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1: NC

2: NC and TR

3: NC, TR and Vanu

[Duuvian]

That airplane on top wasn't a glider, it was a fully powered second aircraft.

It takes more fuel to takeoff than it is for level flight, so the British used the big plane to carry the smaller, longer ranged plane up to altitude where it was released. It was used as a courier plane but I think only one was made due to WW2.

[zombat]

Speaking of killstreaks, check them timestamps:

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That was some densely packed TR. I had two runs like that, third time they had tank mines At least it still got me 2 kills when I ran into it.

I just realised those were all road kills...

[DJ]

Yeah, and I think two of them were MAXes

[Sonlirain]

Probably flash with stealth.

Anyway hossin runs terribly for me. The game was pretty playable after their patches running at 30+ fps and the second i enter hossin it drops like a stone to nearly nplayable levels. And by that i measn around 15 if there are more than 10 people shooting.

[DJ]

Yeah, stealth Flash is the best thing ever in zergy situations on relatively flat ground. With all that's going on nobody notices you, so you can run over people with impunity. And you can find lots of people to run over if you go behind enemy cover. This was just an extreme scenario, the TR were all packed behind a curve in the road because our tanks were shelling the road. I got 8 kills with a sticky nade in the same spot when I bailed out of my Harasser.

[zombat]

I can never road kill people with a flash.. unless they're friendlies.

Actually goes with most vehicles, I've mowed down smurf/barny softies with my prowler only for them to bounce off, meanwhile if I so much as clip a friendly they die.

[Ozyton]

That airplane on top wasn't a glider, it was a fully powered second aircraft.

It takes more fuel to takeoff than it is for level flight, so the British used the big plane to carry the smaller, longer ranged plane up to altitude where it was released. It was used as a courier plane but I think only one was made due to WW2.

Okay... but the game doesn't represent fuel =p

I find myself sitting on a lot of tank and aircraft resources because I rarely use them, wish I could convert them into infantry resources at a loss or something. Or... what if they were all combined into one resource? So that you couldn't pull a galaxy/liberator and then a tank and then a MAX...

[Aseaheru]

Why do that?

But I would like it if, say, you could "donate" them to a communal stockpile for outfits, allowing you to draw from them if needed.

[Ozyton]

Why convert resources you aren't using into ones you are using? That should be fairly obvious. Why have all resources be combined into one resource? I didn't really flesh that thought it, I came up with it as I was typing...

[Duuvian]

I drive a Turbo/stealth flash all the time. I've recently wasted 600 certs reducing it's respawn time; necessary because my righteous use of turbo tended to leave me waiting for 1m30s for another before I'd even left the base.

The last patch or two I think messed up Flash vehicle roadkills. It's quite difficult to have them register if enemies are moving to your right or left. You have to 'lead' them slightly in whatever direction they are travelling. If they are stationary driving through them works.

The best places for Flash roadkills are places where enemies are trapped in a narrow corridor they are funneling out of. For example if a spawn room exit has one of those rails right outside it. Another is the North road into The Crown; though lightnings are best at that because they can shoot you off your flash pretty easy. In a lightning I ran over what seemed to be at least 50 TR who had a sunderer parked at the bottom of Crown on that road a few weeks ago. It was awesome, they were mostly HA and they all just froze in horror as I plowed down the road because they couldn't launch rockets without hitting the guy in front of them. It was one of those moments where they were so closely packed you can't help but kill a ton of them that rarely surfaces in PS2.

I REALLY wish the devs would do one thing for flashes. Have flipping over kick you out of the flash and possibly smite your character with some damage, don't have it take damage upside down, and let you flip it back over. The other day I was making a group of TR look like a bunch of fools with my flash, several tanks and a lot of infantry were shooting at me and I was dodging it, spinning in circles and doing sweet jumps with turbo and stuff. It's actually useful to the team, I swear, because if they are shooting at me for easy points they aren't shooting at the guys coming down the road at them. Anyways though, I was dodging and laughing and only taking a few bullet impacts and small splash damage to my personal shields and flash. Then I landed after a sweet turbo jump, bullets and tank shells going past me, when my right wheel hit a small bump and I flipped over. I slid upside down with my character sliding through the ground, hoping enough turbo would recharge that I could slide my way onto a bump in the terrain and flip myself while airborne, but unfortunately the flash exploded before that.

True, kicking me out and having the flash slide 50 feet away would still have gotten me killed from enemy fire while I ran to it, but it's more for all those countless times I've been stranded on Amerish because my flash flipped over and exploded. In addition the hapless bystanders gawking at me that I've ran over while turboing straight ahead and upside down in that desperate window before my flash explodes might still be alive to this day.

