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What a crazy f'n game. As a sniper I have good times, and bad times. I consider it good when I run out of ammo before death, and call it bad when I get fragged. Over.
And over.
And again.
Should be a boot from server thing for the AFKs. Hell set it for 20 minutes standing in place. Free up some bandwidth.
My friend is an Eng and my son is a Medic so when we are all online it can be a BLAST.
As a F2P its 8 out of 10.
Unless I just got team killed agin.
Now its a 2 out of 10.
Wait, 10 headshot kill streak achievment... 10 out of 10.
Hold up, just fell off a platform and died. 3 out of 10.
Oh noooes....
"GW2 is the Methadone to WoWs Heroin."
Its a pretty good nuttshell that the OP made. Yes he should uninstall as should anyone troubled by quick death in pvp.
Takes a few hours to get use to this gameplay, even if youve played a lot of FPS games. Its not a game built for surviving the longest or going on 20 man unstoppible killing sprees.
Its an arcade war game. plain and simple. you play for the epic battles you take part in, which get massive and insane.
Once you get use to the game, which could take several hours of fustration, you get the hang of what to expect. Theres no farming noobs with OP maxed out characters, and even if people start to max out its all fractional gain. Its finding the best location per your class, knowing what to expect, then going at it as long as you can...you die then either try it again or modify what your doing.
For instance, if you see a lot of enemy infanty, overwhelming numbers, and your not seeing tons of enemy airplains, get into a tank, find a good location, stomp those troops.
Yes if you want a competative "fair" FPS where the fights are always won by the most "skilled" FPS player, you have tons of other choices, and this game isnt fair, your quick draw and immaculate accuracy stand no chance for that errant tank round that just so happens to wipe you, your team, and the tanks teammates...or that airplane that just got shot out of the sky that happens to land on your squad...or your teammates grenade that just bounced off the wall rather than going through the window.
Its mayhem at its finest.
Is it a satisfying long term game with a deep sense of progression, long term meta gaming, and groundbreaking mechanics? No. It does however offer battles where youll marvel at all the crazy shit thats going on around you. Either you love it or hate it i guess. Pointless fun lots of action and tons of epic massive battle mayhem.
In my eyes this is the fun pointless "play it because its fun" type of game that GW2 should have been.
Many people go into this thinking its a true mmo when its more like a shooter. Basicaly its a huge shooter game with a limited persitant world (if u want to call it that). Though i do enjoy it and play daily, i just know to myself this is a shooter, dont expect more than that and i havent had an issue. And you get better over time, just keep at it.
Get the 50% bonus xp boost, better than the monthly fee. You will get mad certs and then you can try out new weapons ans upgrade your class(es). And try to deploy or travel to a base about to turn, you will get certs by doing that as well, and at a pretty fast rate.
It's not a mmorpg
Explain the difference between "limited persistent world" and just "persistent world" please as the former seems more apt for gw2 than ps2.
best MMO to be released this yeat and best product to come from SOE in a very long time..
Dont listen to the OP he didnt even try to learn how to play, the game is great fun.. has a few lag issues at the moment thats for sure but SOE are on the case..
Anyway make sure your playing with other people trying to solo the entire enemy faction is not a good idea lol
"It has potential"
-Second most used phrase on existence
"It sucks"
-Most used phrase on existence
What do you mean by that? Vanu are great, hehe
Unfortunately, this has a lot more to do w/ player skill than just 'hax'. That's not to say that there aren't definite hackers in this game.
However, there are a few things to take note of:
1) Sniping people 4 or 5 teams means you aren't actually shooting them in the head/neck area (unless they are a MAX unit). Guns do have bullet drop, so chances are you aren't properly factoring that into account when aiming. If a person is out sniping you with a light assault weapon, then you are most definitely too close to them. All of the rifles you start out with on recon are meant to be used from a fairly long distance (i.e. from a mountain towards some semi-distant base). Sometimes I'm even sniping people across helixes.
