Planetside 2

Waterson's Redemption on Esamir is a grand infantry brawl. I've only had good fights like that in biolabs. The only thing that annoyed me was snipers. Snipers don't work so well in biolabs.

That's the beauty of PS2. So much situational class, vehicle, air, weapon choices. Some are useless in some instances and completely devestating in others.

Really loving being back in this game the last couple weeks!!

Buddy and I were talking about non-conventional tactics today. We kinda jokingly came up with the "jihad infiltrator". The other day, a squad member ran in front of me as I was tossing C4 into a doorway. I laughed as I noticed this C4 pack stuck to his back and he was running around with it. The lightbulb went off and we discussed, what is to stop a squad of people tossing a load of C4 packs onto an infiltrator, let him steath into an area of high threat / multiple targets and have someone remote detonate the martyr in glorious carnage?

Feasability? Or.. has this been figured out ages ago and I'm still just a noob?

Hah I wonder what happens if the stuck-to-player dies before the detonation. Would it fall to the ground?

Well, C4 explodes in game if you shoot it, so I imagine he would detonate if he's hit by enemy fire.

There are several videos of people sticking c4 on infiltrators where they get on a cloaked flash and roll out to blow up a tank. So it's very feasible.

Do you use keyboard+mouse? I have a cheap joystick that I use when I try to fly. Its always neat to fly with joystick. I still suck though. I usually just farm with my mutilator max. Love busting in a room looking like the koolaid man (TR) and just mowing people down.

Looks like Valkyrie comes out tomorrow. 1 forward gun, 4 rumble seats, and they tweaked up survivability and speed. Should be loads of fun.

^ updates appear to be postponed with no ETA yet

It's on their forums in announcements and game update notes... for whatever reason I can't link directly to the post without getting a 403 page?? wut

And then on reddit dcarey posted
"Sorry guys - hit a last minute issue with water not rendering properly. We aren't going to be going out tomorrow morning. I'll have more updates tomorrow on the new timeline. Not ruling out a Friday morning update if we feel confident with things."

my computer monitor went out and my back up is a 19 inch. going to wait til my new one comes, i got a benq, they are good for streetfighter. So it was a priority lol

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Yeah it dies really fast against pretty much any other aircraft. If your side is dominating the air though, it's a rather effective dropship. Saw some NC on emerald use it pretty effectively today to drop AV nests on top of mountains (At Crossroads), or to drop a load of heavies onto enemy vehicle groupings and just destroy everyone (On hossin).

Aside from that it was a valkyrie farmfest. I spent the day running around in a PPA harasser (monstrous hilarious fun solo or with a gunner), and you could taste the disappointment when a Valkyrie was decimated by a PPA. But also incredibly frightening when you have 3 valkyries chasing you with ~9 infantry ready to drop with rockets or missiles and the only thing saving you is a vehicle shield lol.

I can't see them leaving Valkyries like this, it has to be buffed somehow. A wraith cloak would be pretty neat.

I do find it funny that they *seem* to be trying to make lockons relevant again by making a vehicle which can get them closer to where air typically plays. Cause as it stands, if an airplane is low enough to be locked on, they either can tank it and not care (lib/gal), or there is plenty of shit to break the locks.

It needs stealth like the ATV and same speed as ESF

hmm... Planetside running alot smoother for anyone else after that update? Even in big battles, the game play is even better then before.

Gameplay is smooth but I swear NC players no longer take damage.