For the CR5's on here

[Laeritides]

How long did it take you to get to CR5?

[Black]

i asked this to a CR5 it she said it took at least 2 months or so. But they have to be fairly decent hacks and if u play 24/7 non stop (with bathroom breaks) im guessing 3 weeks if u are cr4

[Laeritides]

wow!! I am just getting started on on CR3. It is going to be a while before I get that. I don't play that much. Maybe 10 hours a week. Sometimes more.

[Black]

3 months for u :p im currently working on my CR3 to cr4 and its taking a long enough time for me to get there but then again im rarely the squad leader cause im helping ppl get to cr5

[BDMJ]

It took me about 2.5 months to go from cr0 to cr5. I had alot of time on my hands though ;)

[Hamma]

It takes too long.

[Laeritides]

After a base is hacked and secure, do you have to sit around and wait on the hack to get your CE?

[DAKOTA]

2 months from cr0 to cr5. had a lot of good base caps in the begining.

[TeraHertz]

I don't think anyone should be trying to get CRs without first being BR18 or over. (preferably BR20)

[Veteran]

I've been a cr2 for months. If you're not aggressive and you don't demand to be SL all the time, you can forget about cr5 in fewer than about 8 months, maybe more. OS is such fun, and yet so few people can use it. I think everyone should get an OS every 24 hours, and every 12 hours for cr1, 6 hours for cr2, 4 hours for cr3, 3 hours for cr4 and 2 hours for cr5. Would be beautiful.

edit: since cr0 can't wield a CUD, it would be a function of the Laze Pointer. In my dreams only though.

[aiwest420]

Well, took me a while since i played ALOT of alt chars.

CR0-4 took about 3 months from leading squads every once in a while.
CR4-5 took 2 months from leading a squad 3+ hours every day. I could've done it in 3 weeks if i lead squads all day and only played that char ;)


Currently working on CR5 on my VS/werner char, cr2.5 atm from leading a squad a few hrs a day.

[Laeritides]

I don't think anyone should be trying to get CRs without first being BR18 or over. (preferably BR20)

Why should someone wait to work on there CR?

[sutserikeru]

Why should someone wait to work on there CR?
cuz if you dont have experiance in the feilds, then you shouldnt be leading people...

[delta]

It took me about 2 and a half weeks from CR0 to CR5.

[Laeritides]

cuz if you dont have experiance in the feilds, then you shouldnt be leading people...

I do think that exp is a great assets. By working on your CR no matter what your BR you will gain great in the field exp. Besides when you look at the over all picture of this game basic strategies work best. It is just getting ppl to follow those strategies and that has nothing to do with your BR.

I do see your point that a person should have lots of game time before trying to blindly direct other as to what to do. That way they know what the basic strategies are.

[TeraHertz]

cuz if you dont have experiance in the feilds, then you shouldnt be leading people...

Precisley.
And yes, I know it may seem hipcritical of me to say that since I'm CR1, but I became squad leader by default when the actual SL crashed out. No-one else wanted the position, and after 3 or 4 3000 point hacks I hit CR1. Shortly after the SL returned and I relinquished command.

[Rarzo]

I would only want to be a high CR because of the Orbital Strike. I think its ok to be CR1 or 2 at a low level. You dont really lead people that often...

[NoSurrender]

im currently trying to get Cr4 and onto cr5 but it will be awile since im helping people get to cr5. im cr3 atm and have 1 and a 1/2 boxes ful.

[Jagd]

Most players should at least try and get to CR1 sometime in the middle of their careers, so that in a pinch they can get a squad going and at least drop some waypoints.

[VashTheStamped]

i dont even WANT to know how many hours ive wasted getting CR5 :(

but it was worth it :)

[Firefly]

cuz if you dont have experiance in the feilds, then you shouldnt be leading people...
I'm sort of well-known for my flagrant, obnoxious disregard, distaste, and disrespect for CR5s. So when I see this comment, it makes me laugh.

Because there are CR5s who shouldn't be leading *DESPITE* having "experience in the fields".

I'll put it to you this way. It isn't penis envy. I have little aspirations of leading a squad to glory for as much as I would have to [lead] in order to earn CR5. I suppose had I not spent some time on a combat deployment, I might actually be there. If I even cared, which I can't remember having done so.

But the fact of the matter is, to me- being CR5 means absolute-zero. It means you can use Global and call down super-dooper neatoh orbital strikes. Yay. Does it make you a Planetside God for your empire? Nope. And don't expect me to pay any attention to it, either.

In real life, I am the same way. Just because some assclown is wearing sergeant's stripes... or carrying a lieutenant's bar on their shoulder... does NOT make them a leader, it does NOT make them special, and they are NOT God's gift to the service. It does mean that I have to respect the rank and the duty position, but that's about it- and ONLY because I would face disciplinary action for disrespecting it. IE, fear of the law creating law-abiding citizens. In game, none of those jackasses sign my paycheck so "Meh..."

I define a leader as someone who can motivate (not order, pull rank, or "request") people to accomplish a mission or complete an objective or task. I define a leader as someone who gets the job done because he or she can convince people that it's a good idea. I define a GOOD leader as someone who is right there on the front lines with their troops, taking rounds and being in danger (virtual of course) just like the ground-pounders. That same GOOD leader is also leading by example, not by Global Chat and Waypoints. That same GOOD leader sets the example, so that his troops and all around him are inspired and motivated. And since the CR5s I despise I have PERSONALLY seen holed up in a bunker outside a friendly base, that further reinforces my belief that most of these armchair generals couldn't lead an army of braindead lemmings.

Then there's the subconscious reason that I think I just realized: have any of these dudes done this for real? Can they measure up with the GOOD leaders that I know personally?

