Planetside Boot Camp
This is my Tutorial - there are many like it, but this one is mine!
Two today, as my blogging difference engine got it’s cogs in a twist yesterday and ended up with me having to revert it all to Sunday and repost all this week’s stuff, ending up with me a day behind. Or something.
Anyway, having rambled extensively on the ins and out of the more esoteric aspects of the big old chess-game that is Planetside, I figured I snappy list of "Things Reservists Can Actually Use" would be a nice contrast. Here come the bullets!
Gold/Orange Ammunition is mislabelled – it should really be called AV ammo. It does very little damage to Non-MAX...
So by now, you’ve read my concise yet elegant guide to the rudimentary business of base capture, below and now have some handle on the bigger picture, and some idea of what you ought to be doing, and when. But why that base, and that planet? Why can’t we go attack the ice planet, or play in the volcano? This largely comes down to the command rank system.
As well as Battle Rank, earned with BEP, soldiers can earn Command Rank as well. This is a separate second pool of XP, and unlike BEP, which is earned for killing, support activity...
So you’ve kitted up, spawned into battle and seen first-hand the carnage and pandemonium of the typical base battle in Planetside. You’ve charged about, shot at people, and been killed lots. You may have even killed some people yourself, but mostly you’re confused, somewhat lost and probably asking yourself what the hell is actually going on here?
Well, despite the almost total anarchy of moment-to-moment fighting, there is a bigger plan in progress; one that is second nature to most Planetside veterans, to the point that no orders are felt necessary. Understanding the timeline of the typical textbook base assault can...
So, you’ve raced around the VR shooting and driving ranges, and are now BR4, with 10 Certification Points. The remaining one point and implant slot are to be earned in the field and the minimal Character Sheet (Press ‘O’) will keep track of this for you. Looking at this, you’ll soon notice that Planetside is trying to help you, and has spent some of your Cert Points already. Don’t panic – characters under seven days old are allowed to ‘forget’ Certifications at will, without timer delays, so during this period, you can quickly and easily juggle these about and experiment...
Yep, it’s definitely up and active:
PlanetSide: Reserves
It’s a 2GB download, so plan accordingly, and existing (or past) players, like me, will need to create an entirely new Station login to be able to use it, but the whole thing is nicely integrated into the launcher, and does not need to see credit card details – just an email address.
I’ve been in already, and numbers don’t seem to be up noticeably so far, but it is early and a big download – a more real measure of success will be what the populations are like in a fortnight or so.
So, to...