/r/Planetside

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Subreddit for discussion of the PlanetSide franchise, a series of MMOFPS games.

PlanetSide 2 released in 2012 and is currently developed by Toadman Interactive, and published by Daybreak Game Company.

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Subreddit for the PlanetSide franchise. Planetside 2, which released in 2012, is currently developed by Toadman Interactive and published by Daybreak Game Company.

Rules

  • 1. Follow the PlanetSide 2 Rules of Conduct where applicable.
  • 2. Keep it civil. Do not harass others (including devs!), make attacks, or use discriminatory language.
  • 3. Keep posts PlanetSide focused.
  • 4. Follow our content guidelines. No low effort posts or reposts.
  • 5. Flair your post appropriately for its content.
  • 6. Do not attack former and current developers as individuals. Criticism about work they have done is fine.
  • 7. Do not make "hackusation" type posts, and do not discuss how to perform exploits or methods of cheating.
  • See the full posting rules here.

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    2

    Is it still fun?

    I played this game a few years ago and only have like 100h of playtime. Is it still fun to play or is this game dead?

    7 Comments
    2024/10/06
    17:30 UTC

    1

    There isn’t any good community layout for the Steam Deck and it’s driving me nuts

    What are you deck enjoyers using to play this game ?

    6 Comments
    2024/10/06
    15:49 UTC

    2

    Server latency spikes

    Frequent server latency spikes (up to 9k sometimes) usually where the action is, making the game unplayable for me. It's been going on for a while now, are you planning on fixing your hardware or should I uninstall the game?

    Edit: Cobalt

    5 Comments
    2024/10/06
    15:38 UTC

    10

    two_ammo_packs_making_out.avi

    1 Comment
    2024/10/06
    15:36 UTC

    9

    Cheaters in game.

    First time seeing a cheater. Friday and today. It's probably the same player with a different account after getting banned.. Both cheaters had the same game style.

    Why wouldn't the game have an alert after a NEW account kills 100 players in minutes... Why does this game allow people to cheat so easily?

    10 Comments
    2024/10/06
    15:03 UTC

    85

    thats a hell of a mole hill

    17 Comments
    2024/10/06
    11:38 UTC

    5

    Probably a dumb question

    How do I get back to the faction rep in sanctuary?

    4 Comments
    2024/10/06
    11:35 UTC

    34

    Why does every event require so much unfun grind? (Pumpkins/snowmen/etc)

    You can spend literally an hour driving/flying around in any map and find around 10-20pumpkins at max.

    Why?

    This is suppose to be fun events but all the metrics are always grindy and obscure.

    It's been like this from the start, which is so weird because in every other game I've played that has events they've thrown carrots at you for the sake of it because ykano it's suppose to make you happy. Meanwhile in PS2 I've always felt deflated when it is always 1-3 objectives that automatically complete (kill, res/ammo/etc) and the rest are fucking obscure bullshit that just wastes time and has nothing to do in a wargame.

    Literally no one enjoys running across a map trying to find pumpkins that randomly spawn. "Kill enemies who are wearing halloween masks" oh great so I am quite literally fucked if OTHER people do not engage with the event? For reference I've got 200+ masked murderers and despite going stealth+knife (mostly knifing snipers) I got 8 "knifed masked people".

    TLDR: This is a complaint from the dawn of this game, I've never felt a game make a worse event impression: It is always insanely grindy that takes way too much time, way too little reward and is not at all in the spirit of "FUN".

    18 Comments
    2024/10/06
    01:41 UTC

    8

    Returning player

    Been away from the game for almost over a year now and hoo boy is it rough trying to get back over the hump of insta dying every half second and losing literally any semblance of a fight

    Had a vs hacky instakill me a few times as well on my first day back. Felt odd considering I can almost confidently say as an emerald player I don’t remember running into many if any hackers that were being as blatant as that guy was.

    Slowly getting used to winning fights, reworking Sundy builds after the rework changed them and above all else trying to remember what the old “in the know” me was thinking when putting together class loadouts and builds.

    Still love the game but trying to learn how to play again is certainly kicking my butt.

    Any of y’all out there had to reacquaint yourselves with the game after a lengthy break?

    5 Comments
    2024/10/06
    00:46 UTC

    1 Comment
    2024/10/06
    00:14 UTC

    187

    Only in Planetside

    5 Comments
    2024/10/05
    23:08 UTC

    5

    How does the bounty system work?

    So I am a bit confused, When getting bounties x1, x2, and x3. How does this exactly work? I feel like it's very random sometimes...Like last game I had 24 kills and no deaths in a row and did not increase my bounty at all. But then it feels like sometimes I will kill 1 person and get a bounty on me.

    Please explain if anyone knows lol

    13 Comments
    2024/10/05
    21:49 UTC

    7

    Nason's Defiance is a great base to farm this idiotic task for the event

    5 Comments
    2024/10/05
    21:45 UTC

    6

    Liberator

    2 Comments
    2024/10/05
    20:24 UTC

    10

    Miller server performance is atrocious

    Seriously it feels like everyone including myself is playing with 200 ping. And before people gaslight me, my ping is 20 no packetdrops.

    People in chat are complaining so its everyone who feels this.

