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I trialed the Phoenix and it didn't really seem like my cup of tea  I much prefer the Shrike's ability to just kill mans with reckless abandon. How does the Decimator perform in this role???
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It performs well, but its slow projectile speed and drop makes it a little difficult to reliably kill mans at range. Best for interior decorating.
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Jul 20, 2014 22:31
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The Phoenix shines more in some situations than in others. You need a safe spot to stand still for several seconds in order to use it effectively. It can turn getting farmed into a reasonable cert payout, fire through the spawn shields or from the safe side of a tower and pick off enemy Prowlers/Magriders/Turrets/Sunderers. In open field fights or big pushes, it's completely worthless because you can't stand still long enough to use it. As soon as I have a spare  (or cert equivalent) I plan to pick it up.
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Jul 20, 2014 22:37
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So you are telling me the NC Heavy Assault really just has the best kit out the gate then  Well I guess I'll have to buy something for another class then.
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Jul 20, 2014 22:37
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Get a Carnage or a Tross if you like medic, get a Cyclone if you like being a LA/Engineer/Infil. Related: The GD-7F is still good. The Cyclone is a little more flexible whereas the GD-7F is pure facefucker, but it fucks faces pretty well. Or just pick up some random other LMG to aurax so you can get a GODSAW.
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Jul 20, 2014 22:44
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Horizontal Tree posted:Two days ago I locked down on the Scarred Mesa landing pad and arced my pounder shots over the rock next to the road halfway to Red Ridge to wreck their Sundy. Pounders are stupid good. Cosmos with extended mags and just hold down both mouse buttons.
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Jul 20, 2014 23:39
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BigFatFlyingBloke posted:Cosmos with extended mags and just hold down both mouse buttons. Not even as good at this as Mutilators are. Dual Mutilator and Dual Pounder are the only setups I need on my TR MAX
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Jul 20, 2014 23:55
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I'm buying Exmags Blueshits as soon as I get resource revamp obamacerts
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Fart Car '97 posted:So you are telling me the NC Heavy Assault really just has the best kit out the gate then I'd suggest the AV Turret if you didn't enjoy the Phoenix, it's a NS item so you'll have it on every character and it's the strongest anti-tank option in the game that won't cost you resources. You really don't want to have to rely on the Crow if you need to fend off a tank zerg. (That reminds me: did you rebind your flight controls before trialing the Phoenix? Having pitch up / down on your mouse thumb buttons, plus Analog Throttle (push to set speed to minimum) somewhere on your keyboard makes a HUGE difference to the Phoenix's ability to hit stuff and curve around hills.) If you play exclusively Heavy, the crossbow is a good use of $7 (or $3.5 because it's not an urgent investment by any means). Another cross-faction item, and it goes really well with LMG deep magazines since you will hardly ever need your pistol, so by equipping detect bolts you can carry 20 ghetto recon darts instead. Speaking of deep magazines, I sunk some certs into the EM6 (because "largest magazine in the game" is a pretty intriguing selling point) and man, it's one surprisingly fun gun. Not quite the facefucker that the SAW is of course, but drat that magazine never ends, and it's also accurate as poo poo and fairly easy to control. I kind of think NC should have had this one as the started LMG and the Anchor as the 100-cert option, as it would have mirrored the TR's selection in a pleasantly symmetrical way across all classes (with 600/167 being the NC equivalent of 750/143). Then again, if SOE went that way the SAW might have been a 1000-cert gun, so I'll count myself lucky they strayed from the pattern.
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The EM6 is a lot more forgiving of a gun for newer/less  players than the SAW tends to be, but they probably would have made the SAW 1000 certs and nobody would ever use it.Edit: I didn't know the Phoenix had an adjustable throttle. Sweet! hailthefish fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Jul 21, 2014 |
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Jul 21, 2014 00:14
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Anchor and Bull are on sale 
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Jul 21, 2014 00:25
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If you're on the fence about the Anchor, buy it. It's like a GD-22S on steroids.
