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[majikero]

Really? I can hear anything over the sound of EXPLOSIONS!

[TolyK]

I agree with everything Metalax said, the thing that shocked me was:

Over a 4 hour play session I average around 300-400 certs in normal play so that's around 3-4 days to get enough to purchase pretty much any weapon, which is a pretty decent rate for a game that expects to be running for many years.

o.o
I typically get only 50-80, though I haven't played much after ribbons and alerts came out, so... eh.

[Toaster]

I'd be gloriously happy if I could average 80 certs in an hour.

I'm not very good though, so that probably has something to do with it.

[TolyK]

Not an hour, rather in about 2.5

[Toaster]

Yeah, that was in reference to what Metalax said.

[kaian-a-coel]

I would be happy to reach this rate, too! I am more around 20 an hour...

[palsch]

Looking at statistics, my all-time rate is roughly 27 certs/hour, including time spent idling, being an underequippped newb, having terrible FPS, etc. I'd guess I'm closer to 40-50 during actual play time these days.

Looking at that spreadsheet I posted before, the average for everyone on every server is only 19 certs/hour. Again, that includes all other factors. My outfit, which is of fairly mixed ability but at least puts in some minimum threshold, has an all-time average of 31 certs/hour.

[TolyK]

My stats say I get 11 certs/hour... heh.
Sucks that that includes a lot of AFK time :/

Also, I somehow got 50 score using proximity mines, though I don't have them unlocked anywhere...

[Toaster]

Checking by outfit would probably give some interesting results, but I'm not sure how to interpret them.

[palsch]

Checking by outfit would probably give some interesting results, but I'm not sure how to interpret them.

Using Planetside Universe to read my outfit's stats I just took the average experience and divided by the average time played, converted to hours, then divided by 250. It ignores passive cert gain and medal bonuses which give certs without XP, but I just tacked on 2 certs per hour as an estimate of those.

Actually, checking that last assumption... I think I'm low. Checking my own total certs divided by time played gives me 32.6 certs/hour compared to 27.3 for (experience/hour)/250. I have one Auraxium medal and a handful of gold/silver, but nothing special. The Auraxium medal alone counts for nearly 1 bonus cert/hour.

[TolyK]

Daamn. Auraxium medal is 1k kills?
Heh. I need to play more.

[palsch]

Daamn. Auraxium medal is 1k kills?
Heh. I need to play more.

Worse than that.

It's 1000, but each medal requires you get the kills on top of the kills for the previous medals. Gold is 100, silver 50, copper 10. That means you actually need 1160 for the Auraxium, giving a total of 232 certs. Think of it as a bonus 50 XP for the first 1160 kills with each weapon. Which, oddly enough, is the same as the new ribbon system.

I actually have 2.9k kills on my SAW now. When I say I love that thing...

[Jelle]

This is getting emberassing, I cannot take down liberators in my reaver anymore. I don't know what it is general increase of liberator pilot and gunner skill level or I just got rusty, but nowadays engaging a lib alone is certain death for me. It's gotten to a point I actively avoid liberators at all cost and let ground AA take care of them.
I've no problem taking down other ESF but just those libs... Close in from behind you get the tail gunner on you, close in from the sides and the pilot will face the belly gun on you, front is definatly not an option unless you want to get shredded by a tankbuster. I can engage from above when unseen but then still most lib pilots seem to be able to make the climb up and face the belly gun at me effortlessly. Cue instagib by dalton/zephyr.
Argh, what am I doing wrong.

Again, trying everything I can to get out of the libs danger zones but no matter what I do it easily faces me with its nose or belly gun. Didn't even survive 10 seconds doing nothing but trying to avoid getting shot. Why are these damn things so agily.


On the topic of ESFs, does anyone know what's up with scythe ram damage? Just had a dogfight where I got a scythe to half and me nearly full health. We make a low speed collision blowing me up instantly and leaving the half damaged scythe with about 1/10 of his health left. Weird.

[forsaken1111]

This is getting emberassing, I cannot take down liberators in my reaver anymore. I don't know what it is general increase of liberator pilot and gunner skill level or I just got rusty, but nowadays engaging a lib alone is certain death for me. It's gotten to a point I actively avoid liberators at all cost and let ground AA take care of them.
I've no problem taking down other ESF but just those libs... Close in from behind you get the tail gunner on you, close in from the sides and the pilot will face the belly gun on you, front is definatly not an option unless you want to get shredded by a tankbuster. I can engage from above when unseen but then still most lib pilots seem to be able to make the climb up and face the belly gun at me effortlessly. Cue instagib by dalton/zephyr.
Argh, what am I doing wrong.

Again, trying everything I can to get out of the libs danger zones but no matter what I do it easily faces me with its nose or belly gun. Didn't even survive 10 seconds doing nothing but trying to avoid getting shot. Why are these damn things so agily.

Are you using the A2A missiles? You should be.

[Jelle]

Are you using the A2A missiles? You should be.

Sometimes but more often not. I'm not a huge fan of A2A missles against liberators, takes a little while to get a lock and maintaining max lock distance usually ends up with the lib facing me with the nose gun. I can manage hit and runs this way though.
When I outfit the A2A's it's usually to chase down fleeing ESF. I use the airhammer without the speed aiframe so I need some way to stop runners. Otherwise I use pods, for the odd chance there's unprotected armor to bust.