A few newbie questions... - Page 2

NNY · 2003-10-30, 11:44 PM

im all most to 17 i only need a hair in the bottom bar it driveing me crazy to get it.
i Mignt have to shoot my self befor i get to BR18 =(

but the lower lvl you get realy quckly

Acaila · 2003-10-30, 11:51 PM

This guy is the best SL I have ever squadded with. I model my own squad leading after his: http://pub63.ezboard.com/fwhiteraven...opicID=8.topic his little guide on SLing is worth a read for dedicated SLs.

gonnagetyou · 2003-10-31, 12:35 AM

Excellent link Acaila. A must read for everyone.

Lise · 2003-11-02, 03:45 AM

Bit old, I know, but I only just saw it.

To answer your question Tera, yes, you can carry a Sniper Rifle with the Engineering stuff... but personally, I'd think to be the most effective you'd want to be "in the trenches", nearby to actually repair things. If you want to lay turrets and whatnot a Sniper loadout might work, but if you want to carry around a Glue Gun for shining things up then stick with close combat weapons (like a Sweeper shotgun or a Heavy Assault weapon.)

As per getting to an effective level... I'd say BR12 (15 cert points, 2 Implants) is "competency level", really. At that point you can get around 5 major certs (note most certs cost 3 points) and two implants let you do quite a bit. A dedicated player should be able to get that in about a week, if you've got a good squad and get into some good fights.

And BR14 is when PS's "hell levels" start. My Emerald self is just getting into that.

Kuraltai · 2003-11-02, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by BadAsh

I'm a brand new player to the game. I love it so far and bought the game and expansion after playing the 7 day free demo last week. I have a few beginner questions.

Welcome to PSU and Planetside .. and Johari too!

These folks have given you some great information/advice and you've already found the best resource for brand new/old players. Look forward to seeing you in game.

Searo · 2003-11-02, 12:15 PM

I'm a sniper/c. engineer and generally I either carry a pack full of ACEs or a pack full of sniper ammo.

1. The Bolt Driver is NOT an indoors weapon. It is hugely inaccurate while not crouching and while moving. Only use to snipe, it has a 1 shot clip and 5 second reload. The ammo is huge, filling half your inventory gives you about 25 shots.

2.Infil, and Standard take 1 shot, but they are much harder to lead with the rifle. Agile, and Reinforced take two shots. Agile is left with 25 health, reinforced is left with 35. MAXes take 50 armor damage per shot, and then take 50 health damage when all armor is gone. So if you're lucky, you can drop a max in about 15 shots. (Don't shoot at MAXes.)

3. CE/Sniping doesn't mix too much. If you want, set up a motion sensor next to you so nothing sneaks up. Usually you're sniping, or laying mines where people fight. You always snipe from a very remote location, so why mine and turret it? No one's coming over there.

4. ACEs are huge, Bolt driver ammo is huge, so you're going to run out of inventory very fast. If you carry the engineer caulk guns around too, you're out of luck. Pick one or the other, maybe stick one ace in your sniper fave if you want.

5. An agile sniper has to be able to regain at least 51 health very quickly. Why fifty one? Sniper attract snipers, and you often get hit and left with 25. If you can zap yourself up to 76 quickly, you'll survive the next shot. This applies to Reinforced to, but you only have to hit 66 from 35 so it's much easier. Carry Advanced Regen and at least 1 medpack.

6. Some say to go for Advanced Targeting. I think that's just a waste of an implant slot. There's not usually going to be so many choices that you have to go for the least damaged person first. Unless you're sniping a zerged battlefield, this isn't going to help. Most of the time you want to snipe a steady stream of troops coming from a spawn. (Tower, AMS, etc...) These all have full health, so Adv Targeting will not help you.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me.

TeraHertz · 2003-11-02, 12:57 PM

ah, disapointing to hear. In bf1942 the engineer's rifle, since its unscoped, is actualy good for one shot point blank. Trying to reload it in a 1 on 1 is suicidal.

I usualy hit the guy once, going for the body for a better chance of hitting the enemy, then whip out the pistol and start poping bullets at their head. 70% of the time, even if they are assault, they're screwed becasue it all happens so fast. Failing that I drop an expack and detonate. In that eventuality it's lights out for both of us, but if the guy survived the rifle/pistol it probably means he's not too bad and is better taken out at all costs.

I'll need to try out the weapons then to find a trade off between long range accuracy, high powered punch, and short range 1 on 1 accuracy.

For me, accuracy is key. pumping out a million rounds a minite that barley scratch the target isn't my style. An example in another game, is C&C Renegade. My favorite weapon in that game is the Mendosa. Slow as fk reloading, but I only need one shot.