SECOND EDIT: We believe we've identified the login issue, and it's *NOT* actually server-specific; it's just affecting a lot more EU players right now with EU pops so high. We're in the process of cleaning out our server logs, but we can only clean so many sessions at a time, so this will likely continue throughout the day (and players will see a steady improvement as more people log in/out) rather than get done in one big swoop.

Thanks for this thread u/Strategyofthemind. We're tracking a LOT of different bug threads right now, but just to keep everyone in the know, most of the main issues identified here are being tracked with our first (technically, second) hotfix that we're looking to get out as soon as possible (before the weekend). It also includes several high-priority fixes for crashes on live occurring in rare circumstances. Depending on the scope/scale of client vs server fixes, that may require downtime, but we're hoping to avoid that until early next week.

tl;dr: This...

3punkt1415

Is there a known issue with the logginservers, because i just can't login, stuck in the char screen for 5 minutes.

see my comment above - there isn't one single known issue, but we are seeing intermittent login issues across all servers. If it's still occuring for you, please reply to my comment above with the server you're playing on and time it occurred (multiple times, if multiple occurances). The more info we have, the easier and faster we can dig down to the root cause.

Drakov64

I can't login at all as of now. When clicking the "Login" button on the char select screen, the circle will load indefinitely and never let me in game

EDIT : Either Cobalt or Miller characters if that helps.

Thanks - see the comment I just posted. We're seeing this across the board pop up intermittently, but *mostly* on EU servers (which could be because of pop or time of day). Please let us know what server you're playing on and time it occurred.

DrFrostyPhD

Colossal idea

Rhodesian idea? Too highbrow?

Top rated MMO on Steam right now. Free OR paid. Just sayin’.

nitramlondon

"Facility capture FX have been optimized."

Is that the biolab capture animation that causes a 50% frame rate loss when looking at it ? Mainly on AMD cards.

yes, this and other capture optimizations

IGotASock

... Highest Ranking recently active Outfit member

Whats recently active? The same 180 days that define inactivity?

Yes - that’s the lowest bar. If an Outfit Leader is denoted for inactivity, the next highest ranking officer with the most tenure in the Outfit gets auto-promoted, so long as they are still active.

TheFirstOf28

The tutorial is ... not good, about 4 years out of date, and very hacked together, but just disabling it without having anything to replace it?

Especially now that you expect quite a few new players?

Look, I am not in your position, nor trying to tell you how to do you job, but this choice seems so very strange.

It’s largely about returning players as well - those we don’t want to tutorial-block to jump back in with new characters.

But yes, it’s a temporary measure and we’ll be working on something new to replace it.

SERCORT

The Tutorial has been disabled

So, do you plan to work on that soon?

Good job RPG team with this, cannot wait to see how it's going to play on Live.

We have a lot of ideas for how to rework the tutorial and general NPE, particularly now with Sanctuary providing a space in-game for content and functionality outside of the main game. It'll likely be more of a full rework than an update on the current tutorial, though, so something potentially for one of our next major updates after Escalation launches.

They are basic strategies, but the engagement credit goes to the PS2 community who have been incredible at getting the word out - sharing, posting, RT'ing, etc. Can't thank you guys enough for your all your support of everything we're doing right now!

Taltharius

Will I still be able to (very slowly) collect these resources in my solo, one man outfit?

Technically yes - if you participate in successful base/facility captures, acquired resources from the capture are split btw participating Outfits, and your “Outfit” would be credited with a cap share. But unless you’re a one-man army, you’re probably not single handedly taking, defending and controlling territory to accelerate resource gain.

So yea...it’d be tough sledding solo, I’d suggest recruiting :)

Moridin669

rewards are split you say? is the minimum 1 then? cause most bases give less rewards than outfits generally present iirc the map number correctly..

Capture rewards split - those are separate from the resource values each region has for territory control. But I need to double check the values, which are still being tuned (and will continue to be post-update).

But tl;dr, it’s technically possible solo, but much much easier with comrades

Taltharius

Paging /u/a_sites /u/jgolenbo /u/Wrel

These are rather relevant questions for your big Escalation update, yes?

I'm working on community content for launch day with more details, but the tl;dr version is:

1) There are 3 new resource types

2) Outfits can collectively acquire them by participating in captures and/or controlling territory. Acquired resources are deposited in the Outfit Armory, where they can be spent on War Assets.

3) All territories will have a resource value which will be clearly denoted on the continent map

We'll likely continue tuning, adding and balancing for some time after the update (along with parallel systems like Outfit Loyalty and Merit), but the basic idea is to incentivize and reward Outfits for meritorious collective actions on behalf of their Empire.

ay ay, im the guy. Hit me up on Discord at jgolenbo#0710 and I can get you observer cam access and quick-and-dirty tutorials on how to operate in-game.

Bjoe3041

Will the helmets be released along with the update, or before that?

Before - possibly as early as tomorrow, though there's a chance we may try to run another large-scale playtest tomorrow or over the weekend (and reward the helmet to anyone who joins and missed the first two playtests).

glasseyepatch

Scrolling thru and I don't see anything about ps4. Just a rminder: we are a community of loyal players also! We would love to hear about any updates headed our way as well.

Update remains the same for PS4 as we've been saying for the past few weeks - we fully plan intend to bring over the full Escalation update to PS4, which will include/require bringing over construction. We've only just begun scoping out the effort/time required so it's too early to share a PS4 launch date - we'll begin the work in earnest once PC goes out - but it's definitely one of our major priorities post-update.

mishko90

Is the new EU Data Center in Amsterdam again or somewhere else?

Yes, in (very) close proximity to the old center. We've been planning the move for awhile, and worked with Daybreak OPS to time it around the update so A) downtime requirements will overlap, and B) you won't get a big, honking 12 hour downtime in the week(s) following the update when servers will be most active.

But there will be no change in connection quality, given the proximity.

MaTaNzA86

u/jgolenbo was there any update to my query about the friends list?

Post for my orignal question to you, which you replied to:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/fb3cba/they_updated_the_loading_screen_on_pts/fj3qqlb/?context=3

I'll check if there is a specific bug that we're tracking around this issue - I haven't seen it pop up before, but if it's affecting others as well we should be looking at it.