is it just me or do i suck

[Brian21v]

Its hard for me to kll anyone in this game. I've been playing for awhile and understand the game but I cant understand how I keep getting annihilated by everyone so quickly. Im really useless to the team because it seems like my bullets are made of of marshmallows and I barely do any damage to the one guy im trying to kill but I get shot two times in the chest and im dead. I play as the Terran Republic and use the basic standard guns so I dont know if that has an impact neither. I have my nanoweave armor maxed for most classes. I dont have to terrible of aim and I can land most close quarter shots, but it takes so mannyyy to down anyone, almost seems like im not even hitting them because they can shoot me three times and im dead. I dont know what to do to get any better.at this game and any tips would be sweet

[Richard the Treacherous]

As a TR main, bursting and generally getting used to putting your irons on someone's head will do far more than picking up a new weapon will. If you haven't dabbled in other classes yet, I'd recomend doing that, because it's possible you just haven't found the weapon type you like yet. I want to shill the scout rifles, but they're not for everyone and aren't all that good

[Pielord]

If you upload some gameplay we can give better tips. A few things off the top of my head:

Flank, always. You don't have to go far out of your way, keep friendlies near enough to cover you, but attack from a different position than everyone else. Whenever you die, check the map screen for alternative spawns and to see how the battle is flowing. Also check your minimap constantly, during reloads, when you hear something, or anytime you have a second. Watch Wrel's video on wallclimbing if you aren't familiar with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CCpQ4h5sGA
Cutebeaver also has some great parkour examples.

Be aggressive, if you don't know how lag compensation works watch Wrel's video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vid=f8THdeZMprk&v=n3fUok2AoaU

Make sure you know how and when to burst. If you don't know the cone of fire mechanics, or any other mechanics, check out Iridar's site.[iridar.net]
Also,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv0kHAbjyMU
Renzor has several videos on how to become a better player, I recommend them.



If you want better responses and discussions in general you can post at https://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/

[Vengeful Fresh]

Headshots are incredibly important in Planetside 2. They can essentially reduce the TTK by half in many instances. Try to think of the head as a bullseye. It's okay to hit outside the center, but the head should always be the main focus point.

Reducing your sensitivity is also very beneficial. While it may feel strange at first, having lower sensitivity will actually give you more control. Of course, this is my experience. I didnt start getting good at Planetside until my 2nd year of playing. I got good at the advice of other players who were much better than me.

Be more social in chat. The more times that people see you, the more you'll get recognized. That'll give you opportunities for people to want to squad up with you.

[Lordsturgeon]

One of the reasons you may precive yourself as dying faster when being shot at may have something to do with the way this game handles its hit detection (Clientside 2) and lag compensation. There are a few vidoes of it around youtube that explain how it works. The short versoin of it is that when someone is shooting you they have very likley been shooting you for a fraction of a second longer then before your own client can register on you screen that you are taking damage and once you have taken enough damage on the client of your enemy in order to be killed it doesnt matter what your doing on your screen at the time you will just drop dead. Might account for why you think you die faster then your enemies.

Im sorry if the explanation was confusing like I said there are a few vidoes on youtube explaining it if you want to look into it further.

[Brian21v]

Im trying to learn and take advice and maybe it just hasnt sunk in yet. definitely a bit of a learning curve when it comes to the gunplay. I think my reaction time may be quite slow because I watched pielords videos and it seems I need to try to the get the jump on my opponent or im dead.I played most of the battlefield series on xbox and always was pretty good. Thats why I dont understand what im doing wrong on planetside. Hopefully it'll click one day because I like the game and community but it boils my blood at the same time because im so bad at it right now lol

[KVLKCL]

If you can, record footage of your play sessions and review them. Or post it on YT and seek out better players to review them. I've done this myself and it has been helpful in a lot of ways. Planetside 2's learning curve is steep, so don't get discouraged if it feels like you're not improving. 95% of players who touch this game aren't that good anyway.

If you're confident in your aim, I would work on positioning. Move in a way so that you're always near cover, and never engage without it. When you decide to engage, limit your exposure so that you're fighting as few players as possible, preferably 1v1. This isn't always possible, but make a conscious effort to do this.

You'd be surprised how good your aim can get when you force them to react to you versus the other way around.

[Soporific]

My 2 cp here and I suffer from what the OP says sometimes as well so I battle engineer and MAX out mostly but...

Always be moving or looking or doing something that isn't sitting out in the middle of a road, field, desert, whatever, and be standing still. Fire in bursts unless you are a gunner or a MAX and reload whenever you can.

Call enemies out whenever you see them, you'll get a sighting bonus.

Pay attention to the guns actual range. i.e., a shotgun is pretty much always going to suck at any distance. I've found that what feels good to shoot at whatever range you are going for seems to work better

If you notice what you think is a cloaker, always take a shot, it usually gets them to break cloak more.

Good luck

[Elllll]

^^^
All that.

Also don't expect to be any good in ESF's. There's just too many good pilots already.

[Luoravetlan]

Seems to me you just have low fps or high ping. Or most probably both )

[Luoravetlan]

Also try to play alone and choose regions with low population.

[Brian21v]

Anyone know how to share videos? I got a couple captures I can show you guys what im talkin about. Im guessing I need to pull to pull them from documents

[Pielord]

Originally posted by brian21v:

Anyone know how to share videos? I got a couple captures I can show you guys what im talkin about. Im guessing I need to pull to pull them from documents

https://www.youtube.com/upload
I recommend uploading unedited gameplay, not highlights, unless you have specific questions about an encounter.

[Brian21v]

https://youtu.be/cPww8ykkm2M

What does it look like to you. I nailed him pretty good and look at his health still. Its always happening and im like wtf, you should be dead

[chaosbringer42]

Originally posted by brian21v:

https://youtu.be/cPww8ykkm2M

What does it look like to you. I nailed him pretty good and look at his health still. Its always happening and im like wtf, you should be dead

I watched your video, you got 3 bodyshots on him, everything else missed. Since most ARs take 3-4 headshots to kill.... 3 bodyshots arent going to do much.

[Brian21v]

Ok thanks then its just me. It must just be bad aim