Questions anybody?

[Lonehunter]

Does anybody have any questions dealing with Planetside? Like game play questions? Tonight I'm going to do a number of experiments to determine different things. Exmple, does a MAX standing directly over a boomer die when it goes off? I'll be testing the effects of Jammers, on equipment. How many grenades it takes to kill someone? How far you can walk under water in each armor? What happens when you drop an ATV on top of a tower? Can a boomer be detonated when you are on a defferent continent? You get my point, if you have any questions, please tell me now. If I can do them tonight I'll give you an answer tomarrow. :D

[Fire_Monkey]

cool...seems like someone got bored ;)

[Lonehunter]

No it just seems that every body in my outfit will ask some kind of question that nobody knows, I've taken the liberty of writing them down and tonight I'm gonna test some things that have been on my mind as well. It shouldn't take long, well. I dont know how long it'll take.

[ViperGTS]

:eek:

[Lonehunter]

What do'ya mean " :eek: " ?

[Lonehunter]

Well I just got home from work so I'm gonna get on the world of Auraxis shortly, I'll wait 5 minutes for more questions.

[Endless]

I think he put the ":eek: " because he is stalking you. He will post in every one of your threads to include his sig of that fake promise.

[Smaug]

He stole [Nu]'s glory.

[321]

I wanna help you test out the stuff only I'm NC on Emerald

[Skullhead]

if you make a smiley face composed of 20 boomers and put any empire tank on it and then you threw a jammer grenade on it. Would the tank blow up in a happy manner?

[JF-Wolf]

How many sniper shots with the Bolt driver does it take to destroy a Lightning?

That should keep you busy.

[Jagd]

I wanna know how many AMP, Repeater, Scatterpistol and whatever the Vanu handgun is shots it takes to kill a Galaxy. And no cutting corners, I need the values for each specific handgun. Thx.

[MrCovertMan]

how much wood would a vanu chuck if a vanu could chuck wood

[Eliaas_Demens]

Skullhead's sig is gonna get nerfed. :rolleyes:

[noxious]

Originally posted by Jagd
I wanna know how many AMP, Repeater, Scatterpistol and whatever the Vanu handgun is shots it takes to kill a Galaxy. And no cutting corners, I need the values for each specific handgun. Thx.

They don;t hurt it, at least not with non-ap rounds. Sometimes when I'm bored I get a pulsar and shoot at galaxies to get my teammates to TK me. It's hillarious. THey think you're actually hurting it I guess.

[Sleepwalker]

exactly how much damage does a terran republic knife do, both on and off, with both melee booster and without.
that'll help me kill things!

[Lonehunter]

I'm back. Since all those ideas where not useful. I did my own. Here a a couple. Some people thought hitting a skeeter with a jammer will disable it's adv radar abilty, nope. If a MAX stands DIRECTLY over a boomer when it goes off it will loose 400 armor points. This proves that a boomer can NOT kill a fully armored MAX.

Edit: Sleepwalker I'll do that tomarrow :)

[Sleepwalker]

thank you sah.

[Lonehunter]

Infact, if anybody ever has any questions, post them here. I'll be glad to find out for you if I don't all ready know. :D

[Flammey]

How many shots from a Tower or base gun does it take to kill a soldier? Each armor type too. Not MAX's

[Lonehunter]

Good one ;)

[Caspertoo]

Hey cifer you got any room in your squad?

Well you did say any questions lol

[Paingiver]

Where do you find the screenshots that you take in game?

[ViperGTS]

Try and find out how far the bolt driver shot will really travel before dissapearing....

[noxious]

Originally posted by Vipergts1587
Try and find out how far the bolt driver shot will really travel before dissapearing....

lol I like this one... find a really flat area, line up a few hundred soldiers, and then fire from one end of the continent and see if it makes it to the other end.

[ViperGTS]

Originally posted by noxious
lol I like this one... find a really flat area, line up a few hundred soldiers, and then fire from one end of the continent and see if it makes it to the other end.
:D

[Lonehunter]

Originally posted by Paingiver
Where do you find the screenshots that you take in game?
Hard drive, Program Files, Sony, Planetside, scroll down to find your screenies :D

Originally posted by Vipergts1587
Try and find out how far the bolt driver shot will really travel before dissapearing....

lol I like this one... find a really flat area, line up a few hundred soldiers, and then fire from one end of the continent and see if it makes it to the other end.
:lol: I like this, one day I'll see if I can get my outfit to do this. Don't expect an answer any time soon though.

[ViperGTS]

I like this, one day I'll see if I can get my outfit to do this. Don't expect an answer any time soon though.

:(

[Lonehunter]

It would be hard to get everybody to cooperate, I'm not the outfit leader.

[Snoob]

how many lightning shells does it take to kill a vanguard / prowler / magrider also... How many how many direct shots does it take to kill a vanguard with prowler (if you can manage all that - i'd be greatful if i knew the numbers)

[Lonehunter]

Originally posted by Caspertoo
Hey cifer you got any room in your squad?

