Hey u/wrel or u/ps_nicto , can either of you talk about this?
Can you open a ticket with CS please and/or submit a /bug report? Our initial attempt to repro this bug failed. The issue seems to be specific to certain characters.
PC servers will be taken offline on Thursday, May 30th, 2019 at 6:00AM PT for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 2 hours.
Map Screen and Continent Flow
- Biolab outposts are now all connected via lattice.
- Biolab outposts now have generators stationed next to the teleporter. When overloaded, the teleporters, connected spawn room, and spawn room shield will be disabled.
- Terrain on the map screen should no longer appear invisible under certain conditions.
- Default NS faction color should appear as grey, instead of white, in disabled regions and on neutral objects.
Fixing art usually requires an artist to clean up and re-export individual pieces of in-game art. Sometimes it gets more technical with a shader being broken under certain conditions or just doesn't get used that much. That requires a graphics engineer to fix. We are focusing our efforts on issues that effect the most players and working down to ones that effect specific individuals.
Yep can concur, the last 20 mins plus of Esamir this afternoon was terrible! Horribly short range render pop-in on the view distance and I couldn't repair my vehicle at all.
Even a fully upgraded repair tool couldn't put enough repair into the car, it would go to full and then just unload all the repairing back to smoking as soon as it stopped.
I stood there in a quiet spot and it took me literally several minutes just to get a few lucky cycles where part of the repair stuck, gave up at ~2200 health (not even full, i gave up trying at that point).
/u/ps_nicto you might want to pull the traces from Miller Esamir 20mins before the lock this afternoon, the hardware upgrade for the EU servers still needs some attention!
We have pretty good handle on what is going on with Cobalt and Miller server configuration. Turns out the changes we need to make will take a lot more work than expected, but we are working on it right now.
PC servers will be taken offline on Monday, May 20th, 2019 at 6:00AM PT for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 2 hours.
Today we celebrate where it all began, with the 16th Anniversary of the PlanetSide franchise!
Participate in this momentous occasion now through the 31st of May, with special items, bundles, and double (and quadruple!) experience!
Bending Beacon - Free for this event
PS1-AV Suppressor - 1499 DBC
Heralding back to the original PlanetSide 1 Suppressor, this SMG is a retro take on the MKV-Suppressed.
The Bending Bundle - 2999 DBC
Available for a limited time, classic armors and the PS1-AV Suppressor, all in one fancy bundle.
Today we celebrate where it all began, with the 16th Anniversary of the PlanetSide franchise!
Participate in this momentous occasion now through the 31st of May, with special items, bundles, and double (and quadruple!) experience!
Bending Beacon - Free for this event
- Free for all players, and found in your Utility Slot!
- Relive The Bending (in miniature scale) with this deployable meteor storm.
PS1-AV Suppressor - 1499 DBC
Heralding back to the original PlanetSide 1 Suppressor, this SMG is a retro take on the MKV-Suppressed.
The Bending Bundle - 2999 DBC
Available for a limited time, classic armors and the PS1-AV Suppressor, all in one fancy bundle.
- Rexo Helmet (VS/NC/TR)
- Rexo Heavy Assault Armor (VS/NC/TR)
- Solid Gray Camo (TR)
- Solid Yellow Camo (NC)
- Solid Cyan Camo (VS)
- PS1-AV Suppressor (Common Pool SMG)
The PTS server will be updated this morning with these changes.
UI
Engineer Ammunition packs no longer overlay terminal icons on the map and HUD.
Squads
- /sitrep now uses a more accurate message when defending a facility when you do not control the majority of capture points.
- Fixed an issue where /sitrep would sometimes show negative capture time values.
- Fireteam leaders show a star icon in the squad pane. (This icon will likely be updated to be visually distinct in the future.)
- Fireteam leaders can now be promoted and demoted similar to squad and platoon leaders.
- Players can now leave or rejoin voice channels (but not chat channels) using /leavechannel or /joinchannel commands. You will automatically rejoin a voice channel if your voice privileges change by, for example, joining a squad, being promoted to squad leader, relogging.
- /leavechannel squad
- /leavechannel platoon
- /leavechannel fireteam
- /leavechannel leader
- /leavechannel proximity
PC servers will be taken offline on Monday, October 22nd, 2018 at 6 AM PT (1300 UTC) for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 2 hours.
Double experience has been enabled from now until the 26th for ALL PLAYERS.
On the 26th, members will receive QUADRUPLE EXPERIENCE.
Bug Fixes
We've pushed a speculative fix for the disconnect issues impacting a portion of the playerbase.
Quick melee should no longer break wielded melee.
UI Improvements
An interface settings option has been added to turn on numeric health and shield displays on the HUD.
Added a numerical cooldown timer on the right-side weapon bar.
