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[warhammer651]

and now no one is on

[Mono124]

Seems as though an update was pushed out.

Link to new download

It has gotten rid of all the flight mechanics and boats. Now you are a tank, in a dessert, and your goal is to blow up the enemies 5 bases at the opposite end. I REALLY hope he plans to add features back. I'll update the first post.

EDIT:... that blog post is REALLY old. Maybe my server is down for some other reason other than incompatibilities with a potential new update?

EDIT2: Nevermind, the server is working again. Odd. Anyway, the link is for a .80 Armor Test, which may give you a edge over everyone else when he finally pushes the .81 update.

[Ozyton]

Huh? No. That was a test he released a while ago to showcase land vehicles and the new destructible buildings.

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EDIT: Ninjad by edits

[Girlinhat]

So what's going on?  Is there an update now, or was that an old teaser release?  What are we running?

[Mono124]

Old teaser, we are still running .78

EDIT: Adding a new section to the OP: How money works. I'm gonna add it here as well.

Money

Money can be acquired one of 2 ways. The first way, is trading. You buy goods at one island and sell them at another island. If you bought 8 sets of goods at $4 each, and sell them for $15 each, you make $88. Awesome right? There's more though. Have you noticed how goods seem to disappear from an island? This is because the island sells the goods! When an island sells goods, it goes into a sort of money "stockpile" for your team. Every 2 seconds you receive a sort of paycheck from this stockpile. Those 8 sets of goods you sold to the island are converted into an additional $120 that is dispersed through your team, so you didn't just make $88, you made more for yourself and are helping your team out! This also means that when you aren't trading at all, and nobody is trading, goods are being sold from each island you control for $4 each. If you control 1 island, $4 goes into the stockpile, 2 islands $8, 3 islands $12, 4 islands $16. The more islands you control, the more money you make for your team. The more you trade, the more money you make for yourself AND for your team. You can also cut off your enemies money supply and make it almost impossible for them to continue. If you kill all cargo planes/boats and kill their factories, they can't trade goods to make money, and they cant make goods to trade for money or for their islands to sell to make money.

TL:DR Islands make your team money by selling goods. Trading doesn't just help yourself, but it helps your team as well. Take out all factories and cargo planes/boats and you cut off the other teams money supply.

[Girlinhat]

Should really emphasize there: You make money by owning mines and factories, even if you don't use a cargo vehicle, the island will passively make more money by selling its overstock.  You can increase the money flow by putting non-native goods on the island.

All stocks on islands slowly lower, because the "city" will buy cargo to represent the civilian sector being active.  You can't destroy a city, but you can destroy the commerce around the city and strangle your enemy's cash flow.

[Mono124]

Does anyone want me to make a bomber guide, complete with pictures, showing how to bomb and not get hit by AAA?

[Girlinhat]

I might be able to do a video on how I do bombing runs, but I'd need good capture software.

[Mono124]

I'll make a quick guide showing a few tips, and if you make a video capture I'll put that in the OP instead.

[warhammer651]

is it just me, or is bay12 the only server that's regularly up?

[Mono124]

It is the only server up... ever. Yeah.

Anyway, bombing guide!

Spoiler: How to bomb without getting shot by AAA (click to show/hide)

Bombing without getting hit by AAA fire is easier than it looks. I will show you how in this simple 7 (and a half) step guide!

Step 1
Make sure you have researched bombers and tallboys. Tallboys can take out a building as long as you hit said building

Step 2
Get the cash for a bomber.

Step 3
Purchase bomber, and go to the end of the runway. I'm going to now explain all the mumbo jumbo in the bottom left corner to you.



1- Fuel

How much fuel you have left. When it runs all the way out, you stop forward motion and uh... freefall.

2- Throttle

Currently the throttle is completely empty. When you hold W it fills white. Generally this is full.

3- Speedometer

This circle shows your speed. When going forward, the big needle moves in a clockwise motion until it reaches the speed you are going. when going backwards, it moves counterclockwise.

4- Altitude Meter

This circle shows your altitude. The big needle moves clockwise as you gain altitude and counterclockwise as you lose altitude. Every rotation of the big needle causes the small needle to move 1/8 of a rotation.

Step 4
Begin takeoff. The picture below shows you what speed you MUST reach before you can take off. Any lower and you will probably crash into the sea and become a boat.



When the big needle is at roughly 1/4 of a rotation clockwise, you can pitch up and take off. DO NOT PITCH UP TOO QUICKLY! If you do, you will become a boat, or you will simply die.

Step 4.5
You got up in the air? Great! Now head towards your intended target.

Step 5
Heading to the building that will soon be no more? You now need to pitch up and boost (hold shift) until your altitude reaches that of the picture below. The important part is the small needle. Once you are 3/8 of a rotation clockwise with the small needle, AAA fire cannot harm you. IMPORTANT: Make sure you keep around 1/4 to 1/6 of a tank of fuel, or you wont be able to return to base.



Step 6
Engage autopilot (E) and make sure you are lined up with your intended target. You can use A and D to adjust where you are pointed. The adjustments will be much smaller and precise than when you are not in autopilot mode.

Step 7
Hit 2 to go into the bomber view. This shows everything under your plane. You should see a red crosshair. This is where your bomb will land... sort of. If you hit SPACE to release the bomb while the building you want to blow up is right in the middle of your crosshair, the bomb will overshoot the building and explode rather harmlessly. The picture below shows you the optimum point of release.



When the building is at the purple circle on the redishpinkish line, hit SPACE and drop the bomb. If you did everything right, when you return to pilot view (1) you should see the bomb gracefully fall into the building, and see a building destuction hit in chat.

Be aware that if you hit the very edge of a building you may not take out the building core, thus not destroying the building. I also did this in a rather lag free enviroment (ping is 17 for me) so the point of release for you may be farther from the center of the crosshairs.

[Girlinhat]

Mono14 if you'll assist me with some screenshots, I can show my slight change on how I takeoff.  Namely, I can't see myself rising, so I'll need someone to capture my angle of climb.  In my research, I've found some freehand angles of climb that work with boost best.  If you climb too steep you lose speed fast.  Too shallow and you don't climb much.

Then I'll look into getting some free screen capture software.  If we could get 2-3 people to do screen capture, along with me, then we could get a pilot's eye view as well as surface view of what a bombing run looks like.

I fiddle with my fuel as well, so my specific style uses a bit more skill.  I often have to glide my way to base on the final bits because I run out of fuel 20 feet away from the runway and 50 feet up - and bombers don't glide very well at all.

It's also worth noting that bombing a mine or AAA is more difficult.  If you hit the top of a mine (those pyramids) you don't even expose the core.  AAA seems to be tougher or something too, you need a fairly direct hit to destroy it.

[Anvilfolk]

I joined yesterday, and some really nice folks helped me out with this. Thank you, to whoever that was I suggest anyone else can do the same thing. Ask for help

Turns out the game is pretty cool

[Girlinhat]

PREPARE FOR PLANE JOUSTING!

I have received a beta code for Planetside 2.  I already have a code.  So this one is going to someone else.  The method shall be plane jousting.  Two pilots go at each other, no weapons.  Only collision kills.  Whoever wins and/or makes the most amazing aerial display wins!

[warhammer651]

I accept your challenge sir


EDIT God dammit game froze after I killed white again