The very 1st day...

[Grognard]

I wonder...

What will it be like when the first of the first get in the game, and start moving out into the unknown, furtively looking around for the first sight, or first sound, of enemy contact... Who will get the very first kill? Who will be the first martyr?

What will the very first battle be like... skirmishers making a rukus, causing more and more troops to pour in from everywhere... Soldiers learning to use their weapons in a "trial by fire" atmosphere... Early attempts at target recognition, rampant friendly fire? Developing tactics in its infancy, propagation of PS1 habits, some working, some... a rude awakening...

I forsee the obvious... we are going to be awestruck when we see "massive planetside scale", translate into... massive planetside 2 scale...

Cheers, to the empires 3.

[Neurotoxin]

90% of the players will not even download the client by the end of day 1. Unless DVDs are being mailed out instead...

Either way, I have my plan set in mind: Grab a Pulsar and a Lightning, start up Raging Primates with all the other old members that get in (if outfit systems are functional when closed beta begins), and then we kill stuff.

[The Barn Cat]

I was just thinking about this a few days ago i wonder how long into playing the beta untill you find a enemy how big the maps are and how few players it will be at first

[TerranTitan]

I just hope massive scale doesn't equal massive lag.

[FPClark]

Log in...Cert into Scythe...Full map tour...Then its killing time

[Captain1nsaneo]

Step 1, kill first friendly thus claiming first frag.
Step 2, go through ALL the menus and read everything.
Step 3, Profit.

[Mechzz]

Originally Posted by FPClark

Log in...Cert into Scythe...Full map tour...Then its killing time

I'll be your wingman if you like. My plan exactly.

May also spend some time pondering the cert tree to see how long it'll take for me to become a full-on medic/engy/Max

[KiddParK]

research all the base structures and start working on maps... love that stuff.

[The Kush]

Don't get me started..

Lol

[Zenben]

Wondering how the maps will start. Will each empire own 1 continent? Will all 3 own equal portions of each? Or will everything be neutral and it will be a race to spread out and grab as much territory as possible before the real fighting begins?

[That one noob]

Step 1:Rig trees with explosives (mines, boomers, etc.)
Step 2:Bait armor into driving near tree.
Step 3:????
Step 4:Profit

[Ertwin]

Originally Posted by Zenben

Wondering how the maps will start. Will each empire own 1 continent? Will all 3 own equal portions of each? Or will everything be neutral and it will be a race to spread out and grab as much territory as possible before the real fighting begins?

Hopefully everything neutral, It would be interesting to see how everyone decides to spread.

[Xyntech]

Originally Posted by FPClark

Log in...Cert into Scythe...Full map tour...Then its killing time

This, except replace "Full map tour" with "Crash into and try to land on every surface I can find to test for bugs" and "... Then its killing time" to "... Repeatedly"

I'm sure I wont be able to help myself and I'll frequently do some actual playing and killing, but I plan to spend as much time as possible finding exploits for vehicles, boomers/c4, pulling equipment and modifications, etc.

I'll probably have that whole "awestruck at the scale" thing for a while too. I just want to see it all, try it all, and then see if I can pull it apart so that we can have an awesome and balanced game when PS2 officially launches.

[Sabot]

Learn the layout of every cappable installation in tha game... then troll around in a stealth suit, shiving and hacking! In my mind I'm BR25 by then end of the first hour... honestly though, I will try to learn the layout of installations, but apart from that I'll just play the game..

[SKYeXile]

1: buy over powered stuff from store.
2: Kill all you bitches.