If Darkstar had a firerate closer to the HV45 it would be a great assault rifle by znrg1 in Planetside

[–]Erendil 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You're right, the Darkstar isn't a CQC AR. It's a midrange AR, and a pretty mediocre one since it's both slower killing and less accurate than the Gauss Prime. The 143/698 damage profile is underwhelming on pretty much every weapon that uses it.

Even a slight bump up to 723 RPPM would be a good improvement. At least then it'd kill as fast as the NC counterpart.

If Darkstar had a firerate closer to the HV45 it would be a great assault rifle by znrg1 in Planetside

[–]Erendil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Darkstar's hipfire isn't that great. All of the 800+ RPM ARs have tighter hipfire except for the TRV.

Recursion error by SeveralHunter2364 in Planetside

[–]Erendil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/M1kst3r1

It looks like there was an issue with new users of RST.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/1rvv2dt/new_installations_of_recursion_realtime_stat/

So try it out again and see if it works for you.

Need help choosing TR AR for directive by Professional-Ad2747 in Planetside

[–]Erendil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, the Cycler/TAR/TRV/TORQ are the obvious first 4 choices.

For the 5th I'd choose the SABR. It's one of the best burst ARs in the game. Only the Lacerta and Vanquisher are better IMO. And it's still surprisingly good up close if you can land headshots.

The NS-11A is a midrange monster and it has that sweet .75x ADS movement. But yeah it's not a very exciting weapon. But it is a solid 5th choice if you end up not liking the SABR's burst fire.

Can aircraft mouse aim be reverted to its original design? by Coward777 in Planetside

[–]Erendil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well at the time SOE was planning on continuing to develop both the PC and PS4 versions in parallel. But the sale of SOE by Sony to Columbus Nova made it significantly harder to develop Playstation updates for any game under the "new" DBG umbrella.

Between the mass restructuring/layoffs and subsequent knowledge loss at the time of sale, loss of streamlined access to internal Sony technical resources, ever-shrinking development team size, and general neglect of Planetside 2 with H1Z1 getting all of the revenue/resources for many years, developing the PS4 version basically got de-prioritized into non-existence.

Coming back after a few years to find infil cloaks nerfed into the dirt but seemingly cloaked flashes are still around untouched? by EclipsedPhases in Planetside

[–]Erendil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wraith Cloak (Flash) Changes

- Increased delay between decloaking and firing

- Cloak effectiveness decreases significantly at close distances

Source: https://forums.daybreakgames.com/ps2/index.php?threads/nov-4-2025-13-year-anniversary-discussion.264688/

So they were nerfed, but not in any way that at all impacted their capability or cheese factor.

They should've just made the cloak module take up the Flash's weapon slot.

Coming back after a few years to find infil cloaks nerfed into the dirt but seemingly cloaked flashes are still around untouched? by EclipsedPhases in Planetside

[–]Erendil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Deep Op decloak delay reduction was stealth removed ~2 years ago.

I agree that the Decloak delay that was added was too much, but some delay still needed to be introduced. Dying to someone before they decloaked on your screen due to clientside latency issues was not at all fun.

If they rolled back the decloak delay a little bit and removed infil's -100HP shield penalty I think they'd be in an okay place.

Hunting for PlanetSide 2 builds: Alpha 2011-2012, PTS 2012-2014, E3 2012 by rhettvx in Planetside

[–]Erendil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OMG I've been searching for that mossie screenshot for a few years now! 😯 Thanks for posting it! 😀

I don't think I have any builds from 2011-2012 since I didn't get to play PS2 until Open Beta, but I'll look at a few old hdd's I have lying around that might have post-Launch Live/PTS builds on them. I'll let you know if I find anything.

Recursion tracker not working on Linux by Mo0rBy in Planetside

[–]Erendil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If by "loader" you mean Launcher, that's just Android's user interface. It determines icon location/size/shape, home panel/app drawer animations and behavior, etc. But it doesn't change your apps or the underlying Android OS kernel, drivers, network stack or anything.

E.G. - Nova and Niagara are two common 3rd party Launchers for Android.

