Planetside 2 - FHC to go Vanu on EU Miller

[GiDiYi]

So I don't know about your plans for the weekend, but I sure as hell know what I'll do.

[Jack bubu]

Is there anywhere a proper explanation on how the spawn mechanics work?
As in what determines where i can spawn, it seems fairly random to me at times

[XenosisReaper]

Gief beta key

[Ampoliros]

not that it matters much to anyone here, you flagrant NDA violators you, but https://twitter.com/PS_TRay/status/241553050471383040

@planetside2 good news planetsiders.. The NDA has been lifted. Talk amongst yourselves

[Ampoliros]

Is there anywhere a proper explanation on how the spawn mechanics work?
As in what determines where i can spawn, it seems fairly random to me at times

Seems to be:

closest friendly facility with an active medical terminal
warpgate
any active galaxies/sunderers within a certain range, i think.

facilities can have their medical terminals destroyed by shooting a big green computer (spawn control unit) which is located at various locations throughout the base. Zurvan has one in the building next to the main spawn room, i know some of the bio labs have it right outside the main teleporter area

[Skidrowpunk]

1.2 GB patch with lots of changes yay \o/

Should only take me about 5 hours to install it /o\

[Idara]

Anyone post the changes from the beta forum?

Too lazy to sign in again since there's no option to remain signed in.

[Badboy K]

i posted 1 page back

[Idara]

Ah.

Figured it was another patch that had come out today.

[FatFreddy]

planetside 2 live from pax right now

http://de.twitch.tv/twitch

[Ampoliros]

Ah.

Figured it was another patch that had come out today.

it was, didn't do much though

The server has been hotfixed to address a few outstanding issues:

Flare Countermeasure certifications should now be available for use.
Unusually thick fog should no longer hinder visibility
The in game support system should now available.

[Dogbeast]

So here is a rather basic question:

Is there a way you can have a different character name in PS2 other than your SOE station name?

I'm using my old PS1 account and it's under my old name which is pretty terrible tbh.

Edit: Nevermind...just installed and figured it out.

[Trindermon]

So here is a rather basic question:
Is there a way you can have a different character name in PS2 other than your SOE station name?
I'm using my old PS1 account and it's under my old name which is pretty terrible tbh.
Edit: Nevermind...just installed and figured it out.

hehe, I wasnt sure what you were asking anyhow, i was just thinking, login, roll Char and call it what you want (Just like PS1)? /grin

[Jack bubu]

Is there a mechanic ingame that lets you disable the enemies shield of the warpgate?
Because that just happened and there was one sniper dude spawning over and over again in our warpgate

[Jon.J]

Only just now did I realise I could buy different weapons in the store, I thought it was real money cosmetic items only for some reason. Doesn't make a bit of difference however, no where near enough auxrais [or whatever the blue resource is called] to buy anything. Bought my first certificates as well, got C4 for the light assault and decreased galaxy spawn time - no idea if they were worth it or not.

Currently AFK to get up credits, to buy shiny stuff.

[Badboy K]

Currently AFK to get up credits, to buy shiny stuff.

do tell more?

[Jon.J]

Currently AFK to get up credits, to buy shiny stuff.

do tell more?

I'm just sitting in warpspawn and watching my aurxium certification points steadily increase - no special technique required.

[Jack bubu]

Currently AFK to get up credits, to buy shiny stuff.

do tell more?

To unlock weapons you need the blue ressource, which gathers over time when you are logged in (doesnt matter if you do anything, just let your team capture the points and get the ressource)

also given how insanly high the costs are to unlock something 8-12K and you get probably 30 on average each tick (how long is a tick? 10 minutes?)

so, login -> minize game to put less load on computer -> go to work -> profit.

also thats a pretty retarded mechanic and they should change it, it will end up with everyside having a ton of idlers and the server probably being full because of it.

[Ampoliros]

tick is 5min afaik. Considering you're getting 30auraxium per tick on average, 360 auraxium/hr.

you also gain auraxium by gaining xp near bases (zurvan, allatum etc), every 25 xp nets you 1 auraxium.

[sand]

How are you guys just minimizing it? I always get kicked out of the game for being inactive...(or are you saying you don't spawn?)