[ghost018]

The game came out on May 20th I think, right? I got CR5 sometime late June, so about a month. Both CR1 and CR2 took me a day to get, CR3 took three more, and CR4 took a week. Four to five took about three weeks.

ghost

[BDMJ]

As much as I dislike some of your other posts firefly, you make some good points in this one. Most notably:

I define a leader as someone who can motivate (not order, pull rank, or "request") people to accomplish a mission or complete an objective or task. I define a leader as someone who gets the job done because he or she can convince people that it's a good idea.

A good definition of a leader. Someone who just tosses orders around is just an idiot with a megaphone. Having the "right" order and getting someone to do it are two very different things. I have to defend the cr5s a bit too though. After a continental broadcast, if you expect to answer all the tells you recieve then you will be out of the fighting for some time. Motivation is easier if you respond to people individually, so answering the tells is necessary. A bunker outside of a friendly base is a good spot to do that so the tells are quickly answered, and you can re-enter the fight.

[Veteran]

PlanetSide is a game, obviously, and a lot of rules regarding real-life command don't apply.

In real life,

1: Everyone in the squad woke up at the same time, or has been awake equally way too long. In PlanetSide, some people are fresh and rearing to go, some people have been playing for six hours, and some should have gone to bed six hours ago. A good commander knows that you can't set the energy level too high without stressing a good chunk of your squad.

2: In real life, you can put a derelict soldier on report, kick his ass, frag him, or court martial him. In PlanetSide, there are no punitive options. A good commander doesn't antagonize his squad.

3: In real life, people stick together. They bang and sweep rooms, secure corridors, lay down cover fire, etc. In PlanetSide, people are almost always split up. A good commander tries to bring his squad together, when necessary, and lets them do their own thing when it's clear that its best to do so.

4: In real life, insubordination is dealt with swiftly and harshly. In PlanetSide, cr5s are verbally abused and derided almost constantly by people who think they know better how to command, by people who are resentful that they are not cr5, or by people who are just plain assholes.

There are way more random elements in PS than in real life. Soldiers don't encounter bugged doors in real life, they don't shoot at teleporting soldiers (not yet at any rate) and they never deal with infantry that can run 42kph. They also don't have soldiers appear out of nowhere or jump out of a jet and fire a chaingun at them while they drift to the ground. Real life is actually a lot less random, so give your PlanetSide commanders credit for working in a very chaotic environment.

[Firefly]

As much as I dislike some of your other posts firefly
Awwww, why don't you like some of my other posts?

[321]

It took me about 2 and a half weeks from CR0 to CR5.

You mean months right?

[VashTheStamped]

i hope so = /

[BDMJ]

Awwww, why don't you like some of my other posts?

I disliked some of your other posts because your forum personality and posting style are rude.

[JetRaiden]

2 months from cr0 to cr5. had a lot of good base caps in the begining.


get a life. or at least go outside, to see what trees look like.

[Firefly]

I disliked some of your other posts because your forum personality and posting style are rude.
Great. That's precisely the way I am in real life. I don't tell people what they want to hear. I'm blunt and outspoken normally- if something is screwed up, don't ask me to say it's awesome. Some people persist in being intellectually challenged, and occasionally a jolt of Beastly Rudeness can jar them back to the common sensical side of life. Teaching people to tread water in the deep end of the gene pool is not a crime, but floundering in the shallow end definitely is a travesty against humanity. While it makes for great amusement, it's also sad to see that some people persist in being simple-minded idiots with no grasp of reality.

I don't believe in pleasantly polite people like Miss Lippy. Those kinds of people are generally hiding the fact that they're sociopathic megalomaniacal murderers with an Invincibility complex. Either that, or they're indecisive spineless doormats that let people wipe their shitty boots all over their nice Sunday Meetings clothes. You can always rely on an honest assessment from me- if you ask me if the dress makes you look fat, you better be prepared to hear that yes, darling, you look like a beached whale and might I suggest an outfit that isn't fifty sizes too small. While some things are better off left unsaid, if you ASK for it then you're going to get it.

You at least always know where you stand with me. I don't "pretend" to like someone and then shit-talk them behind their back. If I feel that discretion is warranted then I just keep my mouth shut and give them professional, polite courtesy that is tinged with a slight edge of "I think you're a prick" undertones. That's who I am, and it makes me Me.

Either that or I have a sick sense of humor and find it twistedly amusing. :evil:

[BDMJ]

Fyi you put way too much effort into describing your forum personality. It's not as if you don't make all the above blantantly obvious with your posts. Just post, and let others judge. No need to waste half a page on self-description.

[BUGGER�GHO�T]

6 years.


I'm only br12 cm1, and I had this game since a week after release. I fucking hate aol and its parent controls.

[FraudulentBob]

On my Smiley777 char it took a month CR0-CR4, and about 2 weeks CR4-CR5.

[Black]

yes fraud but u play 24/7

[Firefly]

No need to waste half a page on self-description.
Like I said. I find perverse humor in it. And there's the overly-sensitive sheltered people who would read that and have a coronary, in the same fashion much like my Grandmother did when she heard my band play.

[Jagd]

Don't flatter yourself child.

[Shin1gami]

The amount of CEP you gain depends a lot on what you and your squad does ingame. If you follow the zerg and fight in all the big battles you will get a lot of CEP and a lot of frustration over some of the people that make up the zerg. If you, on the other hand, like defending bases on locked continents against enemies trying to break the lock you will gain little CEP, but do your faction a big favor. Sadly you have to do the first to get to the second, and IMHO more fun/challenging part (at least if you want to get there before all the players are gone from the servers)

[Hamma]

On my Smiley777 char it took a month CR0-CR4, and about 2 weeks CR4-CR5.
2 weeks? :rofl: