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[Siquo]

Not being able to fly or shoot, Reavers are excellent Taxis/battering rams.

[bucket]

It turns out that I can't play PS2 on this laptop. Even at minimal settings it's a slideshow. So, seeing as how the original will become F2P soon after the sequel is released, I'll be heading in that direction. Maybe I'll be able to afford a desktop again in a year's time.

[Toaster]

Any truth to the rumour that the Alpha will be in the order of 18gigs DL?  That would pretty much mean I couldn't DL it for a couple of months at least.  No way I can justify buying excess bandwidth for about 200AUD.

You'd probably be better off getting someone to burn it to a few DVDs and mailing it to you.

[Baijiu]

Whaaat? You get charged for bandwidth? That's just wrong. Try to find an IPTV provider and you'll get unlimited bandwidth.

[Darkening Kaos]

Spoiler: My bandwidth issues (click to show/hide)

Any truth to the rumour that the Alpha will be in the order of 18gigs DL?  That would pretty much mean I couldn't DL it for a couple of months at least.  No way I can justify buying excess bandwidth for about 200AUD.

You'd probably be better off getting someone to burn it to a few DVDs and mailing it to you.

I've been thinking along those lines myself - I have a 16 gb USB I could offer as a storage option, I'd still have to DL the launcher and start the main game DL to establish the directory structure.  If anyone can help, please PM me.

Virgin Mobile did get back to me, they can offer a post-paid deal of 60 a month for 18GB throughput, and the service has recently been established in my suburb, so that's awesome for when I start actually playing.

@Baijiu
Unlimited bandwidth comes with the issue of throttled throughput, once you hit the cap your speed goes from mbps down to kbps.

OT: @miauw62
   Like everything, when you use turrets or flying/driving, it all comes down to practice - the more you do it, the better you will get.  The first few weeks I was in the beta, I was simply a passenger in Vanguards, using the turrets, {mostly the Basilisk 20}, it only took me a day to get used to figure out how far to lead the target, etc.  After a week, I had medals for a couple of the turrets 'cause I was shooting down a lot of planes, or at the very least, damaging them enough to get critical assists.
   RL experience helped me a lot too, not necessarily with turrets, but with other weapons - knowing about bullet drop and 'sighting in' meant that most times, I was hitting my target with the first bullet fired, over any range.  The hardest thing for me was tapping the mouse to fire only one shot with the HA's NC6 LMG, yet, tapping fast enough that I was sending three single shots in rapid succession, this beats the recoil issue of MG's and you still send a bullet every 0,5 second or so, {and got better with each recoil management device I added to the LMG}.

[miauw62]

Heh, i guess i don't have that luck, being Belgian. I guess having a driver's license would help with driving sundies and tanks too. I don't have that either. But i'll try i guess.

[werty892]

20 hours remaining.

[Neyvn]

7 AND A HALF HOURS LEFT...

[Siquo]

7 AND A HALF HOURS LEFT...

... until we can start downloading for another 24 hrs at least.

[Neyvn]

7 AND A HALF HOURS LEFT...

... until we can start downloading for another 24 hrs at least.

YES!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO STARE AT A LITTLE BAR FAIL TO GROW LONGER OVER TIME!!!

[Metalax]

Now 4 hours and 33 minutes until the planetside 2 website dies under the load.

[Metalax]

Out now and downloading, only 6.8 gig download so not too bad.

[miauw62]

Mayby the PUG group's name could be something to counter the Enclave? Something from Fallout, like the Brotherhood of steel or the NCR? (Tough the BoS is more Vanu-like. (worship of technology))

[forsaken1111]

Either the server is quite robust or not many people have started in on the download because mine is moving along at a good pace.

[Neyvn]

Downloading via Steam... This may take some times, prob why it will be faster via the Main site or something, Everyone is using Steam...
Regardless, I SLEEP...