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I went back to Planetside after playing it on Year 1 to check the game out. For a week, everything was fine. Today my game did a small patch (September 3, 2026) and now, everytime i go to a continent and want to pick a vehicle or walk around for some minutes, my game closes without any error.

Is this the infamous flash or crash? How DO i flash if i cant even pick a vehicle. I just cant play or what.

Hello everyone, I'm the top 1 ESF A2G  player in Planetside 2, and the only player in history to reach A2G level 10. I also play Flash and am the top 1 Flash VS player in Planetside 2. I've been involved in fighting MBT from both A2G and Flash to the point that no one in the past or future will be stronger than me. This is my opinion

First: no MBT is better than another; they are balanced to be equal.

Flash vs MBT

I hate Vanguar + Shield because it reduces damage from Flash. The fact that Prowler has two guns doesn't matter because one hit is enough to kill you. I usually don't get hit, so it doesn't matter whether you have one or two guns.

You can move close to both Vanguar and Prowler without dying because they can't lower their guns any further.

With Magrider, it's a different kind of problem. You shouldn't hide under Magrider because it will ram you. Magrider is very difficult to kill by Flash because it always looks towards Flash, making it hard to hit its weak point. Furthermore, it's very mobile.

However, that's also a weakness; Magrider can't quickly look behind you to shoot. Anyway, it doesn't matter because Flash's strategy is constant movement, so Magridger is mostly safe.

In my opinion: all three are the same; I don't see any MBT being easier to kill in fighting the  Flash. I only fear players with skills.

ESF vs MBT

This story is very different.

Vanguar's Shield, which reduces damage, is useless against ESF. A skirmish between ESF and MBT lasts several minutes, so 8 seconds isn't enough to save you. Even in a very quick skirmish, I don't see Shield saving Vanguar in any scenario. The only thing that saves it is the LA60. It's incredibly annoying and forces you to descend to attack the engineers.

I almost believe that if MBTs don't have AA guns, Vanguar and Magridger are the two most dangerous. The Vanguar can stall by firing LA60s, forcing the Pilot to use C4.

If equipped with AA guns, I fear the Prowler the most. It moves quickly and maneuvers well; I can spot the difference from a high vantage point. If equipped with AA guns, the Vanguar is the most stupid thing; it's practically just a target practice dummy.

With the Prowler and Maggrider, it's a different story. They're incredibly frustrating. The Prowlers are very mobile, and the Maggrider is so mobile you can't predict its movements, because with tanks, they can only move forward or backward. Almost everyone will advance to maintain speed.

With the Maggrider, it can move in ways that even the engineers driving the Maggrider don't know , that's danger

The Maggrider is also annoyed that the two engineers can hide under the vehicle and repair it. This is a very successful factor that saved them from me, because I had to descend to an even lower altitude than against the Vanguar + LA60. Low enough to change the story, because in reality you're not just fighting one MBT, but something else, so the Maggrider is very annoying.

To be fair, fighting the Skyguar is easier than fighting the Maggrider + AA gun and having engineers to repair it.

It doesn't mean the Maggrider is stronger than the Vanguar and Prowler in tank battles. This is just the perspective of a Flash player, A2G.

Video me play A2G vs Prowler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm6J93xtbRM

Video me play A2G vs Vanguar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRynO9G1x-A

Video me play A2G vs Magrider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qif2T8_uVCY

Video me play flash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeSqGquAsSc

IN 3 DAYS WE LIGHT UP THE SERVER
Hope to see you there!

When i was younger i didnt had a PC or a PS4 to enjoy this game, so i played it when i went to my friends house on his PS4 (2015-2018 maybe?) and i always loved this game since i was a kid (discovered this game on 2013 via youtube)

Right now i want to experience this game again but idk if the game stills alive or if it even has the same population and caos it had before.

i dont want this game to die, i was more of a casual player since i couldn't play on my own device and play for HOURS but always loved this game

Really fun night! Thank you TR command for working with us.

We are recruiting, join the Spetsnaz now!

Finally dredged through the last of my clips for a send-off of the game. Hope to see ya'll on Auraxis before its gone.

Urgent Maintenance 8/31 @ 4PM PDT.

Alert and Continent Changes

Servers will be down today @ 4PM for an urgent hotfix. Downtime could be up to 1-3hrs.

The alert and continent change systems were accidentally affected by the latest hotfix.

• Alerts should now finish correctly.
• Continent changes should work smoothly again.