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Jul 21, 2014 00:27
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Horizontal Tree posted:I'm buying Exmags Blueshits as soon as I get resource revamp obamacerts That's what I use when fighting out in open bases, Cosmos are better for room holds because you can hit poo poo directly above you when facing forward.
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Jul 21, 2014 00:47
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Horizontal Tree posted:Anchor and Bull are on sale I got the Bull today and I already got a silver medal on it. Thing's like a Cycler TRV with more bullets. It rules.
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Jul 21, 2014 01:25
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NihilCredo posted:(That reminds me: did you rebind your flight controls before trialing the Phoenix? Having pitch up / down on your mouse thumb buttons, plus Analog Throttle (push to set speed to minimum) somewhere on your keyboard makes a HUGE difference to the Phoenix's ability to hit stuff and curve around hills.) This can't be quoted enough. It really does turn the Phoenix into something amazing.
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Jul 21, 2014 01:31
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I'd love to try it that way but gently caress the trial system in PS2. If you are still reading this Higby  There are a million loving things to potentially try out, I'd be more likely to buy something if I didn't have to plan my trials days in advance. It's stupid.
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Jul 21, 2014 01:38
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SRM posted:I got the Bull today and I already got a silver medal on it. Thing's like a Cycler TRV with more bullets. It rules. That is a terrible, inaccurate comparison, but I'm happy you like it!
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Jul 21, 2014 01:53
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Oh god, almost done with the Solstice Aurax... it's such a boring gun. It's not technically bad, it's just so, so underwhelming. I'll be glad when it's gone. Meanwhile, more fights at Fallbridge Chemical, please. I love that base.
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Jul 21, 2014 02:01
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Horizontal Tree posted:That is a terrible, inaccurate comparison, but I'm happy you like it! It's a closer range LMG with a high fire rate and a lot of damage per bullet, seems pretty apt to me!
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Jul 21, 2014 02:01
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SRM posted:It's a closer range LMG with a high fire rate and a lot of damage per bullet, seems pretty apt to me!
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Jul 21, 2014 02:11
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I started playing this last week because my friend wanted to play something with me but he doesn't like Natural Selection 2. It seems like this game is all about piling more people than the other team into a zone and surrounding it with a million tanks so you can cap it. Is there like any actual strategy to this game?
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Jul 21, 2014 02:15
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Stele007 posted:I started playing this last week because my friend wanted to play something with me but he doesn't like Natural Selection 2. It seems like this game is all about piling more people than the other team into a zone and surrounding it with a million tanks so you can cap it. Is there like any actual strategy to this game? There is a little bit of Grand Strategy that wins alerts, but honestly no nothing you can personally strategize about. Do your best to kill more of the enemy than the enemy kills of you and you've done your part to win the base.
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Jul 21, 2014 02:21
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Stele007 posted:I started playing this last week because my friend wanted to play something with me but he doesn't like Natural Selection 2. It seems like this game is all about piling more people than the other team into a zone and surrounding it with a million tanks so you can cap it. Is there like any actual strategy to this game? If you are just playing alone, there is very little you can hope to accomplish strategically. With a larger group you can do a lot more. There are diminishing returns with group size though. Of course when you are just a couple dudes all actions appear like "more bodies" is the solution to everything. Basically join an outfit.
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1250 certs in 3 hours, https://www.planetside2.com/players/#!/5428041429994150369/killboard I LOVE YOU BIO LABS. I have 15 more kills till i aurax my cosmos then its dual blueshifts+exmags. I was running at 100k SPM hahaha woulda been higher but people were bitching about farming NC at a bio lab?
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Jul 21, 2014 02:49
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Oh, hello Hacksaw on my MAX with ex mags. We should be the best of friends!
