Planetside

[SALvation]

Anyone playing this? I just got our review copy and would like to test it out with someone.

[Snip3r]

Their is a cyber cafe down the street from me and they have it installed on every machine, their giving everyone free hours so we can try it out, I didn't get to since I was too busy owning everyone in Counter Strike. But I saw the graphics and they look GREAT! I would love to try it out, and will do tommorow at the cafe.

[Sexyjess]

Originally posted by Snip3r@May 30 2003, 02:22 AM
Their is a cyber cafe down the street from me and they have it installed on every machine, their giving everyone free hours so we can try it out, I didn't get to since I was too busy owning everyone in Counter Strike. But I saw the graphics and they look GREAT! I would love to try it out, and will do tommorow at the cafe.
hehe u litle netfreak :lol: ;) :drink: :thumbs:

[EXEcution]

I dont own it but i heard it was great MMOFPS! :thumbs:

[Sirc]

Originally posted by SALvation@May 29 2003, 10:15 PM
Anyone playing this? I just got our review copy and would like to test it out with someone.
Send me a copy of your copy and I'll play it with ya. :P

[Snip3r]

Today at 5:00pm their giving everyone 4 free hours to play Planetside. I heard their are over 5000 people on one server!!! I **** myself when I heard this. But I also heard you have to use every button on the keyboard. im going their today and I'll come back and tell you guys what I thought of it.

[Burn the Witch]

i have PS. had it since release, I am one of the few European people with access to Commander Privelages :) See my PM Sal

[Sirc]

Originally posted by Snip3r@May 30 2003, 03:25 PM
Today at 5:00pm their giving everyone 4 free hours to play Planetside. I heard their are over 5000 people on one server!!! I **** myself when I heard this. But I also heard you have to use every button on the keyboard. im going their today and I'll come back and tell you guys what I thought of it.
And we never heard from him again..... :unsure:

Don't play this game! It eats you! Or, um, knowing Snip3r, it eats your babies. And your poop. And, um, other stuff. :hmmm:

[Snip3r]

LOL :lol: Actually this game sucked IMO. I sat their for 2 hours running around not knowing wtf was going on. It's basically an RPG but with a FPS perspective. I would reccomend it for anyone who likes RPG's but for everyone else, this game sucks.

[JayChyl]

lol

[Burn the Witch]

lol, you must be pretty dumb if you didnt understand Planetside, its totally FPS, with 1% RPG, and a 3 year old could understand it.


You shoot the enemy :)

[Snip3r]

Originally posted by Burn the Witch@May 31 2003, 08:33 PM
lol, you must be pretty dumb if you didnt understand Planetside, its totally FPS, with 1% RPG, and a 3 year old could understand it.


You shoot the enemy :)
Um then you might want to explain to me the whole process of going from continent from continent and having to loot and having to get into a squad and having to learn how to drive and having to learn how to hack and having to learn how to fly. Hmm...Thats a lot more than shooting people, not to include the warpgates and the Sanctioary (sp).. lol you must be a pretty smart 3 year old. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Burn the Witch]

Ship takes you to continent. Continents are just zones you fight in.

You get 1 point per level, 20 points, spend points on stats. No messing with attributes, stats , spells or anything.

You "learn" how to use a vehicle, you can use it, you drive with WASD keys. Simple.

Theres a couple of different types of armour. Simple.

This is less complex than something like Team Fortress or Counterstrike.

[SALvation]

Here is some news that I was just emailed which some of you may care about.

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Producer's Letter

Folks,

As you realize, there have been some server instabilities since launch that
require us to manually take the servers down occasionally, and which cause
occasional (but short) outages of service.

These are very close to resolved now. You may have noticed us running
"Staging" server tests occasionally over the last couple of days. That's us
testing the new and improved server code that trounces the server memory
leak (it forced us to manually cycle the servers occasionally) and fixes the
last big culprit bug that caused zones to go down occasionally (about one or
two a day across all servers).

These are big fixes that touch a lot of code, so we're being very careful
with them, but they're almost done now. In the next day or two, we should
have those issues resolved and behind us forever.

That's a very good thing. We're very much looking forward to addressing the
thousands of suggestions you folks have made, as well as finally getting to
the great new content we've already planned for you. There are lots of
fantastic things coming in the future, once we get over this speed bump.

Just a day or two left now until that's completed. SOE is very committed to
the life of PlanetSide and the dev team has been working every single day
and night since launch to fix these issues. This team is here now and will
be here for many, many months to come, so expect great things.

Dave Georgeson
Producer
PlanetSide
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Future Plans

Liberator Bomber
As the battles for the domination of Auraxis rage, new weapons and tactical
situations will continually emerge. The PlanetSide team will be adding
content and features throughout the game's life. Among the first updates
will be a new aircraft: the Liberator.

The Liberator is a bomber that carries three passengers, all with weapons
access. The pilot will position the aircraft over the intended target, with
a bombardier dropping the payload. The bombardier may choose to drop single
bombs or carpet-bomb across a small focused area. The pilot is equipped with
a forward-mounted 35mm chain-cannon. The tail-gunner mans a 20mm cannon to
defend the craft against a rear assault.

The Liberator's capability for clearing tightly grouped targets defending
chokepoints and tactical positions will bring new offensive opportunities to
the soldiers of all three Empires.


The SkyGuard
As the Liberator takes to the skies, Empire leaders have recognized the need
for an effective counter-attack vehicle. This necessity led to the
development of the SkyGuard.

The SkyGuard is a two-person Anti-Aircraft ground vehicle. The pilot lies in
the cockpit, positioned ahead of the gunner. The gunner mounts a raised 360
degree turret equipped with an anti-aircraft Flak Cannon and a 12mm machine
gun to suppress ground troops. To effectively pursue and vanquish airborne
targets, the Skyguard has been designed with a focus on speed and
maneuverability.

Air units will be wise to learn to recognize the SkyGuard and prepare for
its challenge. Commanders will recognize the advantages of keeping these
vehicles active in base defense scenarios.


Concept art for both vehicles is attached.