Well you did say any questions lol
Yeah hold on let me send you an invite :D

[Snoob]

oh heres one i'd love to know. how many reaver missles does it take to kill an ams

[noxious]

Originally posted by Snoob
oh heres one i'd love to know. how many reaver missles does it take to kill an ams

I second this one. With all the questions about weapons killing armor and what not, why not just find the weapons damage values and armor values of the vehicles in question. It seems this would almost be easier.

[Lonehunter]

Originally posted by Snoob
oh heres one i'd love to know. how many reaver missles does it take to kill an ams
I'll think about it, helping an AOD member? :ugh: We'll see. :)

Edit: I'll do it for you noxious :thumbsup:

[STEALTHKILLER]

Originally posted by Vipergts1587
Try and find out how far the bolt driver shot will really travel before dissapearing....
:vssucks: :trsucks: :ncrocks:
this is my answer:

Originally posted by dscytherulez
ummm...LOOK AT THE BUNNY EVERYONE!!! ITS GOT A PANCAKE ON ITS HEAD!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/forumfun/misc15.jpg

:rofl: that one gets me every time...

this quote takin my thread intiled:
http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13448

[STEALTHKILLER]

:vssucks: :trsucks: :ncrocks:
my question is are the vs relly the craziy bitches like the instruction manuel says they are. (see thread in above post)

[Lonehunter]

I agree with what Doppler said on that subject. Anybody else? Questions?

[Snoob]

hey not all of us AOD guys are bad :D i just joined 2 weeks ago anyway, was looking for a better ran outfit.

Another - How many MCG bullets does it take to kill a max with soft ammo AND AP?

[Lonehunter]

Point taken Snoob :thumbsup: If your looking for a better outfit you should have just said so :rolleyes:

Outfit Info for Digital Marines
(http://www.planetside-universe.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12025)

[Snoob]

hmm..... i'll have to give it some thought. i'll tell you next time i'm on though.

[Lonehunter]

Logging on now, Answers tomarrow :D

[Flammey]

Originally posted by STEALTHKILLER
my question is are the vs relly the craziy bitches like the instruction manuel says they are. (see thread in above post)

The answer is yes. You've obviously never seen me run around Amerish with a bottle of whiskey and a pistol on my hands.

Origionally posted by Lodehunter187 can a boomer be detonated when you are on a defferent continent?

And no, a Boomer can't be detonated from another continent. When you CE stuff, then leave the continent, all that stuff becomes neutral.


Flammey - Emerald

[Sleepwalker]

new question: am i gonna get an answer to my knife question?

[Katanaboy]

Originally posted by Flammey
The answer is yes. You've obviously never seen me run around Amerish with a bottle of whiskey and a pistol on my hands.



And no, a Boomer can't be detonated from another continent. When you CE stuff, then leave the continent, all that stuff becomes neutral.


Flammey - Emerald
So that explains why i sometimes see white lettered mines and spitfires killing people.

[STEALTHKILLER]

Originally posted by Lonehunter187
I agree with what Doppler said on that subject. Anybody else? Questions?
the time machine wont work but i do have a question. if u loot courpse and only get the heavy asaullt wepons, how many do u have 2 loot before your locker fills up?

edit: sorry for the typing i was in a rush

[JetRaiden]

alot. I have a locker full of repeaters and cyclers. maybe about 10 of each.

[STEALTHKILLER]

i said only heavy assult wepons.

[noxious]

Lonehunter187 -

If you do infact compile a list of armor or weapon damage information I'd be very interested in it. I've been contemplating over the last few weeks on starting a website that would have all of this data readily avaliable. In addition, I was thinking CEP and BEP information, as well as a run down of EXACTLY how the capture exp system works (and other grey areas (i.e. what is the fastest way to drain NTU, etc). Basically just the things that everyone wants to know, and yet, I've found no readily avaliable source.

And to everyone, if you've got any sources where any of the said information could be found, let me know, I'd be very happy to know about it :)

[Katanaboy]

Originally posted by STEALTHKILLER
the time machine wont work but i do have a question. if u loot courpse and only get the heavy asaullt wepons, how many do u have 2 loot before your locker fills up?

edit: sorry for the typing i was in a rush
All the HA weapons are the same size. So just grab a bunch of jackhammers (i know you have that cert) and fill it up. Not that hard.

[STEALTHKILLER]

:vssucks: :trsucks: :ncrocks:
i DONT have ha. and lonehunter. i have a book that shows the threshold value for each armor and vechical the amount of damage each wepon does from the start of the game. the lib and skyguard isnt in it, but it has everything from the launch of the game. it has the lashers original damage value. u can buy the book at eb games for 20 bucks

[WritheNC]

I've been using a Phoenix since BR7.

Some guy in one of my squads the other day told me it sucks, and it takes 12 Phoenix missiles to kill a max. Test that out and make sure I'm right please.

:o

[Madcow]

Originally posted by WritheNC
I've been using a Phoenix since BR7.

Some guy in one of my squads the other day told me it sucks, and it takes 12 Phoenix missiles to kill a max. Test that out and make sure I'm right please.