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- What good is C4 for a Medic? I get near Sundy's fairly often thanks to playing fast and loose, but you don't get enough C4 to kill them. If I go near vehicle zergs I get shot, and I'm also not healing. I suppose I could use them against MAXes, but I'm generally around a blob of people who should be shooting that MAX anyways. I'm finding it really hard to justify C4 purchases with the upcoming Nanite changes, especially since I plan to pull Sundy's/Revive grenades at a fairly consistent rate. Want to see if there is a good reason to grab them that I'm not thinking of, or is it just "in the past you'd have enough resources for them, why not just in case." - What's the go to optics for the Tross? I'm not a fan of NV, so trying to decide between 1x or 2x. - What's the current math on pistols? Standard NC pistol feels fine, but I generally like the Rebel more for what I generally use sidearms for ( last 1-2 shots ). Commissioner looks like a straight upgrade as long as I only need to hit them 1-2 times, and I know a few goons recommended it earlier. Really indecisive on whether or not I should throw 100 certs at my Rebel for the increased hipfire accuracy, or just wait for the next Steam sale when I buy a Commissioner for $2.
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VS you've gotta get your ducks in a row. Had world pop or tied with NC most of the night but near warpgated on all but one cont (and on all conts where the pop is locked), then you guys give away Hvar to the TR almost uncontested to push Tawrich, but then never even get the gens down there. So no more Magriders! As funny as that was to see happen, it's not like you guys and probably TKing DaPP is the solution hereRookersh posted:- What good is C4 for a Medic? I get near Sundy's fairly often thanks to playing fast and loose, but you don't get enough C4 to kill them. If I go near vehicle zergs I get shot, and I'm also not healing. I suppose I could use them against MAXes, but I'm generally around a blob of people who should be shooting that MAX anyways. I'm finding it really hard to justify C4 purchases with the upcoming Nanite changes, especially since I plan to pull Sundy's/Revive grenades at a fairly consistent rate. Want to see if there is a good reason to grab them that I'm not thinking of, or is it just "in the past you'd have enough resources for them, why not just in case." C4 for a medic is primarily about killing MAXes and groups of infantry. It's nice, but unquestionably second to revive nades. No reason to not run a brick but if you didn't want you, you could use medkits and the shield dong I like 2x or irons for the Tross The Rebel is the best sidearm in the game. More versatile than the Commish and has 4 more rounds and a much quicker reload Epic High Five fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Jul 21, 2014 |
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The NC were amazingly on the ball today, as were the TR. Two huge, highly organized platoons zerging air, vehicles and spanking every lancer nest that tried to get settled in, and similarly with the NC who kept pushing aggressively. TR got hung up at Allatum for a while though, and then everyone kinda.. focused on Hossin? Whatever though. #CertsForAll Tawrich was a wash because the platoon there wasn't very organized and fulla pubbies who would get lazy when the first few minutes were silence, and then a wall of NC shotguns and manguards blew us down to the point that the platoon lead considered leaving Indar lol. Still fun and it was a mega bummer when he decided to run off Indar. Fighting retreats are still a good flow of certs!
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Epic High Five posted:VS you've gotta get your ducks in a row. Had world pop or tied with NC most of the night but near warpgated on all but one cont (and on all conts where the pop is locked), then you guys give away Hvar to the TR almost uncontested to push Tawrich, but then never even get the gens down there. So no more Magriders! As funny as that was to see happen, it's not like you guys and probably TKing DaPP is the solution here Honestly? Today we basically had a resolution to camp as many biolabs as possible to farm the gently caress out of everyone.
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Epic High Five posted:VS you've gotta get your ducks in a row. Had world pop or tied with NC most of the night but near warpgated on all but one cont (and on all conts where the pop is locked), then you guys give away Hvar to the TR almost uncontested to push Tawrich, but then never even get the gens down there. So no more Magriders Magriders don't make much of a difference? I can count on one hand the number of GOKU magriders I saw this evening. Mostly because you can't pull armor into a biolab  edit: I wasn't there for acan, that sounds like it sucked. Murdering birgirpall's horrible pubsquad was good.
