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[�io]

Who is 2 or 3 ?

Tobias is #1 for sure.

There are a few who are sometimes Tobias-like but nothing as bad and scary as him.

[BLuE_ZeRO]

Originally posted by Dio
That's what the VR training is for.

And i would love it if like i said you could disable it IF you want. Would allow for quick and/or tricky landings. Imagine landing right outside an enemy base, picking up your squad and taking off again in a big 6-7 secs.

Would it prevent say... making an unexpected water landing? *cough* Hamma

[m0rphiu5]

ROFL

great article, even abit on stealth, yay!!!!!

[TG_NightHawk]

So....have they named the bodies of water yet? I say "Hamma's Lake" or maybe instead of the Mosquito...the Hammador!

[afex]

question:

During this time our hacker was attempting to infiltrate the base, any type of takeover is going to require a tremendous amount of teamwork and coordination. While your hacking a base (advanced hacking cert required) you are very vulnerable to attack. So its good to have a force in the room with you keeping it secure. It takes a while to hack a base. Once you do, it takes 15 minutes before it becomes property of your empire, during that time nothing is operational inside for anyone. And the empire you hacked from has the ability to retrieve it. This particular mission went back and forth between all empires.

here you state that you need an advanced hacking cert to hack into a base.

i doubt that new characters will have enough starting cert points to get up to advanced hacking without fighting for and capturing bases.

chicken and the egg syndrome?

please point out my logic error here.

[Commander Cain]

great review,
very well written. I want to play Planetside more then ever now.

[Jinxmasta]

Seeing as you can get Battle Rank 5 without leaving the VR Training, it shouldn't be too hard to get Advanced Hacking. This is what I plan to do, get Infiltration Suit, then Hacking, then Advanced Hacking, and then all the other good stuff. This means all I'll have to use is 3 certs and I already have what I need to be a good infiltrator. We also know that at Battle Rank 5 we will AT LEAST have 5 certs or more so I'll probably have room for a Wraith.

[Lexington_Steele]

Originally posted by afex
question:


here you state that you need an advanced hacking cert to hack into a base.

i doubt that new characters will have enough starting cert points to get up to advanced hacking without fighting for and capturing bases.

chicken and the egg syndrome?

please point out my logic error here.

Good point but I think it is only a minor problem.

If you get BEPs from doing things like visiting continents for the first time, VR training, and battling in general then you have a steady source of BEPs without actually taking a base.

I think the period of time when hacking certs are not common will be very short, (maybe a week of release). In the grand scheme of planetside that is be a very short period.

[Jinxmasta]

Originally posted by Jinxmasta
Seeing as you can get Battle Rank 5 without leaving the VR Training, it shouldn't be too hard to get Advanced Hacking. This is what I plan to do, get Infiltration Suit, then Hacking, then Advanced Hacking, and then all the other good stuff. This means all I'll have to use is 3 certs and I already have what I need to be a good infiltrator. We also know that at Battle Rank 5 we will AT LEAST have 5 certs or more so I'll probably have room for a Wraith.

Read ^
In other words, people will have advanced hacking probably in the first day of release if they are willing to devote their certs to being an infiltrator. I know I will be and I can bet you by the end of the first day I play (if I get a lot of time, sometimes I only get like 30 minutes because I usually buy the game right before the mall closes for some reason) I will have an advanced hacking cert.

[Hamma]

Good points, I am not sure how many cert points you start with. But dont forget you can earn battle ranks in the VR area.

[m0rphiu5]

Originally posted by Jinxmasta
Seeing as you can get Battle Rank 5 without leaving the VR Training, it shouldn't be too hard to get Advanced Hacking. This is what I plan to do, get Infiltration Suit, then Hacking, then Advanced Hacking, and then all the other good stuff. This means all I'll have to use is 3 certs and I already have what I need to be a good infiltrator. We also know that at Battle Rank 5 we will AT LEAST have 5 certs or more so I'll probably have room for a Wraith.

actually that was my plan aswell, accept ill probably go more of an "attack stealth" to start with, specialising in whatever weapons a stealth can use...

ohh btw hamma can stealths use supressors?

[Incompetent]

no

[Hamma]

I dont think they have inventory space for larger weapons like supressors. But I am not entirly sure.

[Camping Carl]

Last I heard, all they've got room for is pistols and knives.

[Mold]

And i would love it if like i said you could disable it IF you want. Would allow for quick and/or tricky landings. Imagine landing right outside an enemy base, picking up your squad and taking off again in a big 6-7 secs.

I imagine you could do that if landing/takeoff where hotkeys.

*edit* if the animations are too slow then maybe they shoulda came up with some quick land that causes a little crash damage but halves the animation time. Perhaps if you zip in real close to the ground before ya hit the button the animation would be shorter. *shrug* i dont see whats gonna stop ya from just landing it yourself...it would kinda be dumb if you are already on the ground and you have to hit the button to make the animation land from the air just so ppl could get in.

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