:o

:huh:

It hits harder than the Striker and it takes 4 Strikers for a fully healthy MAX other than NC which take 5 with the shield. Your answer is either 3 or 4 Phoenix's.

[Lonehunter]

Originally posted by Sleepwalker
new question: am i gonna get an answer to my knife question?
Yes

Originally posted by WritheNC
...it takes 12 Phoenix missiles to kill a max. Test that out...
I'll give it a try

Sorry for the delay guys, I had an Alliance meeting, some other Alliance things, I just didn't have time to do any real testing. I did find out one thing that most of you probably know, 2 Bolt driver shots will kill any foot soldier (not including MAXs). Also, if you see a Jackhammer, run the fuck away. It's secondary fire mode will kill any reinforced exo, with full health and armor, within 5 meters. Anyway the servers are goin down in a hour 1/2 and I have things to do. I'll try to test some before the downtime but we'll see. :thumbsup:

[ViperGTS]

I have a good one. How long does it take to run across all of the contenits...:D

[Queensidecastle]

"It hits harder than the Striker and it takes 4 Strikers for a fully healthy MAX other than NC which take 5 with the shield."

I just wanted to dispel the notion that you need 4 strikers to kill a MAX. Actually since 3 strikers strips all the armor off a MAX only leaving his health bar, you can switch to any other type of weapon for a quick kill instead of wasting a striker shot and having to wait for the reload timer.

If you however want to waste a striker shot and wait for the reload then yes, the striker does take 4 to kill a fresh MAX. However, when I had the AV cert I noticed that I could kill a MAX in 3 shots the vast majority of the time, simply because MAXs cant usually ever get to the battle not having taken any damage


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[Madcow]

It's not dispelling a notion. It does take 4 Strikers to kill a MAX, unless they've taken previous damage. Of course you can use a different weapon to finish them off, but couldn't you do that with any weapons argument? You don't hear how many Lasher shots it takes to destroy a MAX and have somebody say "Well, actually it's only 24 shots to remove the armor and then you can finish them off with something else." That becomes a different argument altogether. I could fire 1 Repeater round into a MAX and then fire 4 Strikers at it, killing it. Does that mean it only takes 1 Repeater shot to kill a MAX?

[Lonehunter]

Originally posted by Lonehunter187
...the servers are goin down in a hour 1/2 and I have things to do...

Yeah I'm a dumbass, I got the time wrong. So when are the servers going down? If they haven't all ready.

[Vowels]

I've got a question for you to figure out, Lonehunter...how many vehicles would have to drop on an AMS from a Gal to kill it? You'd be surprised how often this has actually come up.

[Queensidecastle]

Madcow: the reason the distinction is important is to show that:

A) The striker is a much quicker killer than people like to admit by using this method. In practice you basically can drop MAXs with 1 clip most of the time and I find it extremely annoying when people just cant admit it
B) Why be a dumbass and wait for a long reload wasting ammo from limited pack space when you dont have to?

The reason no one cares how many shots it takes a lasher to kill a MAX with is that it doesnt lock, have ammo that takes up your whole inventory, and a superlong reload timer. Conservation of ammo and not wasting shots when using AV actually matters because of the limited pack space

[Madcow]

Originally posted by Queensidecastle
B) Why be a dumbass and wait for a long reload wasting ammo from limited pack space when you dont have to?


I hit the 'R' as soon as the 3rd rocket has left the Striker. More often than not I'm using the Striker in open areas against MAXs where there is some distance between us (seems a wee bit safer that way). As I have to leave the Striker out in order to retain lock anyhow, my 3rd rocket is normally hitting as the reload is completing. So I fire one more. Far easier than closing the distance on an anti infantry MAX to try and beat him up with a Cycler. Plus my standard Striker loadout has 15 shots. I don't bother with much conservation.

[noxious]

15 is not very much. When I use any AV gun (I'm playin VS primairly now, so Lancer is what I'm using, but I spent a lot of time with the Stryker as well) ammo is always something to conserve. For example, if a max takes more than one lancer clip, it isn't worth it. You can only kill four fully armored maxes with the lancer using the most common loadout (3 AV boxes, 4 primary weapon boxes, 3 health kits) assuming you don't miss any shots (which contrary to popular notion, isn't extremely diffucult except at very long ranges). With the Stryker, You don't even get four maxes using the most common loadout. So of course people are going to look for the most effective way to expend their AV ammo. Because, unless you die a lot, it's easy to expend even 15 stryker rounds on hard targets before you end up dieing.

[smccord313]

What happens when you drop an ATV on top of a tower?

I can answer that one for you lonehunter, it deconstructs. I accidentally did this when I dropped out of the galaxy in my basilisk, aiming for the ground and accidentally hit the top of the tower. This was back when i first started playing so I wasn't too good at hot-dropping. I would have loved to run over some of those snipers sitting on top of it with my ATV, but it didn't happen. :(

[Paingiver]

strange, cuz when i hotdropped with my harraser i could still drive around on top of tower, but couldnt get off the tower because of the rails.