Been out of the loop for a LONG time
Ghozer
Join Date: 2003-05-22 Member: 16617Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2003-05-22 Member: 16617Members, Constellation
I'm not sure how many (if any) of you know or remember me from back in the NS1 days, but when I heared about NS2 I pre-ordered straight away!
Through various life issues and problems since then, I have been out of the loop and i'm looking for someone to summarise the important stuff, and save me looking through ~2 years of posts!
What i'm wondering is who is still around from the old community?
Whats the current state of Ns2? (I have read bits, and the most recent changes but some of it doesnt help lol)
Anyone still play NS1?
Any of the old clans still around? (I used to play on YOclan loads)
And well, anything else you think I might want, or need to know!! :)
-- See you in game soon! :)
Through various life issues and problems since then, I have been out of the loop and i'm looking for someone to summarise the important stuff, and save me looking through ~2 years of posts!
What i'm wondering is who is still around from the old community?
Whats the current state of Ns2? (I have read bits, and the most recent changes but some of it doesnt help lol)
Anyone still play NS1?
Any of the old clans still around? (I used to play on YOclan loads)
And well, anything else you think I might want, or need to know!! :)
-- See you in game soon! :)
Comments
I'm Obraxis from YO Clan. We're still around, we'll be putting up an NS2 server soon-ish.
NS2 right now is very much fun to play (despite what some trolls say) and is in a constant state of development with weekly, or bi-weekly patches. Performance is improving, but you will need an average gaming setup to play right now.
Hope to see you on the servers!
having played through the entire alpha and beta thus far, i can see why some people are frustrated.
Aliens have all lifeforms in, but no tier 3 abilities (and no DI atm, cysts as replacement)
Marines are mostly complete besides exosuit and some upgrades I guess
Performance is absolutly terrible;
-> servers only run with oc-ed high end hardware and still lag, client performance is affected by the servers
-> you need high end hardware (mostly overclocked high end CPU) to run ns2 at somewhat acceptable framerates (which still seem to be bad)
Hitregistration is poor, game has bad responsiveness atm
Balance still requires a lot of work, but it is updated weekly either for the better or not...
Can be fun to play if you don't mind the problems so much
<!--quoteo(post=1935343:date=May 11 2012, 05:00 AM:name=Wheeee)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Wheeee @ May 11 2012, 05:00 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1935343"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->hey man, it's unfair to categorize people who have had negative experiences as "trolls."
having played through the entire alpha and beta thus far, i can see why some people are frustrated.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah, I'd really appreciate if head of playtesting and forum moderator didn't post that way. People have been pretty damn patient in giving UWE almost 3 years of extra development time, I think they have every right to demand solutions and results at this point.
There's no need to roll over in self pity and regret because of the complaints NS2 receives, but downplaying them without any particular reason seems pretty cheap to me also.
But if a build stays for too long it can become a bit boring, once people explored the new possibilities and found the best build orders, all the games become the same. There is not so much strategic depth right now, specially on the alien side, so this process can be pretty fast.
<!--quoteo(post=1935373:date=May 11 2012, 10:03 AM:name=Bacillus)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bacillus @ May 11 2012, 10:03 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1935373"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Yeah, I'd really appreciate if head of playtesting and forum moderator didn't post that way. People have been pretty damn patient in giving UWE almost 3 years of extra development time, I think they have every right to demand solutions and results at this point.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If you read my post, I never said anything of the sort. I said "some trolls". That doesn't mean everyone. Yes some people do not enjoy the game, that's their opinion and is just as valid. I was merely stating my own opinion and that of numerous others who enjoy the game, as the forums are taking on more and more of a negative tone of late.
It would be nice if members of the community who have been here the longest, actually welcomed people back to the world of NS2 rather than put them off with their negativity.
If you already own NS2 the best way to get an idea of the game is to just jump right into a server and get playing. Maybe I'll see you in a server sometime soon!
LOL You hit the jackpot again! Can't wait to see your next one!
NS1 is still superior and you still have a full server in euro land and two in Usanialand
As for NS2, you need an i7 overclocked and a DX 11 generation graphics card, and even then you can still have less than 40 FPS
Welcome back
PS. These guys wasted loads of money on pax AND plushies, UWE can learn something here, - <a href="http://us.merchstore.ncsoft.com/uk/accessories/guild_wars_2_charr_plush.php" target="_blank">http://us.merchstore.ncsoft.com/uk/accesso...charr_plush.php</a>
Second opinion:
NS2 is not very much fun to play at the moment. Performance is improving, but you'll need a great computer to play at satisfying framerates right now.
It would be nice if members of the community who have been here the longest, actually welcomed people back to the world of NS2 rather than put them off with their negativity.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_(public_relations)" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_(public_relations)</a>
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Techniques
The techniques of spin include:
Selectively presenting facts and quotes that support one's position (cherry picking)
Non-denial denial
Phrasing in a way that assumes unproven truths
Euphemisms to disguise or promote one's agenda
"Burying bad news": announcing one popular thing at the same time as several unpopular things, hoping that the media will focus on the popular one.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Obraxis is a professional
Any advice for how I could get better performance with the most bang for my buck? Where do you think the bottleneck is?
Any advice for how I could get better performance with the most bang for my buck? Where do you think the bottleneck is?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The game's bottleneck, both server- and clientside seems to be single core CPU clock rate. Try setting the visuals to a different setting and see if it makes much of a performance difference.
It's great to see that YO are still around, I just wish I still had access to my old NS1 PT account (it got hacked way back....) and wish I had been involved in the NS2 PT :(
I have jumped in game, not really actually sat and played much, but had a run around a couple of maps locally to get a feel for the game, and even on my old Core 2 Duo 3.06Ghz, with nVidia 8800 GS it plays fine on full res (1900x1200) and medium graphics, i'll give it a proper spin tonight..
:D
I am reali new had a break from my pc for 6 years :) trying to get back into it