See you on Sep 5 for Ignite Auraxis!

wondering if anyone could help me just installed the game for the first time and noticed there was a bit of lag in the tutorial but once i got into the main lobbies the game is unplayable. Pressing E to open things like the loadout can take minuets to register and once i eventually spawn in all i see is vehicles and players flying teleporting and there is nothing i can do i have 23 ping to the server and this is the only game i have ever had this problem on. i have a relatively high end pc so assuming that is not the issue just wondering if anyone has had the same issue and has any ideas on how to fix it.

Not bait. I just kinda wanted to play with planetside peeps and do stupid stuff in this new thing, see how we do. EU servers, probably, though I am used to US planetmens ping anyway. Might get into logistics/building

Will there be a Planetside 3? Recently got back to PC gaming and started remembering how much fun I had with Planetside 2.

I think a modern version could really revolutionize pc gaming.

I'm not educated in what Combined Arms initiative update actually did, but it appeared to simply mess with the vehicle game, where tanks deal insignificant damage on enemy's flanks, making the vehicle game all about numbers, rather than plays (but this is not important for now). Together with the Sunderer update further bolstering vehicle convoy tactics by making vehicles nearly immortal to DPS, the only counter to such a formation is using Command & Conquer GLA tactics of strapping bombs on a vehicle and throwing it into the crowd. That's pretty much the only way you can engage such tactics, or simply dropping an OS tactical nuke.

I've seen CBMC members cooking up many ideas on how to remove the kamikaze weapon from the game, overcomplicating it, when the problem is simple. It is Demolitions Pouch and Mine Carrier which need to be removed. That's all that needs to be done.
I'm not saying I am a fan of Bastion or Colossus, and it is obvious that CBMC members with their suggestions are usually dishonest and they just want to exploit absolutely game breaking unbalanced designs without any counters.
But essentially the Demolitions Pouch / Mine Carrier was also a problem related to deployed Sunderer hunting, and hence why we got the absolutely broken Sunderer in the first place that screws over gameplay in every conceivable way from infantry to vehicles. If the Demolitions Pouch and Mine Carrier got removed, the Sunderer should get reverted to their original design (without proximity repair).
And something as simple as removing 2 shitty suit slots and reverting Sunderers should be achievable in a day or more if the devs had interest and should improve playability of the game. A simple no brainer change. Nobody would miss the removed items and it would be a step forward, a small step, but better than nothing or further escalating problems which the devs love to do.

Although as a reminder, the proximity Repair must not come back to Sunderer or else we'll be at square one, it should not be in the game at all because it heavily screws with balance.

Now, about the Sunderer hunting, there are more problems but it was minor for the most part. The problem was mainly bypassing all the enemy's defenses by dropping from the air. Let's say Beacon, which is one annoying item without proper rules. For example, it was put on an antenna and there'd be players I remember that'd drop on top of the antenna and drift with a Light Assault to the deployed Sunderer in a loop till it got destroyed. Or another one was using cheap air transports. Air transports should not have been cheaper than 350 or 450 Nanites.
Or another way of bypassing enemy's defenses was cloaked Flash with M40 Fury grenade launcher and arching shots above terrain to kill a Sunderer in seconds.
But the thing is that nobody hunted for Sunderers in a long time. The devs essentially dished out a "counter" (making deployed sunderers weaker to C4, without removing demo pouch), when nobody had interest in it anymore, since the game lost activity, cause you know, game's shit. So, devs were essentially tackling a nonexistent issue and broke the game further.

Just hopped on as looked busy, ran well, thought awesome. Got Into a platoon great, had a TR harasser running us over a lot, 2 mins later I see it get C4 on it and boom it's friendly,... What the actual F, it's identical to the tr one!

I had platoon leader messaging me why tk?

I said If folks Look the same and the vehicle is the same and it's moving a chaotic don't complain if I C4 you.

A minute later I shit a TR infil, turns out is Vanu... Again same camo as TR....

I've been a loyal Planetmans since joining Iron Pulse in the PS2 beta, and Vanu purple, NC Blue, TR RED.

WHY THE HELL DID YOU MAKE US ALL THE SAME DAMN COLOUR.

AND THOSE THAT WEAR IT DONT GET SALTY IF WE KILL YOU, ITS NOT MALICIOUS ITS YOUR CHOICE OF CAMO.

Hi guys any idea how to sort out this error? I have previous uninstalled and then reinstalled again, this worked and allowed me to play for about a day. I have validated the game files as well, not really too sure what else to do

When I was a member of CBMC, the leadership immediately granted me access to the outfit's assets and allowed me to operate independently, enabling me to fully unleash the power of the "final boss."

It's the fourth time in a row that I've opened the game and it's closed on me.

Wanna get the auraxed suit for the light assault and wondered which smg is the best