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Camping biolabs is only fun when people show up to get farmed, though, which unfortunately didn't happen during the hour and a half I was on tonight at Acan.
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Stele007 posted:I started playing this last week because my friend wanted to play something with me but he doesn't like Natural Selection 2. It seems like this game is all about piling more people than the other team into a zone and surrounding it with a million tanks so you can cap it. Is there like any actual strategy to this game? Was it just the two of you or did you play with an outfit? If the former, then yea the game is all about who has the most pop in a given hex. If the latter then there is a great deal of strategic depth. It just doesn't show up until a full squad minimum and really gets rolling around 3. I highly recommend checking out [goon] and [goku] and playing a few evenings in an organized group. I can't speak for [goon] but [goku] allows members to invite IRL friends they vouch for. Just post in the pgs thread and hop in mumble for an invite. If you like shooters this is the most fun you can have killing nerds in space. The initial learning curve is near vertical so you wont have a real feeling for what's going on for at least a few days.
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Higby posted:the Aurax carbines get automatic soft point ammo, laser sight & underbarrel shotgun The Mercenary Prime or whatever is going to be, uh, pretty goddamn great with those attachments honda whisperer posted:Was it just the two of you or did you play with an outfit? If the former, then yea the game is all about who has the most pop in a given hex. If the latter then there is a great deal of strategic depth. It just doesn't show up until a full squad minimum and really gets rolling around 3. I highly recommend checking out [goon] and [goku] and playing a few evenings in an organized group. I can't speak for [goon] but [goku] allows members to invite IRL friends they vouch for. Just post in the pgs thread and hop in mumble for an invite. Official policy in GOON is pretty lax - no shitlords, and it helps if you know someone in already. I find things run better when you make them earn an ejection rather than an entrance, at least in PS2 This post is solid gold btw, it's a different game in outfits. I recommend you join us or at least a non-poo poo public platoon. On the NC side I recommend, if not GOON, VCO and PotP generally, or even one of GOON's public squads. Not sure about good VS open squads.
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pakman posted:Camping biolabs is only fun when people show up to get farmed, though, which unfortunately didn't happen during the hour and a half I was on tonight at Acan. I killed over 400 people in 3 hours how were you not getting any kills? I was so burned out from those bio labs. Epic High Five posted:The Mercenary Prime or whatever is going to be, uh, pretty goddamn great with those attachments Ugh a loving solstice with UBS? jesus i just remembered how loving awful the solstice was haha welp guess that 5th carbine aurax doesn't need to be prioritized.... poo poo same with ARs hahahaha. Arghy fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Jul 21, 2014 |
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Arghy posted:I killed over 400 people in 3 hours how were you not getting any kills? I guess i showed up at the end vOv. That and I was playing LA jumping around on the roofs and got only a few kills. Speaking of playing LA what attachments should I be using on the Zenith? I just auraxed the Pulsar C and need a new fun to work on.
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What do y'all recommend as far as flak armor/nanoweave/bandoliers go? I'm thinking that LA and HA should go for nano weave so that we're better "basic" troopers but I don't know.
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WHAT A GOOD DOG posted:What do y'all recommend as far as flak armor/nanoweave/bandoliers go? I'm thinking that LA and HA should go for nano weave so that we're better "basic" troopers but I don't know. Grenade bandolier is by far the best suit slot on every class. Otherwise, I'm very fond of advanced shield capacitor for eliminating downtime.
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Gobblecoque posted:Grenade bandolier is by far the best suit slot on every class. Otherwise, I'm very fond of advanced shield capacitor for eliminating downtime. I like ammo belt on LA, but other than that, yeah. Throw grenades everywhere everytime for every reason
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pakman posted:Speaking of playing LA what attachments should I be using on the Zenith? I just auraxed the Pulsar C and need a new fun to work on. I personally would recommend a 1x or 2x dot and at least the Advanced Foregrip. Barrel to taste. The whole point of the gun is to ADS, and it's got some pretty rough jitter without the grip.
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