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[beorn080]

Last night on Connery we were asdaulting one of the outposts for the large plantfilled biolab on, ah, the temperate continent. I had beautiful firing lanes on two areas of the outpost. Ran out of ammo twice, and one of the times there was no ammo dropped nearby, so I had to run into the outpost to the gunputers to rearm. Snuck through flanking enemies to get back to my perch. Even got a knife kill.

Might try stalking at some point.

Stalking is hilariously good fun, but its very streaky. Either you find a half dozen idiots whom dont know why they keep dropping dead, or you get the god tier players who can see a kneeling cloaked infiltrator when its not moving at night. Still, camp a destroyed turret in a base your attacking, or get close to an out of the way sundie, and you can really have some fun.

I might drop in if battle rifles got buffed. I loved running a sniper type engineer or medic.

[Rex_Nex]

I updated and logged in to see what was going down in PS2, forgot why I stopped playing. There was one fight on the entire server and it was just a bunch of VS MAXes camping the spawn room. Now I remember why I quit; the game is quite literally dead during the only times when I can play.

[miauw62]

The NC starter rifle is the bolt-action one, which is the same as all the other factions' bolt-action rifles, except the other factions have to unlock it. It's also considered the best sniper rifle IIRC. I wouldn't know, I'm absolutely awful with it.

This game is just really frustrating to play sometimes. If you're a new player you either play without a squad or you play with a zergfit, and the leetfit certed-out players shit all over you (in all senses of the word). If you want to do some of the "silly fun" strats to wind down you will also find that they cost a gazillion certs to unlock, and they take certs away from making your normal play better...

but eh, i still sometimes play this game

[Radio Controlled]

Sometimes you gotta work to find your fun. A personal favorite from back before the game got uplayable due to lag for me: get at least one other person, get on those quad bike thingies, then have a race across enemy terrain or make bets how often you can drive around a tank before it blows you up, or just ramp everything in sight.

[Akura]

I think my enjoyment of this game has pretty much peaked. Spawn in, get killed seconds later, presumably through a wall. I see an enemy, I hit them with a dozen or so shots, I get killed by that enemy.

I can't see crap, and the lighting in most of the locations makes it impossible to tell friend from foe.

[Aklyon]

If you can't see crap, thats probably the bigger issue than having no idea what to do, Akura. Have you messed with the graphical options much?

I updated and logged in to see what was going down in PS2, forgot why I stopped playing. There was one fight on the entire server and it was just a bunch of VS MAXes camping the spawn room. Now I remember why I quit; the game is quite literally dead during the only times when I can play.

Have you tried playing on a different server instead so the time works in your favor? (unless you're in australia and too far away to play on the others well, i guess)

[Rex_Nex]

If you can't see crap, thats probably the bigger issue than having no idea what to do, Akura. Have you messed with the graphical options much?

I updated and logged in to see what was going down in PS2, forgot why I stopped playing. There was one fight on the entire server and it was just a bunch of VS MAXes camping the spawn room. Now I remember why I quit; the game is quite literally dead during the only times when I can play.

Have you tried playing on a different server instead so the time works in your favor? (unless you're in australia and too far away to play on the others well, i guess)

I might be able to play on another server, I just have all my stuff on emerald (and no will to spend the money to boost myself back up!) so every time I've attempted to switch over to the other servers, it feels extremely painful.

[Akura]

If you can't see crap, thats probably the bigger issue than having no idea what to do, Akura. Have you messed with the graphical options much?

Everything's at max. And it's not so much of a graphics issue as there being so much dakka going around that red, pink, and blue/yellow get rather difficult to make out. And it's hard to focus enough to get a shot when when someone beamheadshots me from a kilometer away after I stick my head out for half a second.

[Aklyon]

Ah, I don't know how it looks at max. I've always been at low-medium since I can run the game well enough any higher. Try looking for smaller fights I suppose, or at least not 3-way ones that get you to mix up pink and purple.

[Akura]

Some fun-ness was restored after I finally figured out how to get a scope on my rifle.

[beorn080]

Turn the graphics down a bit. I've tried running at max graphics, and its just so much eye candy that it is way to sparkly.

[Rex_Nex]

Plus, as someone else who spent a good long (and I mean long) while in your exact situation, I can certainly say that eventually things will quickly seem a lot more palpable than they do now. It's basically like your brain starts to slow down engagements, which helps you at least understand what's going on.

But yeah, I spent ages getting basically no kills while struggling to understand why everyone dropped me so easily. Now I am (or was) better than most players, which made me feel a lot better about things.

[Girlinhat]

If you can't see crap, thats probably the bigger issue than having no idea what to do, Akura. Have you messed with the graphical options much?

I updated and logged in to see what was going down in PS2, forgot why I stopped playing. There was one fight on the entire server and it was just a bunch of VS MAXes camping the spawn room. Now I remember why I quit; the game is quite literally dead during the only times when I can play.

Have you tried playing on a different server instead so the time works in your favor? (unless you're in australia and too far away to play on the others well, i guess)

I might be able to play on another server, I just have all my stuff on emerald (and no will to spend the money to boost myself back up!) so every time I've attempted to switch over to the other servers, it feels extremely painful.

Add me on Steam, same name, I'm up to play if I'm around, most of the time.  A good part of the game is having anyone competent to play with and communicate.

[Aklyon]

I still hardly get many kills usually, when I play. But I do manage to get a lot of support done.

[Akura]

I still hardly get many kills usually, when I play. But I do manage to get a lot of support done.

Been running around mostly with my repair gun. It seems to be working out for me.

Had my best run so far just now playing as TR. Caught two NCs heading for one of the base turrets in a perimeter tower. Filled one of them with half my clip. The other guy didn't notice apparently. I was about to put C4 on the gun because I thought he was in it, but it turns out he was repairing it. A burst to the back of his head took care of that. Before I can walk away, I get ambushed by an Infiltrator with a shotgun, but somehow took him down without losing more than 80% of my health.

I topped it all off by dropping from the tower right behind a Lightning, planting my C4 on it, stepping back, and pressing the button. Don't think he noticed anything. Other than the explosion, of course.