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All PS4 servers will be taken offline for an update at 6 AM PT on Monday, October 22nd, 2018 (1300 UTC)
Downtime is expected to last up to 3 hours.
Nanite of the Living Dead
As the sun slips beyond the horizon, an ominous darkness falls upon the denizens of Auraxis. The ground mills and groans as a new threat prepares to burst onto the battlefield.
The Space, sorry, Spaaaaaaace Pumpkins have returned.
We'll be hosting double experience for ALL players from the 22nd through 26th, and QUADRUPLE experience for Members on the 26th!
For the month of October, the pumpkins are back and bringing with them a new Halloween directive and themed items to unlock.
Tier 1 Reward: 75 Pumpkin Seeds
Tier 2 Reward: 100 Pumpkin Seeds, Ectoblaster Event Sidearm
Tier 3 Reward: 200 Pumpkin Seeds, Halloween V Profile Banner
Tier 4 Reward: 400 Pumpkin Seeds, LB00 Python AP
Pumpkin Seeds can be used to purchase special cosmetics in the Depot.
Pumpkin Seeds are earned by killing Pumpkins that appear...
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Nanite of the Living Dead
As the sun slips beyond the horizon, an ominous darkness falls upon the denizens of Auraxis. The ground mills and groans as a new threat prepares to burst onto the battlefield.
The Space, sorry, Spaaaaaaace Pumpkins have returned.
We'll be hosting double experience for ALL players from the 22nd through 26th, and QUADRUPLE experience for Members on the 26th!
For the month of October, the pumpkins are back and bringing with them a new Halloween directive and themed items to unlock.
Tier 1 Reward: 75 Pumpkin Seeds
Tier 2 Reward: 100 Pumpkin Seeds, Ectoblaster Event Sidearm
Tier 3 Reward: 200 Pumpkin Seeds, Halloween V Profile Banner
Tier 4 Reward: 400 Pumpkin Seeds, LB00 Python AP
Pumpkin Seeds can be used to purchase special cosmetics in the Depot.
Pumpkin Seeds are earned by killing Pumpkins that appear...
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PC servers will be taken offline on Thursday, October 25th, 2018 at 5 PM PT (0000 UTC) for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 2 hours.
Disconnect Issue Resolved
We rolled back significant infrastructure changes brought in by the recent Halloween update in order to fix the disconnect issue some players were having. This change should not impact gameplay or any progression earned during that time.
Construction Experience Shutoff
Construction experience for repairs is turned off temporarily. (We will bring back this experience when decay is no longer counted toward valid experience gain.)
Experience for repairing large construction objects from 30 to 5.
Experience for repairing medium construction objects from 20 to 5.
MAX repair experience from 10 to 5.
Dev Note: These changes put all repair ticks in line with one another as far as experience earned.
Misc. Changes and Fixes
The Hallow Hunter directive can no longer be triggered by killing npcs and teammates.
Fixed some...
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All PS4 servers will be taken offline for an update at 11:30PM PT on Thursday, October 25th, 2018.
Downtime is expected to last up to 2 hours.
Disconnect Issue Resolved
We rolled back significant infrastructure changes brought in by the recent Halloween update in order to fix the disconnect issue some players were having. This change should not impact gameplay or any progression earned during that time.
Misc. Changes and Fixes
The Hallow Hunter directive can no longer be triggered by killing npcs and teammates.
Fixed some clipping issues with vehicle ability timers and weapon bar timers.
Fixed an issue where vehicle horn and vehicle performance slots could show the wrong information until the window is refreshed.
Vehicle Adjustments
Enforcer (NC Vanguard/Harasser)
Blast inner radius from 0.5m to 1m
Blast damage from 150 to 175
Dev Note: We've knocked the three shot infantry kill down to a two shot kill by way of a blast damage buff so that the choice between Enforcer and Halberd is...
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This is a client-only update and will require no downtime. Restarting your client is enough to receive this patch.
This patch re-enables Bounties.
No downtime required, just restart the game to pickup the latest client.
Bounties are enabled again.
One of the major crashing issues is now fixed. We still have a couple more to go, more logging and speculative fix to those will be going out next.
All PC servers will be taken offline on Thursday, November 15th, 2018 at 6 AM PT (1400 UTC) for an update. Downtime is expected to last up to 3 hours.
HAPPY SIX YEARS OF WAR
Join us to celebrate six years of massive battles on Auraxis! From November 15 through November 22 we'll be running a double experience FOR ALL event. Additional event details are available here.
This update also brings with it special anniversary bundles available for a limited time - you can view the contents of the bundles here.
Misc. Changes and Fixes
- Magrider receives its intended speed increase as mentioned in the last update.
- NS-AM8 Shortbow can now actually be obtained from alert rewards. (Sorry for the inadvertent tease.)
- New empire specific camos have been added to the continent alert reward pool.
