, he has choosen well.

The other 2 are gays that I don't even recognize. Plus they're the most lame fags I've ever seen. Hamburger Helper and bioware teen lead writer seem like bosses in comparision.

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

Indisputable Proof that the NC and Vanu are faggots... and that TR are fat former-WoW player hipsters.

 

[Angelo85]

By the way guys: Unfortunately before I heard about the Codex Outfit on Mallory I already created a Character on the EU Server Woodman and spend SC from the Alpha Squad thing.
If any TR player ended up on Woodman as well and still needs an Outfit post your ingame nick (or PM it to me for privacy concerns) and I'll send you an invite. The Outfit is quite new and still small - 15 members at the moment - but we are having some fun times together :D

There's also a TS Server for easier communication since the in-game voice system seems to be f'ed up for some folks.
Outfit style is casual, so not one of those pseudo wannabe military thingies but rather some dudes and trannies having fun times.

 

[Oriebam]

I know that the weakest link in my PC is the processor and I think the best value upgrade would be an i5. I was actually saying the same thing to a friend in chat today.

However that along with new windows (I'm still on XP) and possibly a new motherboard (more than 4 years now) I think I'll wait a year and get a whole new PC instead of buying half a new one now just for Planetside 2. It's hard though since I can safely assume I'll be playing the game quite a while.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller

I think all you really need is a new processor and OS, but I dunno man, if I were you I'd ask in their forums instead of here

I warn you that it's full of knowitall assholes who will often greatly exaggerate shit just to show how 1337 they(and necessarily their choices of gaming) are

there were a bunch of issues with 32 bit OSes btw maybe it's the main cause of your problem, not sure if they fixed it, in any case it's also limiting how much ram you can use

they also fucked up a bunch of shit in the latest patches, eventually they fixed it for me but maybe it is or was still fucked up for you

How well does this run on your average computer?

If you don't have a high end i5 or i7 don't even bother.

what the fuck is a high end i5? why are you recommending i7s, shouldn't it be obvious

weaker i5s can't run the game?

 

[Mangoose]

I played a bit with BroTeam on the 21st. That was interesting

 

[Kane]

what the fuck is a high end i5? why are you recommending i7s, shouldn't it be obvious

weaker i5s can't run the game?

no, i ment: if you don't have a high end [CPU that is called] i5 or i7 [...]

less assburgers please

 

[Oriebam]

so you fucked up then

look at this shit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i5_microprocessors

there's a lot of them, you made it necessary to guess which one of them "counts" and then you also recommended i7s

there's also supposed to be a miracle performance patch coming january, it may actually not be bullshit

 

[The Vault Dweller]

I'd like to point out that I started out with slideshow framerates in big battles. Unplayable. I put the graphics settings at their lowest and it doubled framerates. Severely disadvantaged. I tweaked the files myself using a guide and that cut it further in half. Playable, but much less enjoyable. I then specifically cut the draw distance in half through further tweaks and now there's very little lag in the biggest battles. I'm VERY happy.

I'd like to point out that the draw distance even at the lowest setting is way more than you would need to see even as a infiltrator with the long range rifle looking out over a flat open area. So it's no loss.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller