PlanetSide Screenshots

May 6, 2003 11:11 AM

There's a new PlanetSide Q&A on Computer & Video Games with producer Dave Georgeson. There's not really a whole bunch of new info in there but it's a good starting point if you don't know a whole lot about Sony's massively multiplayer sci-fi shooter. We have a bunch of new PlanetSide screenshots here locally as well.

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jaga

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May 6, 2003 11:49 AM

hey beta testers, how many people can be in a battle/interact at a time, or have you seen?
- Bali
  
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  May 6, 2003 11:55 AM
  
  It's not limited, but I can tell you it gets real laggy around 40. Count on large ping fluctuations, and graphical stutter. I'm using a 2.2/512/4600 and that's what ive found. Generally I consider my connection to be pretty good also. I'm just wondering if the whole mmorpg is suited for shooters.
  - bling1bling
    
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    May 6, 2003 12:14 PM
    
    that makes planetside sound meh to me
    - maulla
      
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      May 6, 2003 12:27 PM
      
      the only kind of lag i experience is video lag in huge battles. lately actual server lag has been pretty low.
  - Wombat Woo
    
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    May 6, 2003 1:06 PM
    
    Actually it is limited. I think each continent is capped at 400 or 500 people. You will hardly ever see all those people in the continent situated in one area however. This is because of the new lattice system which dictates what base your empire can take over before moving on to the next one.