Since we start off Monday with a Character Wipe... - Page 2

Matuse · 2003-04-14, 07:58 AM

Having official boards for the idiots to hang out at (for everquest, the gameplay boards were widely known as the whineplay boards) serves an incredibly useful and valuable purpose:

It keeps the morons in one place.

Do not underestimate how nice this is. As soon as VI closed the whineplay boards down to the general gimps, they all immediately flooded onto player-run sites, and the quality of those sites took a precipitious nose dive.

Gammit10 · 2003-04-14, 08:10 AM

The beta boards get pretty ugly. I know that I haven't received my CDs yet, but I've been on that board as much as possible, trying to offer fixes/suggestions to the whiners. I figure if I can help these people out with generic fixes, that leaves the devs to fix the important stuff, like patching, balancing, etc. Why can't others do the same?

Hamma · 2003-04-14, 08:27 AM

I will do what I did the last time, Galaxy pilot all the way

LiquidThunder · 2003-04-14, 08:40 AM

you'll find it boring and unproductive to just pilot a reaver. It's a good cert to have and it's a nice ship that can do some damage, but beyond that it's just a fast way to get places.

Personally, having flown both extensively, I think you're better served getting a mosq certification. It's faster, more manuverable, and it can reveal enemy troops and vehicles for your team just by flying over them.

the only thing that the reaver has over the mosq is missles, but they're so innacurate and pretty weak, so it's not a very good offensive option anyway.

plus the skeeter costs less.

think about it
-LT

Strijder · 2003-04-14, 09:14 AM

Thinking about starting with an AA MAX; based on player reactions to Miir's movie, I bet there's going to be an infestation of Reavers. I wouldn't mind playing an exterminator

MorphiasAC · 2003-04-14, 11:22 AM

Support all the way for me, engineer/medic at your service. But of course I'll be getting the medium assault cert, and probably mosq. for transportation. Maybe one of the vehicles too? Is that even possible lol. I hope I have enough certs for all that. It doesn't sound like to much--does it?

JonnyK · 2003-04-14, 11:32 AM

i'm planning on being medical/engineer. can they still have a good machine gun? like the gauss or something. cuz not many people that i've heard of are going to be helping out the other players while they're in fights, so i think i'll be the support. i like to go around fixing tanks in bf1942, i usually helps win a battle if one gets back to full health after 2 tanks are both close to death

�io · 2003-04-14, 01:41 PM

I dunno, i love adv hacking but i'm sure so will many others so i'll go for something else to help benefit the squad more, i'll go adv mec or combat engineer i guess. AMS might be a possibilty too.

Dravz · 2003-04-14, 01:46 PM

The devs have said repeatedly that you can go BR1-5 in one play session.

So I'm guessing one solid night of PS and you'd be at least level 5 -- that's 8 cert points pretty much right off the bat.

�io · 2003-04-14, 01:51 PM

8 isn't that much if you want to specialise, with BR5 teamwork will be very important. Say for my main char i used in beta, 3 gone for hacking, 2 for adv hacking, 2 for infiltration. All gone already and i don't have any weapons or armors upgrades or any vehicle certs.

Dravz · 2003-04-14, 02:02 PM

Originally posted by �io
8 isn't that much if you want to specialise, with BR5 teamwork will be very important. Say for my main char i used in beta, 3 gone for hacking, 2 for adv hacking, 2 for infiltration. All gone already and i don't have any weapons or armors upgrades or any vehicle certs.

Well that is what separates an MMOFPS from a standard FPS.

Deadlock · 2003-04-14, 02:11 PM

im not as lucky as most of u, im not in beta (still a few more slim chances left for me though

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but from what i hear im thinking the medium assault weapons will be my first choice... first vehicle will be the mosquito i think.

BeerJedi · 2003-04-14, 02:37 PM

Medium infantry Assault Medic -

That's my plan. I'm going to run around mostly in reinforced with assault weaps (i'll find one i like) and be a field medic. I'll take at least one vehicle cert so I can make ant runs too.

Jimbo · 2003-04-14, 02:38 PM

Originally posted by BeerJedi
Medium infantry Assault Medic -

That's my plan. I'm going to run around mostly in reinforced with assault weaps (i'll find one i like) and be a field medic. I'll take at least one vehicle cert so I can make ant runs too.

That's pretty much my goal as well.

BUGGER · 2003-04-14, 02:59 PM

Originally posted by Vash
And of course for those not in beta yet, what do you plan on taking first now that the NDA's gone and you have full access to cert costs and such?

Acording to the cert calculator, you as a tester starting at rank 1, you cannot use an AMS because you only got 2 cert points and it takes 3 to use a AMS. If i were you, i would get medium and agile armors, or hacking/medic, or just some kinda ground vehicle. if it was me, i'd do the armors or a lightning or harasser.

man i want beta...