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1: NC

2: NC and TR

3: NC, TR and Vanu

[Sinistar]

WE WON

WE BEAT THE PLANETSIDE 2





Server just couldn't handle the Ross Army, RIP Emerald.

Was fun though. Played on a different continent than Ross, mostly, until he switched later, never managed to find him but damn good fun, damn good fun...

[Man of Paper]

That explains why the NC were shouting "4ross!" while they were swarming Quartz Ridge.

More bloody NC, I'm not sure we needed more of them.

I dunno, mang. At least on Connery we're often outnumbered by TR by day and VS by night.

[Itnetlolor]

I apparently passed by him and recognized his tag out the corner of my eye. Given the direction he was facing, I may have made a cameo on the stream. I think a good 15-25 minutes into it. I was watching the stream at the same time.

That was probably one of the most fun MMO experiences I've had in a long time.

[Aklyon]

That explains why the NC were shouting "4ross!" while they were swarming Quartz Ridge.

More bloody NC, I'm not sure we needed more of them.

I dunno, mang. At least on Connery we're often outnumbered by TR by day and VS by night.

VS? With pop actually higher than the others?

Not sure what you connery players are up to, but its surprising.

[Glloyd]

Back when I played regularly a couple years ago, VS regularly had the highest pop on Connery.

[Kanil]

You say the game feels too much like work, but you also say you just bought the Flash Fury... the single most "just for shits and giggles" weapon in the game.

I don't know how to respond to that. Go hunt some Magriders with it and cheer up.

[MDFification]

That explains why the NC were shouting "4ross!" while they were swarming Quartz Ridge.

More bloody NC, I'm not sure we needed more of them.
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The faction least friendly to low-aim players being overpopulated is the best case scenario if any faction is overpopulated...

[miauw62]

the faction with the hardest to aim weapons (high recoil, low rof) being the one that attracts the most new players sort of sucks.


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SIX PLATOONS OF VCO

[TheDarkStar]

the faction with the hardest to aim weapons (high recoil, low rof) being the one that attracts the most new players sort of sucks.

unless you are vs or tr

[Mattk50]

even with double xp planetside 2 is a grindy game. I need variation in my shooters if im going to have fun, and that is seriously impacted by the speed of unlocks.

The sheer height of the grind affects player activity too, people will sit and just farm at some stupid spot instead of trying to win because they know that if they try to win, they'll be making way less real progress. And who cares anyways, the continent just resets after being conquered instead of requiring a real invasion to retake :V

[Aklyon]

Or you could, yknow, not just fight all the time. ANTs give nice xp if you have a silo nearby. If you're sitting in a biolab and not a medic/engy you aren't going to get much done anyway unless you can actually shoot well.

[Itnetlolor]

Looks like the crazy server-crashing session is uploaded. If you can't spot my cameo appearance by my tag, then you might recognize me by my combat style, one way or another. I usually tend to go rogue, and have some zany ideas that somehow netted me some kills.

Link: http://www.accursedfarms.com/accursed-farms-junk-launch-planetside-2-aftermath/

EDIT:

Spoiler: If you're curious about the population stats over the course of the session on the Emerald server, here they are during the event: (click to show/hide)

Stat coordinates: http://www.therebelscum.net/world-population/?world_id=17&zoom=3&daterange=1462817489109,1463422289109

At the highest, the population was:
VC: 779
NC: 1055
TR: 821

And upon server crash:
VC: 809
NC: 1005
TR: 857

[Dutrius]

Hehe, that was a fun evening.

To be honest, I'm surprised that the Ping wasn't too bad, considering I'm in England.

the faction with the hardest to aim weapons (high recoil, low rof) being the one that attracts the most new players sort of sucks.

I found that the NC's default carbine (can't remember the name) is pretty accurate. The Gauss SAW, on the other hand...

[Ozyton]

SAW is supposedly one of the most accurate LMGs... as long as you're not strafing, and as long as you can handle the recoil... so good luck with that.

Honestly, high RPM'low damage guns seem better at long range combat than low RPM/high damage guns simply because they can spray accurate fire into one point more consistently and easily. It doesn't matter if your gun does 25 more damage than theirs if they can just spray 10 bullets into your head with next to no recoil while you missing one shot pretty much means death.

Of course, if you're god tier and can handle the higher damage weapons... well, you've seen those quickscoping people who oneshot people all the time with sniper rifles at shotgun range.

[Akura]

I didn't want to ask in-game or on any of their forums, but is there a rule against strapping some C4 bricks to a Flash and using it as a missile of sorts? I know many games have that as a bannable offense because those games have no friendly fire(in some cases no FF against your own vehicle) and as such this is seen as a cheap exploit. Planetside 2 has no such thing, and your attacks will damage friendlies and friendly vehicles just as much as the enemy. However, I've never seen any player do this in PS2, making me assume it's forbidden and so I've never tried it.