[Jim Groovester]

I find myself sitting on a lot of tank and aircraft resources because I rarely use them, wish I could convert them into infantry resources at a loss or something. Or... what if they were all combined into one resource? So that you couldn't pull a galaxy/liberator and then a tank and then a MAX...

Combining resources into one generic one is a prospective change for the resource revamp.

I wish I could stockpile vehicle pulls like I can with infantry consumables. I have 40 C4 stocked up, why can't I have 40 Prowler pulls just waiting to happen?

[Kanil]

The problem with roadkill is that it's server side. Anyone who's moving isn't actually located where they are on your screen, so your natural tendency to drive around friendlies and drive over hostiles is counterproductive. You have to lead enemies, and hope that friendlies understand they're hard to dodge, when what you see on your screen has no relevance to whether they get roadkilled or not.

I even think it's possible for you to drive around a guy on your screen, for him to walk around you on his screen, yet for you to both end up in the same place according to the server and have a roadkill.

[Duuvian]

I'm pretty sure it's worse than it's been in the past; perhaps the 'contact' area of the flash was reduced slightly. I used to be able to still clip people slightly farther away that I'm able to do so now. Not a huge deal I suppose. The main issue is not being able to flip it back over. You see abandoned flashes all over the place anyways as they are used for usually transport rather than fighting unless they use Wraith cloak; so I don't see the issue of not exploding flashes when they are flipped over. If you've ever played Skyrim, I was thinking of a 'grab' system like that for the Flash for the owner of it. Sure, you'd see some dumb stuff like a character seemingly using telekinesis to drag their flash around, but it would be well worth it convenience wise. In addition that could be used for picking stuff up in the future. Like maybe being able to pick up enemy grenades and toss them back or loading an ANT or what not with Auraxium or what not.

That said I'm appreciative turbo jumping doesn't kill me as often anymore, as long as I land on the ground and not terrain objects like Indar corals or some kinds of rocks. Also that I can roll the flash in midair to land on the wheels with a reasonable expectation that I won't explode if I land on the wheels.

[Ozyton]

It'd probably be easier to flip a flash by making it teleport upright or making it tip over until it's right-side up.

[Duuvian]

Hey, whatever works.

EDIT: What I did while earning my latest Alert reward (hiding in various spots in the warpgate the whole time and occasionally being teamkilled) :

Note that about 3/4 of the conversation was about Planetside 2 and about doing badass stuff on flashes, devolved into why people care about K/D ratio instead of just having fun and then further recessed into discussion about society, but I lost it almost all of it due to scrolling limits so it starts off out totally out of context. I apologize that I could only save non-PS2 related discussion but SOE, as fun a game as PS2 is, has willed it to be so.

The guy is a Vanu and sent me a tell because I was tearing around on a turbo flash exploding all over the place after NC lost the chance to lock a continent. It turns out he makes videos like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRaEe-dhTt8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO_uSLnOgXU

The coolest Vanu I've met ever. I do that stuff all the time!