2) When sneaking up behind someone, they can hear you coming. Even fully cloaked and crouch-walking you still make noise. Whenever you go into stealth and back out it makes noise. A good player is going to hear that, even if they are aiming at something else, and are going to stop to have a look around to make sure they aren't being ambushed. I've caught a few enemies this way myself.
Starting as a sniper is pretty tricky. As with BF games, a majority of what you will be doing is spotting & not sniping. There's absolutely nothing you can really do against vehicles, and at best you can pick off stragglers or players trying to use outdoor terminals. Aside from spotting, the real benefit to being an infiltrator is your ability to sneak into bases & hack terminals.
If you are playing New Conglamorate, your starting rifle (bolt action) is actually capable of 1 shotting most players if you actually hit their head. If not, you'll need to save up ~100 certs to unlock your first bolt action if you want to do good damage long range. The semi-auto rifles are still good though for belting multiple units at a distance. The bolt actions are rather slow, and if your aim is off, you're going to have a bad time.
you don't have to be an infiltrator to sniper. A light or medic with say a 4* scope attached can snipe also. The light having the advantage of being able to get into good positions but lacking the range and stealth of the infiltrator.
Good point about spotting. This is an important job for both infiltrators and lights.
I can see why people enjoy this game but for me it was not enjoyable at all.
It ran like a dog on my computer too, I am sure if I was playing on a machine that could get me 60fps while still looking decent I would enjoy it much more. The world feels a bit flat too, not physically flat but devoid of life, I don't understand why we are fighting over a planet that has nothing good on it?
It's one to come back to in the future I guess.
As for complaining about snipers, that makes me think the OP didn't even play, you need a headshot for one hit kill, many of the starter sniper rifles are not great, I'd suggest if hes getting picked off by snipers they are probably just good snipers and he needs to change is play style to avoid them.
Definitely!
I started NC, went TR then finally rolled VS. To me playing VS is Star Warsy with the Alien Tech background unless you like COD familiarity then go NC or TR.
Nice!
Holy Crap! I dont know how I missed the warpgates....
This game looks great! I thought it was all snow haha! Had a good run of luck again last night on my sniper, wedged in a crack of some rocks and using my Stealth/F-key after every shot I had @30 kills before getting zerged. Eng and Medic team mates FTW.
This game gets better and better the more that people play together. Heals, repairs, support, ground cover, air cover, heavy tanks, light infantry, I'm finding that as a team game, its really great.
I still havent bought anyhting other then a 12x scope for my nub sniper rifle. I can only imagine how much "better" I will be once I unlock some other guns. I have my sites set on the 1000sc gun...
"GW2 is the Methadone to WoWs Heroin."
Although I Don't like this game myself, and frankly this game pissed me off to no end, and thought the medic and sniper classes are serioisly flawed, there are a few points you made that are incorrect.
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First and foremost - This game is NOT a sandbox, if it was a sandbox, it would be completly open world and allow you to go anywhere you want, which it does not.
Snipers - The Inflitrator is not Over Powered. You should really spend awhile playing the classes yourself before coming up with idea's on top of your head. Because in my experiance I assumed it was overpowered as well because I was always dying from snipers. The snipers are actually very underpowered right now. At times it takes 6 - 7 shots just to down a high ranked player.
Close Combat - It is clear from a mechanical point of veiw the Long Range Combat is very poorly inplemented, however the CQB in Planetside 2 is very well done, It's even better inplemented then even the Battlefield series. This game was made for CQB combat.
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I still agree with you on everything else though. The game is catered for people who are into the Battlefield type games. I suggest trying Arma 2 it's more into player skill over who has the bigger tank.
Cheers,
-Trash
Don't take this the wrong way my friend, but EvE isn't a MMO, its a MMORPG, if you knew what a sandbox is this game isn't a sandbox by any means, and on top of that I don't think Planetside 2 requires very much learn 2 play skills. Even my 6 year old can play this game.
Cheers,
-Trash