Cert Costs from a beta tester

[Spitnaz]

First of all, Planetside is a friggin blast. I'm loving it and my schoolwork is already suffering.

Anyway, since the NDA is lifted I believe I am free to inform you of the cert costs. These are for TR, they should be the same for each empire, but I once heard a rumor they may not be (don't put any stock in that I'm just covering my rear)

You have 13 cert points at BR 10, make of that what you will
Everyone has access to standard and agile armor, pistols, medkits, the suppressor lmg and can hack doors and command consoles for free

Medium assault weapons - 2 (prereq for other weapon classes)
---Anti-vehicle - 3
---Heavy assault - 4
---Sniper - 3
---Special assault - 3

Infiltration armor - 2
Max AA - 2
Max AI - 3
Max AV - 3
Reinforced armor - 3

You get the ANT cert free with any other vehicle. There are no other prerequisites for any vehicle.

AMS - 2
Basilisk - 3
Deliverer - 3
Galaxy - 3
Harrasser - 2
Lightning - 4
Marauder - 3
Mosquito - 3
Prowler - 3
Reaver - 4
Sunderer - 3
Wraith - 2

Engineering - 3 (prereq for combat engineer)
---Combat engineer - 2

Medic - 3 (prereq for advancec)
---Advanced medic - 2

Hacking - 3 (prereq for advanced)
---Advanced hacking - 2


Of course this is just from a beta tester, I imagine any of it could be subject to change or I could have made a typo. Enjoy.

[Wolfwood]

Nice post.

Hmm so from that it seems that the PSI calculator is wrong on certain numbers...

[simba]

ON ALL NUMBERS! WTF WAS THAT!?+!?!??!?! DOES CERTS COST THAT MUCH!?!??!?!?! is this a joke!??!?!?! im getting mad!!!!!!!!!

[Augustus]

Originally posted by Spitnaz
Lightning - 4
Prowler - 3

First.
Thank you!

Second.
Is that a typo or is the Lighting really more expensive than the heavy tanks?

[simba]

you have to buy the lighting cert b4 u can buy the empire specific tank cert, so maybe it is my friend, maybe it is.

[Zarparchior]

Well... we do get 4 characters per account...

At least we'll actually use those other characters now, knowing that we can't get certs for everything.

But I already knew that.

Thanks for posting these Spitnaz! You r0x0r!

[Spitnaz]

I was a little boggled by the tank cost too, but I think it may be because the lightning is effective with one person, but the prowler requires multiple people to be effective.

I'll double check it though and if I dont correct it, assume it is right.

[OutlawGummy]

Originally posted by simba
you have to buy the lighting cert b4 u can buy the empire specific tank cert, so maybe it is my friend, maybe it is.

No you don't. There are no pre-reqs for vehicles. You want a vehicle, you get it. Lighting is more expensive because it's a one man vehicle, you don't need multiple people to man it so you can just hop in and go.

[TheGreatCarbini]

Hehe I like the higher numbers, makes people specialize a bit more.

[Spitnaz]

You don't have to get lightning before prowler...there are no prerequisites for vehicles (except ant).

[Augustus]

Originally posted by Spitnaz
You get the ANT cert free with any other vehicle. There are no other prerequisites for any vehicle.

Simba,
Nope. Don't need to get Lighting before I get Magrider. (I knew that already)
Which is why I'm a bit surprised to see the Lighting is more expensive.


*Edit*
Damn! 5 Replies between me hitting the reply button and hitting the Sumbit button!!

[simba]

do u have 2 get the lgithing b4 vanguard then? or lighting b4 Mag-rider?

Also is this a joke with the cert costs!?

[Augustus]

Originally posted by simba
Also is this a joke with the cert costs!?

I highly doubt it's a joke.

Spitnaz numbers are accurate to what I read in the patch notes (I made good use of the time that Open Beta players had access to the Exlusive Beta page )

[Spitnaz]

No, no prerequisites Simba. And this isn't a joke. These points actually seem to be balanced very well. By about the second or third lvl you should have enough certs to have as much killing power as anyone else, by BR 10 you can pretty much have an armor type, a vehicle cert, medium assault and a speacial weapon or ability. By lvl 20 you are extremely well rounded yet still not the master of everything.

If you want multiple vehicle certs, or multiple weapon specialties or multiple special abilities then you're going to be hurting in other areas, and I think that's exactly the point.

[dtjohnson]

"I was a little boggled by the tank cost too, but I think it may be because the lightning is effective with one person, but the prowler requires multiple people to be effective."

atm the lightning is the worse vechile to use atm..every time you go in reverse, the tank takes dmg