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You told Commander2x: If I was rich though I'd be able to do some really nice stuff though so it's a catch 22
[TELL] [Commander2x]: ha g/l with these iTards
[TELL] [Commander2x]: true but
[TELL] [Commander2x]: i think its the actually lack of money thta doesnt affect normal people liek ti does in evil ways to peopel with "too
[TELL] [Commander2x]: much"
You told Commander2x: yeah the culture is somewhat shameful nowadays; I wish rap music could populize good works rather than
[TELL] [Commander2x]: spike00 suo bro
You told Commander2x: I mean I like rap but the people rapping are just so fucking terrible
You told Commander2x: rather than you know selling crack and ruining your neighborhood
You told Commander2x: occasionally you hear a good song though and it warms my heart
FACILITY CAPTURED: Ti Alloys, Inc.
New Mission: Defend East Canyon Checkpoint .
New Mission: Defend East Canyon Checkpoint .
You told Commander2x: I mean I got nothing against pot slanging don't get me wrong
You told Commander2x: but crack and pills and shit is just shooting yourself in the foot
New Mission: Defend East Canyon Checkpoint .
You told Commander2x: I feel like I lost ya there
[TELL] [Commander2x]: man if more people thought with common sense liek you the world could benefit
New Mission: Defend East Canyon Checkpoint .
[TELL] [Commander2x]: ty for not being cattle
You told Commander2x: ah cool
You told Commander2x: Thanks bro
[TELL] [Commander2x]: no ty man
[TELL] [Commander2x]: /r around me
New Mission: Capture Allatum Botany Wing
[TELL] [Commander2x]: peopel seem outnumbered
[TELL] [Commander2x]: i call us people
You told Commander2x: yeah it's bad influences from above
[TELL] [Commander2x]: i call "them" worthless
FACILITY CAPTURED: Rashnu Watchtower
You told Commander2x: nah no one is worthless
[TELL] [Commander2x]: nah no one'
You told Commander2x: some people just need to be enlightened
[TELL] [Commander2x]: only the ones who choose
[TELL] [Commander2x]: nsah them people are gray area
You told Commander2x: even those can be changed with persistence
[TELL] [Commander2x]: soon to be's
FACILITY CAPTURED: The Palisade
[TELL] [Commander2x]: i mean the knowinhly ignorant
[TELL] [Commander2x]: knowingly*
You told Commander2x: the best way to change that is to set a good example with your knowledge
[TELL] [Commander2x]: keep knowledge from others hide to gain for themselves
[TELL] [Commander2x]: yea its a shame tho
You told Commander2x: I agree
[TELL] [Commander2x]: so many good have died just uttering knowledge that would help everyone
[TELL] [Commander2x]: : /
You told Commander2x: Yeah
You told Commander2x: Going back to rap, look at 'Rick Ross'
You told Commander2x: that guy was a prison guard
You told Commander2x: he was putting people in jail who did what he pretends to do now
[TELL] [Commander2x]: probably took half his raps from prisoners he overheard
You told Commander2x: yeah probably
[TELL] [Commander2x]: yup a puppet
[TELL] [Commander2x]: but look at his life
You told Commander2x: indeed
[TELL] [Commander2x]: bet hes alone as fuk
[TELL] [Commander2x]: money cant buy emotional comfort
You told Commander2x: naw he's rich as fuck and probably happy as shit
[TELL] [Commander2x]: that sht coems when its deserved
You told Commander2x: some people blind themselves with it though
[TELL] [Commander2x]: happy material wise physical comfort wise
[TELL] [Commander2x]: but alone liek he cant trust no one
[TELL] [Commander2x]: he cant truly believe that his wife is htere for him and not the money
You told Commander2x: could be, I don't know the guy
You told Commander2x: yeah true that
[TELL] [Commander2x]: he cant trust all the "friends" around him
You told Commander2x: mmhmm
[TELL] [Commander2x]: yea but i mean
[TELL] [Commander2x]: i dont knwo em
You told Commander2x: I know what you're saying
[TELL] [Commander2x]: but rich peopel liek that tend to be more paranoid
[TELL] [Commander2x]: with reason
[TELL] [Commander2x]: understandably
You told Commander2x: yeah but he's basically posing as an 80s druglord and making people think coke traffic is cool
You told Commander2x: shit fucks people up
[TELL] [Commander2x]: well thats wut im sayin as a grown ass man
You told Commander2x: so he kind of deserves whatever negatories he gets
[TELL] [Commander2x]: u know dam well your a phony how would that make you feel
[TELL] [Commander2x]: knwoing that eveyr day of your life all for some green paper
You told Commander2x: yup yup
You told Commander2x: that you are partially responsible for people all around the world acting like fools instead of readin
[TELL] [Commander2x]: yup
You told Commander2x: culture is messed up and people like us got to try to fix it bro
[TELL] [Commander2x]: in the process of teaching my kids how to this day xD
You told Commander2x: that's why I write stuff on forums
You told Commander2x: Glad to hear it
FACILITY CAPTURED: Zurvan Network Complex
You told Commander2x: Someday we're gonna be immortal space monkeys but it's going to take some work
You told Commander2x: And people need to think about that
You told Commander2x: even if we aren't to see it
[TELL] [Commander2x]: dam straight lol we could be so much more advanced by now sometimes i see the sht ppl say or do and it just makes me
[TELL] [Commander2x]: my inne rmost coer
[TELL] [Commander2x]: most core*
You told Commander2x: haha yeah I know that feeling
You told Commander2x: that was like most of W's presidency for example
You told Commander2x: and still to this day, gov can't get shit done
[TELL] [Commander2x]: ikr cretins
You told Commander2x: I've been unemployed as hell most of this recession; if they would spend a billion dollars on employin
You told Commander2x: instead of 'protecting our borders'
