Planetside free for a year

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 24th, 2006, 10:47

Any tried this game? I like the idea of a sci-fi MMO and my RF Online beta trial has not come through yet.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=62574

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 24th, 2006, 11:15

You know their desperate to salvage a game when they start doing shit like that.

I've played it. I've payed for it, I've got bored with it. Serously, wait 4 more weeks (best guess based on well informed sources) for RF Online. That's gona outstrip planetside so many times it won't even be funny.

Rydis · Post by **Rydis** » January 24th, 2006, 12:02

I played it when it first came out. Friz did too. It was fun for a week or so...

Picked it up again recently when I got back into Everquest 2 and got an all access pass.
Played it for about an hour before I chucked it.
It's a really cool idea in principle but the execution just sucks.

Still, free's free.

friznit · Post by **friznit** » January 24th, 2006, 17:39

Run..run..run..run..run...laaaaaaaaag...Kaboom. Respawn...run...run...run...run...laaaaaggg...Kaboom

Rince and repeat.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 24th, 2006, 19:38

friznit wrote:Run..run..run..run..run...laaaaaaaaag...Kaboom. Respawn...run...run...run...run...laaaaaggg...Kaboom

Rince and repeat.

Wasn't it more like:

Run..Run..Run..Run..Run..SHoot off a couple of rounds....laaaggg....dead

friznit · Post by **friznit** » January 24th, 2006, 22:00

Hehulk wrote:
friznit wrote:Run..run..run..run..run...laaaaaaaaag...Kaboom. Respawn...run...run...run...run...laaaaaggg...Kaboom

Rince and repeat.
Wasn't it more like:

Run..Run..Run..Run..Run..SHoot off a couple of rounds....laaaggg....dead

Nah, I never got that good.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » June 7th, 2006, 9:54

*Casts thread revival*

There seems to be a bit of interest in this now. Anyone fancy giving it a shot at some point to see how aweful it is, even with 5punkers?

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 7th, 2006, 10:01

So is it actually free? I don't trust what Sony says.

Anhamgrimmar · Post by **Anhamgrimmar** » June 7th, 2006, 10:01

ARRRRRGH!!!! TEH ZMOBIE THREAD!!!!

ahem.

i'm d/ling the reserves program thingy, so yes i'm gonna give it a go

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » June 7th, 2006, 10:03

spoodie wrote:So is it actually free? I don't trust what Sony says.

Free to a point. you can progress as far as BR8 (battle rank, and current cap afaik is 24) and CR2 (command rank, and cap is 5). This does mean your somewhat limited as far as equipment choice etc go as you can hit BR8 in a week of semi-active playing easily.

I was just reading the planetside forums, hence how I know this

Anhamgrimmar wrote:ARRRRRGH!!!! TEH ZMOBIE THREAD!!!!

ahem.

i'm d/ling the reserves program thingy, so yes i'm gonna give it a go

Sweet

I'll go restore my account. Don't mind spend £6 for the sake of having a laugh.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 7th, 2006, 10:09

Hehulk wrote:Free to a point. you can progress as far as BR8 (battle rank, and current cap afaik is 24) and CR2 (command rank, and cap is 5). This does mean your somewhat limited as far as equipment choice etc go as you can hit BR8 in a week of semi-active playing easily.

I was just reading the planetside forums, hence how I know this

I shouldn't think my interest will go beyond whatever those ranks mean so that's all good.

*downloads Reserves*

Sticky Label · Post by **Sticky Label** » June 7th, 2006, 10:46

I've always wanted to play this game... mind if I join in tonight?

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » June 7th, 2006, 11:00

Sticky Label wrote:I've always wanted to play this game... mind if I join in tonight?

Meh, go for it.

Sticky Label · Post by **Sticky Label** » June 7th, 2006, 11:19

Fucking hell there are no names left. I was reduced to putting in random names. ErichZeit is already taken, did you know? As is ShubNiggurath. I settled for ZadokAllen.

Jediwannabe · Post by **Jediwannabe** » June 7th, 2006, 12:39

The key to enjoying this game, is to pick a specialisation that you're really comfortable with - you don't have to be some grunt on the ground getting killed every five seconds.

I had a character who was a dedicated Galaxy pilot. My life consisted mostly of flying squads out to their designated target, dropping them on a tower, or the nearest safe-spot, and then I'd usually try and hide the ship in a clearing, surrounding it with turrets - or fly around the base at high-altitude and advise the men on the ground of the tactical situation. It's very cool once you start treating it like a real military operation.

Are we going to pick a side and server for this? I'd love to give it a trial run tonight at some point.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » June 7th, 2006, 12:57

Jediwannabe wrote:Are we going to pick a side and server for this? I'd love to give it a trial run tonight at some point.

I've got a New Conglomerate charter on Werner I wouldn't mind using, if no-one has any objections to be on that side?

shot2bits · Post by **shot2bits** » June 7th, 2006, 16:18

ill come give this a go, erm, ill just look for the thing that looks like that and join that then

if i can bear to sit through this update

Sticky Label · Post by **Sticky Label** » June 7th, 2006, 17:01

Bearing in mind I've never played this before, how long might it take me to be able to fly? Flying anything's good with me, bomber or transport preffereable. Will this even be possible at all with the restricted account?

Jediwannabe · Post by **Jediwannabe** » June 7th, 2006, 18:22

Sticky Label wrote:Bearing in mind I've never played this before, how long might it take me to be able to fly? Flying anything's good with me, bomber or transport preffereable. Will this even be possible at all with the restricted account?

From what I remember last time I played, they streamlined the skill purchase system into groups, like Air Superiority for all air vehicles and so on.

You should be able to buy your first specialty just from completing the tutorial alone.