[Guide] My road to black camo x2

CaptCran · Mar 23, 2018

well, finished the icikill a couple days ago. really having to be selective in my targets with the two shot deep freeze ( which sometimes the second shot missfires...)i.e NC heavy w/ rocket launchers and mostly snipers... I'm sure the flare will be the same. Then finally the 3 shot candy cannon. Don't want to get lazy in doing that one first since it seems to be the more practical one than the other two. Btw, this is the budget weapon selection. No money required. It needs to be done. This next line is how I feel after playing with said loadouts. The chichichiky boo ha nom nom. Schrum shoopedo? Parle nue bumfun! Oi!

HAG3N · Mar 6, 2020

Mianera said: ↑

“I just unlocked black camo for my second toon TR, the first was my VS.
(because in case you are wondering, this camo isn't account wide)

I would like to share this experience with you, what it was like and how it was getting there.

First step was acquiring 5 exceptional weapons. These never come free, they are typically found in the anniversary bundle around the 11th of november or other special occasions. This wasn't easy and frankly, never knowing when they might show up, meant saving up DBC, trust me I have really put a lot of money into this game over the years.

I actually managed to collect 8 exceptional weapons, simply because 2 of them, were so terrible (one was a secondary, the other a knife) that I simply could not see myself grinding 1160 kills with them.

Then the grind began. Dear bloody lord and what a grind that was. Let me give you an example. You are basically going up against people with anchors, orions, msw-r, lynx, gd-7f etc with these crappy exceptional guns and it really starts to gnaw at your self-esteem.

Example, I held a steady 2.6 K/D on my VS toon before I started going for black camo and it is now at 1,5. When I started auraxing the Orion after I got black camo, recursion stat tracker told me I held a stable 3,4 K/D. Point being, these aren't very good guns. They can kill, but honestly, they are outperformed by nearly every other gun in the game.

As such you can probably imagine, this wasn't a very pleasant experience at all.

Another thing, and very important thing was time versus grind. In order to get the kills, I had to adapt to different playstyles and completely ignore some, just to get to my goal as fast as possible. That meant that:
- no time spent in vehicles
- no time spent playing objectives
- no time spent playing with friends/outfit
It was all about the grind, with a growing frustration and little fun.

I need to be honest, going for black camo sucked the fun out of the game for me. So much frustration playing with guns and classes that I did not want to, simply to unlock that shiny reward. It forced me to take long breaks from the game, months where I wouldn't play it.

In the end, black camo is not a show of skill or leadership.... yet I still get invites to run in platoons or squads simply because of that.

People see you in black camo and go "Oh, this dude must be good" and want to play with you, but the fact is that its got nothing to do with it. Black camo isn't a show of skill, or anything like that.

Black camo is a show of incredible pain. Oh for the- ... I'm starting to sound goth or emo now... see what black camo has done to me?

And I meant, I can't really complain, 2 of the guns were NS-15M variants for me along with a NS-11C, so it wasn't as bad as it could be, but still... I prefer not to use those weapons as faction specific weapons are just better.

When I bump into someone, friendly or otherwise, that also has black camo... there is that shared thought of "Yeah, we look good brah" then followed by a moment of silence with another shared thought "Oh man, I know your pain". You know?

There is also the feeling when you get killed by by a HA with aurax armor, crappy camo and aurax Orion/MSW-R/Anchor... that feels okay(since you know you are outgunned) but at the same time your ego takes a hit, you know? That there is some guy hiding under the safety net of the overshield and never playing anything else, along with his noob outfit... but to me, I really enjoy killing those types and it was wrecking me on a mental level that I simply couldn't because of the directive I was trying to unlock. I mean, typically those types aren't actually that good, but having my butt handed to them over and over again and again, simply because I was forced to use a exceptional gun was annoying. I often switched to their setup, and annihilated them just for the sake of showing them. that if I switch to the god-mode setup, they don't stand a chance.... but shortly after it would hit me "STOP IT, you are having fun, return to the grind already! Want black camo or not?" Redeploy/instant action here we go.... again..... again........... and again.

Once you actually get the thing, you really do scream "I DID IT" like Jeremy Clarkson when he get a diesel around the Nurburgring in under 10min, it this overwhelming feeling... kinda like at the end of that WoW South Park episode where they say "Now we can finally play the game".

I do regret getting it, but yes, I absolutely do love wearing the camo on my toons, and hell no I ain't ever gonna get it for my last toon on NC. Black looks best on TR and VS anyway. As a Planetside 2 veteran that has played since launch I advise everyone to play with friends and have a ton of fun, rather than waste money and time like I did going after this damn thing. But in the end, you decide.

Why did I do it twice then? I'm starting to think I might be a masochist.... anyways, share your experience or leave a comment.

See you on the battlefield.”

Phastra · Aug 15, 2021

Mianera said: ↑

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I'm working on the black camo with 4 knives and the flare gun.. wish me luck lol

JibbaJabba · Aug 16, 2021

The trick is slapping down cash so you can choose to aurax some tolerable weapons.

Ain't nobody want to aurax a f'n candy cannot. *shiver*

Botji · Aug 16, 2021

I was about to say that I dont think the black camo looks that nice to make it worth grinding for and wanted to suggest people to get the Dark Aspen Forest Camo instead because imo it looks much better and the little preview image of it is deceptive... but looking at the shop I think it actually was so nice that its not available anymore!

So just to show off, here are some examples:
https://ibb.co/5K9ZN5x
https://ibb.co/FqqCcwv
https://ibb.co/tYcxCxX
https://ibb.co/V2RhS3K
https://ibb.co/X3xf2s6
https://ibb.co/X2645dM
https://ibb.co/3hHjKVZ

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