You told Commander2x: I could be working and paying taxes and buying shit now
[TELL] [Commander2x]: padding their pockets right
[TELL] [Commander2x]: off our suffer
You told Commander2x: Houston is the most successful country in America because it's had such a surge in immigration
[TELL] [Commander2x]: our sacrifice both time and body wise
You told Commander2x: yeah pretty much; I was sad to see Occupy beaten down like it was while Tea Party parades with guns
[TELL] [Commander2x]: i had to work part time at one place part time from home and soem side jobs whenever they coem up
[TELL] [Commander2x]: while goin to school still
You told Commander2x: I've never had a full time job
Longbane is now OFFLINE.
You told Commander2x: I've had about 30 part time
[TELL] [Commander2x]: just to barely get by bu tnow things are abit better
[TELL] [Commander2x]: takes soem time
[TELL] [Commander2x]: but its def doable
You told Commander2x: college is trying to charge me to take an algebra class I took in high school
You told Commander2x: when I took several levels above it in High school
You told Commander2x: so I was like fuck that
[TELL] [Commander2x]: these money hungry sobs
You told Commander2x: yall need to fix the system
You told Commander2x: yeah]
[TELL] [Commander2x]: thats all it boils down to anymore
You told Commander2x: yeah exactly
[TELL] [Commander2x]: more money more power
[TELL] [Commander2x]: slave the innocent as long as your profiting
[TELL] [Commander2x]: free ticket to hell though
[TELL] [Commander2x]: ill pass
You told Commander2x: I was doing algebra in front of the guidance councilor to prove I can do algebra and she's like 'well
You told Commander2x: you need to take it again because it's been 2 years since you took it
[TELL] [Commander2x]: thats so fkn stupid
You told Commander2x: I took it my freshman year!
You told Commander2x: that's 4 years automatically
[TELL] [Commander2x]: like comn now wut a dumb fkn requirement
You told Commander2x: yeah I know
You told Commander2x: and my family is all like just do it and I'm like it's the principle of the thing
New Mission: Defend Ti Alloys, Inc. .
You told Commander2x: not like the damn certificate is worth jack shit anyways
FACILITY LOST: Rashnu Watchtower
You told Commander2x: <- audio and video major
You told Commander2x: and I live in a small town
You told Commander2x: only son so I inherit the farm
You told Commander2x: so Ican't move
[TELL] [Commander2x]: soo howtf does algebra have to d with sht
You told Commander2x: EXACTLY
[TELL] [Commander2x]: da fuq
[TELL] [Commander2x]: *shakes head*
[TELL] [Commander2x]: frikkn maroons
You told Commander2x: and it's not like we don't have the INTERNET nowadays
You told Commander2x: any conceivable equation I can figure out in like 5 minutes if it's solvable
You told Commander2x: so yeah that's why I'm not going to college
You told Commander2x: fucking community college
You told Commander2x: got taken over by suits
[TELL] [Commander2x]: i mean anyway they can bend you ove rand fuk another dollar outta ya
You told Commander2x: Yeah, I tried to avoid it by taking pilot lessons; you would think those skills would be in demand
[TELL] [Commander2x]: i htought that was the new american modo till i was corected ol
You told Commander2x: Well, ground school is handled by the community college
You told Commander2x: but you have to buy flight hours and their like 100$ an hour
You told Commander2x: from a private corp
[TELL] [Commander2x]: daaaaam
You told Commander2x: and pay the instructor
You told Commander2x: and pay for fuel
You told Commander2x: and you need 50 minimum to get your private liscence; average is around 100
You told Commander2x: to actually get a job you need 500
You told Commander2x: and to sign a contract
[TELL] [Commander2x]: jesus
You told Commander2x: where you are basically an intern if I remember correctly until they really hire you
You told Commander2x: 500 is the minimum for the liscenece, the instructor told us to expect 1000-2000
You told Commander2x: so I was like f that
[TELL] [Commander2x]: wwwwooooow thats fkn insane
You told Commander2x: yeah but I suppose at least I know how to land a real airplane
[TELL] [Commander2x]: tru that is badass
You told Commander2x: yup keep just got to be at the appropriate airspeed and use the vertical landing assist thing that
You told Commander2x: changes colors when you are at the right angle of descent
You told Commander2x: and have the wheels down ad that's about it
You told Commander2x: really they ought to teach it in high school, probably would save a plane crash some day
You told Commander2x: hah I spent this whole alert talking to you bro
[TELL] [Commander2x]: hell yea but nooo
New Mission: Capture Crossroads Watchtower
[TELL] [Commander2x]: they dont want ppl to think just smart enough to do without asking questions
You told Commander2x: just remember boatmurdered
[TELL] [Commander2x]: hell ye aman
[TELL] [Commander2x]: i will
FACILITY LOST: Indar Comm. Array
You told Commander2x: Okey dokey, googlesearch and a bookmark now would not be a bad idea sorry to keep pushin it
FACILITY CAPTURED: Blackshard Iridium Mine
[TELL] [Commander2x]: nah its all good sounds badass
You told Commander2x: Just checked, yup first result
New Mission: Capture Indar Comm. Array
You told Commander2x: I think I'ma logout after my welldeserved alert reward
[TELL] [Commander2x]: haha same here bor
[TELL] [Commander2x]: bro* it was refreshing talking to someoen with common sense for a change
[TELL] [Commander2x]: xD
You told Commander2x: yeah right back at you

There is more to landing a plane than I mentioned but I assume if he had to do it someday he could ask over the radio what the other parts specific to the aircraft are.

EDIT: LOL at Houston is the most successful Country in America