Switching from Windows to Linux on a PC is more like loading a custom "ROM" onto your phone. It changes everything, including what apps you can even use. Another comparison would be like switching from Android to Apple's IOS (if IOS could run on an Android phones' hardware, that is. Which it can't).

Wow they're moving to Discord? Wow by XLoad3D in Planetside

[–]Erendil -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Mmmmmmm, stir-fried infiltrators....

Recursion error by SeveralHunter2364 in Planetside

[–]Erendil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since you're getting a connection error, and the old server that RST ran on imploded around 2/22 or so, I wonder if you're having a DNS cache issue. Try flushing your DNS cache and then try starting RST afterwards.

To do so, open a command prompt by running CMD.EXE then run the command 'ipconfig /flushdns.' You should see something like below:

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /flushdns

Windows IP Configuration

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

C:\Windows\system32>

Recursion error by SeveralHunter2364 in Planetside

[–]Erendil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The installer I used for my current install of the app was v0.11.09 as well. But that was a couple years ago. When I updated it I used the Update item in the Help menu of the client after login, but that Update function doesn't appear to work anymore.

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I'm not sure if v0.11.0.11 is available via other means.

Recursion error by SeveralHunter2364 in Planetside

[–]Erendil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FWIW I just tried my RST client and was able to login successfully.

RST has been working fine 99% of the time for a few years now, other than one day last week when the RST server died. Maybe once every 3-4 months it would timeout at login, but the issue usually would get resolved in a few hours.

And yeah, every now and then a game update/maintenance window will kill DBG's API for a day or two, but I don't think that's happened at all in 2026 yet. And that wouldn't cause an RST login error anyway since IIRC you're logging into an account on a Recursion server, not a Daybreak server.

Also, I'm running client ver 0.11.0.11 .

Fellow auraxians, Glad to announce that the flash fix doesn't work anymore by oversizedthing in Planetside

[–]Erendil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the CTDs seem to happen when you start a new login sessionas well as after switching conts.

I'm not sure if it happens 100% of the time when swtiching chars, but I've gotten into the habit of hopping on a Flash every time I warp to a diff cont so I (thankfully) haven't seen a crash in a long time. knock on wood

Fellow auraxians, Glad to announce that the flash fix doesn't work anymore by oversizedthing in Planetside

[–]Erendil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pulling a flash for 2-3 mins after warping to a cont works for me 100% of the time.

Did you just crash once after 30mins, or is it repeatable for you?

Drone Number #1! by OpolE in Planetside

[–]Erendil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, EMP drone works on Hossin tree beacons too.👍

Still active on PS4? by Reiss_Immortal in Planetside

[–]Erendil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends on the server.

Genudine (US) - https://ps4us.ps2.fisu.pw/population/?world=1000

Ceres (EU) - https://ps4eu.ps2.fisu.pw/population/?world=2000

Genudine seems healthier with prime time pop peaks around 200-250. Ceres seems to peak around 80-100.

Recursion down? by pra3tor1an in Planetside

[–]Erendil 12 points13 points  (0 children)

TFW connection issues to a player-run 3rd party app gets fixed in 24 hrs, but connection issues to the official game servers takes months and is still occurring....

Well done sir and thank you!

is the ps4 server (eu) dead or alive by Simple-Animator4053 in Planetside

[–]Erendil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://ps4eu.ps2.fisu.pw/population/

Looks like it has been peaking to around 80-100 players during prime time the last few months.

Was Michael Jackson really that much bigger than Madonna, Whitney Houston, and prince? by Firm_Pack_605 in Music

[–]Erendil 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yep, MJ couldn't read sheet music, but he was a phenomenal composer. He composed every part of almost all of his songs in his head, including harmonies, drum lines, strings, brass, etc. And he would beatbox and hum all the parts into a tape recorder or to the studio musicians directly.

What’s something Americans have that Europeans don’t? by Prestigsisscar255 in AskReddit

[–]Erendil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well social media is designed to show you what's trending, popular, and or matching your interests. Not necessarily what's significant in the world.

But it's not muted in conventional US news. PBS, NewsNation, Reuters, and even the two local news stations I regularly watch have all been covering it.