Any 56k players?

[noxious]

Originally posted by ghost018
300 ping? That's 100 times my usual and I still get lag spikes from time to time. Good luck...

ghost

You get a ping of 3ms? Wow...

[BUGGER�GHO�T]

normal ping on 56k would be averagely 230, if you are in a moderatly filled area it'll rise to 400-600. if a zerg.......6000-7000.....lots and lots of fun!


man i want dsl.....

[Flammey]

I can't wait for RDSL. That's Realtime DSL, FYI. And no, It's not out yet. *laughs* Best we can hope for is SDSL, which at the moment can only be gotten on the east coast of USA.

But I simpethize(sp) with you poor 56K Bastards. Be glad it isn't 28.8

And all these suggestions will work. Your game will play. But the more people together in a 200M radius, the slower your connection will be. I think it's after 200M that the game stops drawing things out. Not entirely sure.

Flammey - Emerald

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Originally posted by Flammey
Be glad it isn't 28.8

i got that on my laptop, its pretty damn funny.....tho the laptop itself is hella slow cause its windows95......the only good thing about it is it has a mouse ball instead of a touch pad or the ll stick in the middle of the keyboard.

[SecondRaven]

QUOTE]Originally posted by Hammer
My computer is a powerhouse alienware though, 3.6ghz 1gig rdramm, radeon 9800 pro, etc. but all i can get is 56k, any more opinions will be appreciated. [/QUOTE]



Erm...their is no such thing as a Alienware 3.6ghz.................nice try though

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theres a such thing as alienware, just not alienware 3.6ghz.

[SecondRaven]

Ya i know their is a Brand called Alineware thats a given...but a 3.6ghz...lol no, not at all. The max right now to my understanding is a 3.2.....

Originally posted by noxious
You get a ping of 3ms? Wow...

Meh, one too many zeros from me. It was late when I made that post so I didn't proof read it. Editing now....

ghost

PS: Alienware overcharges. I built my computer and a friend got his from Alienware with near the exact same specs. The only difference was, he paid $1000 more for the Alien logo on the case/keyboard/mouse.

[BuzzCutPsycho]

Erm...their is no such thing as a Alienware 3.6ghz.................nice try though

Yeah buddy of all things to lie about I'm going to lie about specs my computer doesn't have, thing is my "Agent ID" paper they sent to me with my computer says Intel P4 3.6ghz (2). If it's a typo or what I don't know nor care, I own a powerful computer and am well-assured it will run PlanetSide on the highest specs. So how about instead of being a smart-ass and nitpicking at a possible typo you actually add something relevant to the conversation about playing on 56k? I'm sure they mean "3.06ghz" but out of habbit I've been saying 3.6, glad we have that all cleared up huh?

@TimberWolf2K - Thanks man, I'll be running out and getting Planetside as soon as I possibly can. Also you all mention "Zerging" - what is that? Is it just massive human-wave attacks reminiscent of the Chinese during the Korean war or some other thing I'm unaware of?

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switch the chinesse and korean and replace em with tr, nc, or vanu and yea, you got it.




lets just say its a shitload of guys pretty much raping an enemy base.

[BuzzCutPsycho]

Are they on all servers or just certain ones?

[TimberWolf2K]

Originally posted by Hammer

@TimberWolf2K - Thanks man, I'll be running out and getting Planetside as soon as I possibly can. Also you all mention "Zerging" - what is that? Is it just massive human-wave attacks reminiscent of the Chinese during the Korean war or some other thing I'm unaware of?

Yeah you pretty much got it. Think, Normandy beach landings 20K guys running at bunkers filled with angry full auto machien gun totting enemies. Rushing up and getting killed untill the enemy a) gets bored or B) runs out of ammo

Zerg: Huge force of troops using 0% tactics to overcome a small number of enemies

It doesnt work, its lame and did I mention it doesnt work.

"uh oh, that base we just zerg rushed is being hacked!"
"Who cares, ON WITH THE ZERG! to the next base!"

Rinse and repeat

Zerg = Lose

[Lt.Loser]

All i want to know is how well i 56k will handle a battle between say 15v15, how will the reactions be? will i lag? and what will my ping be at, just answer those and i will b happy!

[Madcow]

Originally posted by Lt.Loser
All i want to know is how well i 56k will handle a battle between say 15v15, how will the reactions be? will i lag? and what will my ping be at, just answer those and i will b happy!

It will be fine, you might have occasional lag but 30 people battling will be just about your ideal situation with PS. Your ping in very calm situations will be ~180, the battle you're describing will most likely jump it to ~250. You will without a doubt die in some situations because if your link, that's the price you pay.

As soon as you get caught in a zerg you will hate life with a passion. You haven't lived until you've eaten the 5 digit ping.

[BUGGER�GHO�T]

Originally posted by Lt.Loser
All i want to know is how well i 56k will handle a battle between say 15v15, how will the reactions be? will i lag? and what will my ping be at, just answer those and i will b happy!

you'll be relitely fine, maybe jump up to the 300s, or more if they all are using vehicles.