- Speculative fix for Critical Chain implant sometimes remaining on indefinitely.
- The VS Rift Knight armor set now has proper icons and descriptions.
- Tutorial has been re-enabled.
All PS4 servers will be taken offline on Thursday, November 15th, 2018 at 6 AM PT (1400 UTC) for an update. Downtime is expected to last up to 2 hours.
HAPPY SIX YEARS OF WAR
Join us to celebrate six years of massive battles on Auraxis! From November 15 through November 22 we'll be running a double experience FOR ALL event. Additional event details are available here.
This update also brings with it special anniversary bundles available for a limited time - you can view the contents of the bundles here.
Misc. Changes and Fixes
- Magrider receiving a speed increase to bring it on par with the other speed boosts the Prowler and Vanguard received with CAI.
- NS-AM8 Shortbow can now actually be obtained from alert rewards. (Sorry for the inadvertent tease.)
- New empire specific camos have been added to the continent alert reward pool.
- Speculative fix for Critical Chain implant sometimes remaining on indefinitely.
- The VS Rift Knight armor set now has proper icons and descriptions.
PC servers will be taken offline on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 6 AM PT (1400 UTC) for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 3 hours.
Misc. Changes and Fixes.
- Fixed an issue with certain camos being broken for NC players.
- Construction objects will no longer provide repair experience while decaying without a Silo nearby, as intended in last week's update.
- Added many more loading screens to the pool. In the future, the continent art will line up with the zone you're heading to.
- All players should be able to redeem the "6YearsPS2" code in the depot now for free lewtz. If you've redeemed the code prior to this update, and only received items for one character, entering it again should grant items account wide.
- "Gold" weapons and single-use gold camo will now appear more gold and less oily.
- Continent rotations no longer get "stuck."
All PS4 servers will be taken offline on Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 at 6 AM PT (1400 UTC) for an update. Downtime is expected to last up to 2 hours.
Misc. Changes, Fixes, and Additions
- Continent events should now rotate more quickly.
- Pumpkin Pods have returned to their normal Drop Pod selves.
- Fixed some skinning issues with the Rift Knight armors. Icons still MIA in this update.
- Magrider's base movement speed has been increased by roughly 5 to 10 kph depending on movement angles and chassis options.
- Sunderer's Luminous Deflector tires should once again move with the wheels.
- TR restoration kits no longer have an extra upgrade level which costs 1 cert.
- Various geometry fixes across continents.
- Nano-Repair Grenades can now repair terminals that are in a dead state.
- Fixed an issue with certain camos being broken for NC players.
- "Gold" weapons and single-use gold camo will now appear more gold and less oily.
- Continent rotations no longer get "stuck."
A small patch was deployed to Test today in our march towards a stable NSO faction system. Here are some of the fixes.
Bug Fixes
- Tutorial Disabled Temporarily while we iron out the details for NSO.
- No more friendly fire in the warpgates for NSO characters.
- Deployables mistaking allies for enemies should now be fixed.
- Terminals inside of warpgates should now be usable by NSO characters.
- Vehicle weapons should now work correctly for NSO characters.
- Made some repairs to how characters appears in the new Character Create Screen.
PC servers will be taken offline on Thursday, December 6th, 2018 at 6 AM PT (1400 UTC) for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 2hours.
Connery <--> SolTech Server Transfers
We are activating the ability to transfer characters between the Connery and SolTech servers. You can do this from the Character Select screen. If you select a Connery or SolTech character then an option should appear at the bottom of the Character Select screen next to the Play option. When it is clicked the game will process a transfer for your character from Connery to SolTech or SolTech to Connery. Please be patient as this can take a moment.
We have done our best to test this system but would recommend you attempt the transfer with a lower value character first and keep an eye on our messaging channels; the official PlanetSide 2 twitter and this forum to see if we are running into problems.
We plan on leaving this ability to transfer characters between these two servers on for 30 days. Please ...
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PC servers will be taken offline on Thursday, January 10th, 2018 at 1:30 PM PT for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 2 hours.
Reactivating Auraximas Directive - Available through to 1/18 now.
Also doing some server maintenance during this downtime.
Hi there Planetmans,
During our maintenance this afternoon, we reactivated the Auraximas III Directive to run to through January 18th. We have never reactivated a holiday directive in such a way in the past, and in doing so, all previous progress towards the directive has been lost. We looked into the possibility of restoring this progress from backups, but that process could potentially take days and cause other types of progress to be lost. Given these drawbacks, we have decided not to attempt to restore progress on the directive and apologize to those who thought they would have a lot more time to complete the holiday directive this year.
We apologize for the missteps in communication and the progress that has disappeared with the reactivation of the Auraximas event. We may bring The Little Helper shotgun back in another way so that players will have another opportunity to unlock it in the future.
In the meantime, we'd also like to mention that the PS2 team's priorities have s...
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