Thinking of getting into this game...

GeckoGunner · 2004-06-05, 03:57 AM

I love the look of Planetside, always have. I have one or two friends who play it.

My question is would i be able to run this game without much lag from the United Kingdom. I have..........

1 Gig RAM, Athlon 2800+ (2.8ghz), 160 Gig Drive, Saphire Radeon 9600 XT. I also have a Half Meg Broadband Cable connection.

I think I'm willing to pay the subscription fee but does anyone know how much this amounts to it � (Pounds Sterling) ??

See you on the Battlefield... (Hopefully)

Sputty · 2004-06-05, 03:57 AM

yeah, shouldn't be a problem
It's 13 dollars a month US

GeckoGunner · 2004-06-05, 04:09 AM

Okie then matey. I guess to cut down on any possible server lag, I should choose the Werner server? Isn't that the Euro one?

Sputty · 2004-06-05, 04:22 AM

Yeah, Werner is European

GeckoGunner · 2004-06-06, 07:23 AM

How well would it run on Emerald? The East US server? I got a friend who plays there so I might end up going there.

Lartnev · 2004-06-06, 09:33 AM

Ping to Werner (Euro (think it's hosted in London)): 30ms 0% Packet Loss
Ping to Emerald (East US): 120ms 0.1% Packet Loss
Ping to Markov (West US): 170ms 0.5 - 1.7% Packet Loss

Doesn't really make much of a difference, except you get the occasional hate tell because you lagged and pwned some poor guy and sometimes people warp a bit more on the US servers.

Striker511 · 2004-06-06, 10:25 AM

you'd be fine:
Your machine is better than mine - but more so there are 3 servers to pick from
Do the 10-day trial for free, and take it from there: you will probably get better pings on the Europe or US East server.. but its an excellent game.

ChewyLSB · 2004-06-06, 10:41 AM

I'm an American and my main character is on Werner, it's not that big of a problem. I'm assuming it would work the same way from Europe to America.

TheN00b · 2004-06-06, 11:08 AM

The Black Widow Company, an Emerald Outfit, has members in England, the Canary Islands, and Japan, to name a few. The minute ping difference is not nearly as important as population.

GeckoGunner · 2004-06-06, 01:57 PM

Ok thanks guys.

TheN00b · 2004-06-06, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by GeckoGunner

Ok thanks guys.

We live to serve. /em bow

GeckoGunner · 2004-06-06, 04:08 PM

Yeah I like guys like that.

Onizuka-GTO · 2004-06-06, 05:35 PM

So do i.