What was/ is your goal in planetside? - Page 3

Visor · 2004-02-01, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by SandTrout

A) You should be appealing bugs, not broadcasting them
B) You can do this with liberator bombs as well

I figured it out yeah.

And I'd rather go with choice B

Spee · 2004-02-01, 04:46 PM

My goal is to be able to pick up any empire weapon, and utilize it to its fullest potential, as well as having a complete understanding of the balance of the game. Thus, I play all 3 empire equally. Ive gotten the NC and VS weaponry down pat, but the TR stuff Im having a bit of difficulty with. =/

shaizan · 2004-02-01, 04:51 PM

My goal is to have fun and kill as many people that use Jackhammers (on the other two teams) as possible. This ensures a target rich environment at all times.

Lithpope · 2004-02-01, 06:21 PM

Dunno man, Boomers are always a last resort for me and usually reserved for JH toting surge monkies in towers and bases (sad part is it works almost every time on those bastards). I like predicting an approach route to a tower/base and laying mines or turrets, dropping mines and turrets in the middle of nowhere (you would be suprised how many kills I get doing this), mining a fork in the road, and my favorite: if I am running somewhere I am in 3rd person, see that dumb ass back shooting cloak coming up on me and just swapping back to first person start dropping mines and letting him kill himself on them because they always run directly behind you to catch up for that AMP shot. Never chase a CE with an ACE handy.

Visor · 2004-02-01, 06:29 PM

A good goal should be to organize a world lock with the vanu.

KIAsan · 2004-02-01, 08:50 PM

I was in the br20 blues for a bit. Then one day I noticed I was 2 bubbles out from CR3, so I had the old "drive" again. Did the SL thing with lots of emphasis on base caps/staying in the SOI. Made CR3 finally. Sad thing, while I was in the "Driven" mode, I wasn't really having as much fun. I actually grew to hate looking for a battle, so I could get the cep.

Now, I'm CR3, so I can forget the CEP hunt again (until one day I notice I'm a few bubbles out from CR4, then the madness will return). Until then, I look forward to doing unique things. Last night, Myself and one other outfit mate, worked our way deep into a locked home cont. Blew the gen and captured the adjacent tower. Then we spent a bit of time draining the base to neutral, while defending against the few people who bothered to show up (you can guess most folks didn't care about their own backyard). We actually managed to hack the base, resupply it, and hold it for a bit (by that time, we had attracted more TR, so they started ghost hacking the cont). Since it grew even later, we only had a few enemy show. Not alot of skill I admit, but still some fun.

I guess I will come up with something else for tonight. I just wish they would add some kind of strategy to the game (other than overpopulate then zerg).

Lonehunter · 2004-02-01, 09:07 PM

Ok, I tried to put myself in your position. Pictured doing what you said and I stopped when you said you log on and see only a few outfit members on. THAT IS IT! I know you have almost 6000 outfit points but you'll gain those quickly with any outfit. I'm not just informing you of what I think is a problem, I'm giving you an oportunity to play the game and have fun. I don't know you, but I would like to, join my ranks, become a member of Liquid Force. If you don't want to, then find another outfit. I think that's the problem. You should go on a search for a new outfit, but if you start with Liquid Force, that search might come to a halt. Now just becouse your CR 5 doesn't mean you can have command, but if your interested in an Officer position just say so, and you'll work for it over time. Or you could be an awesome grunt. Send me a PM if your interested, then I can interview you. If your not interested, I still think you should find a new outfit.

Firefly · 2004-02-01, 09:23 PM

It also helps to have a respected leader or group of well-known, well-liked players in "your" outfit. And with the flagrant flaming stupidity I see on globals and cont-alls, I can see why certain outfits are dying a slow, painful death.

Kikinchikin · 2004-02-01, 11:16 PM

I think that and more so the lag and issues is whats causing me to not have fun. I don't want to shell out 100 bucks for more RAM, so im kinda at a standstill on that.

I appreciate the invitation lone, and I'll take it into consideration. I like the guys in SGX, and I see them as much as I want on CoD and talk to em on TS, so I suppose iI could leave. Unfortunately, I just don't think any outfit I can join will be as fun as 7th Legion was. But then again there are outfits that I havent participated in ops with, so I can't say that as a definite. I will put more thought into this, but I'm nearly positive I'll be canceling when my sub runs out because of things in real life plus other games.

BTW 7th died because Gamma got sick of the game and left leaving 50cent in charge who just did nothing so Skilled and I had to lead it. We did ok for a while but he was away and i had to do stuff IRL so the outfit kinda deteriorated.

gonnagetyou · 2004-02-02, 01:20 PM

Gaining rank and CR in PS are very short term goals. Your ultimate goal should be to have fun and challenge yourself against other players. That's what I do every time I log on and it's the reason I keep going back to PS. The gameplay its self is what interests me. I have 8 different characters spread out between two servers and all 3 empires.

Happy lil Elf · 2004-02-02, 02:32 PM

Ummm....the same goal I have for every FPS I play. Kill the other guys at a faster rate than they kill me....

This isn't exactly an MMORPG. The fun is supposed to be in shooting people and blowing things up so as long as that continues to amuse me /shrug

martyr · 2004-02-02, 03:01 PM

i play to support my outfit from the air

Lonehunter · 2004-02-02, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by Firefly

It also helps to have a respected leader or group of well-known, well-liked players in "your" outfit. And with the flagrant flaming stupidity I see on globals and cont-alls, I can see why certain outfits are dying a slow, painful death.

Man has a point, I personally knew some people who were in an outfit like that. They were so patriotic to that outfit they died with it, they don't play anymore.