    4x XP but servers cant handle people actually playing the game smh.

    2 Comments
    2024/10/05
    19:52 UTC

    0

    VS Weapon Buffs Suggestions : Ursa, Corvus, Slicer, Manticore

    • Skorpios- increased Magazine size of 25 to 28–30 rounds.(the tempest receives free ext mag, so increase Scorpios mag size)
    • VX4-3 Slicer - Remove or nerf the 0.3s delay after firing. Make it 0.01-0.02 instead of 0.03!
    • Ursa - 167 maximum damage changed to 184@10m. Consider decreasing mag size slightly to ~60,120 ext)
    • Corvus - 167 maximum damage changed to 184@10m(184 damage model will make 550rpm guns more consistent against 1000 HP breakthrough barriers like the survivalist implant, medic HP/Shield healing, aux shield
    • Manticore SX40 - minimum damage 112@ 60m changed to 125@ 60m (small buff)

    Edit: many people have rightfully pointed out that 184 might increase the 167 dmg range a little to far.
    To remedy this, decrease the max damage range to 8m on Corvus/Ursa and 13m and possibly remove HVA.

    28 Comments
    2024/10/05
    18:29 UTC

    125

    There are still wonderful people in the game

    13 Comments
    2024/10/05
    17:59 UTC

    17

    Give a Green Bandana to FL-34 in Sanctuary.

    It would only be fitting considering how Wrel personally voiced FL-34.

    Also there should be a unique directive line that gives you not only the signature Green Bandana but also a White Crate banner to go along with it.

    6 Comments
    2024/10/05
    16:22 UTC

    28

    Had 63 certs and just completed the Trick or Treat. Short changed.

    7 Comments
    2024/10/05
    16:06 UTC

    62

    "Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon."

    3 Comments
    2024/10/05
    16:05 UTC

    27

    Will it come back for sale again?

    2 Comments
    2024/10/05
    09:38 UTC

    0

    What would you think if the devs add an auraxium weapon bundle for members that cost 10,060 certs?

    Same one in the PTS. Make it easy to unlock these weapons for new players. This change would also make it so that you can use platinum and bundle weapons without wasting kills for directives. It would also help the devs sell more subscriptions.

    10 Comments
    2024/10/05
    00:54 UTC

    43

    Is the vehicle exploding after being in the air for 1 full second going to be fixed?

    I know everyone thinks it's to prevent cheaters but it's bugged and completely ruined driving Harasser/Ant/Flash unless you go really slowly and don't ramp up over anything but a tiny hill.

    • I can't complete a barrel roll on a chassis designed to barrel roll (daredevil) without exploding.

    • If it goes turtle I can't roll it back without exploding.

    • I can't skip down a steep incline without exploding.

    • I can't jump from one hill to another (eg Amerish) without exploding.

    • I can't ramp up over any kind of obstacle without exploding.

    Anything involving being airborne for more than 1 full second makes the car explode, without fail.

    The cheater is probably laughing all the way from inside his rock over this, please retune it or fix it so we can enjoy driving again.

    It's embarrassing killing my gunners over and over for no reason and literally sucks the fun of driving a Harasser, it's on the level of a membership cancelling issue for me. I don't want to but driving and leading our vehicle outfit is all I have here now, if I can't enjoy driving there's no point in paying for something nerfed to the point of frustration.

    It's not even preventing cheaters, a VS turret cheater was on tonight but us Harasser/Ant/Flash drivers are the ones being punished with this ridiculous exploding vehicle nonsense.

    30 Comments
    2024/10/04
    23:28 UTC

    0

    Bring powerknifes back to 1k damage

    Everyone remember how powerknives used to deal 1000 and actually have a point? I do. After using knives for the Halloween directive, I have come to realize just how pointless current powerknives are now. Not only do you have to manage to hit someone with the knife (harder than it sounds), you have to hit them in the head to get the instakill, which is basically impossible. Considering it has a slower firing rate than normal knives, if you miss that first headshot, you are probably dead.

    The nerf was already unwarranted in the first place, just bring it back to what it should be.

    8 Comments
    2024/10/04
    22:20 UTC

    5

    New Player Here! Any Community/Discord? (Emerald TR)

    Hello hello,

    I came across this game from one ytber I really enjoyed doing variety Planetside. Decided to get it and apparently got myself into 4xp event. I have less than 10 hours in and, as expected, confused af. Is there any community I can join on Discord for NA TR player on Emerald? Any outfit/squad active?

    Also looking for some sort of updated wiki since I like learning about games through reading the stuff

    5 Comments
    2024/10/04
    22:07 UTC

    30

    Why does the Betelgeuse always insta-kill me?

    Does it have some special ability or something? 4x headshot multiplier?

    Every time I face someone with that gun, they just kill me instantly. The stats sheet says it's basically the same as the MSW-R with 143dmg and 750RPM.

    But any time I run into it they just point it at me and I'm dead instantly. Even when I ambush someone, they just lazily turn around and annihilate me. Am I missing something here?

    72 Comments
    2024/10/04
    19:56 UTC

    168

    "Hmmm, I wonder where the new devs live"

    60 Comments
    2024/10/04
    19:20 UTC

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