Nanite Systems Operatives Players will be able to play NSO even without membership on PTS for this update. SR-200 - New Sniper Rifle

• NSO characters can now find the SR-200 bolt-action sniper rifle in the Depot for 1000 Certs or 699 DBC. A Fully Loaded bundle is also available for 899 DBC.
• The SR-200 embodies the long-distance stopping power of a traditional bolt-action, while retaining versatility through balanced reload speed and attachment variety.

Javelin - New Vehicle

• NSO characters now have access to the Javelin light transport and reconnaissance unit.
• Maglev technology allows the Javelin to hover along the ground and easily traverse difficult terrain.
• An open rumble seat allows for one additional passenger, and while it is not innately equipped with weaponry, it has access to a variety of defensive and utility options.
• This vehicle is in a prototype state, and will see significant iteration as time passes.

Defector - New Infantry Class

• NSO characters now have access t...

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PC and PS4 servers will be taken offline for maintenance on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 12:00pm PT for PC and 2:00pm for PS4. Downtime is expected to last up to 3 hours. PlanetSide 2 reaches Battle Rank 7 Congratulations, Auraxians! Through misty swamps, frozen tundras, and arid deserts, you've waged war for SEVEN glorious years. Take a look below to see what festivities are in store! Seven-Year Loyalty Decal From Nov. 19 through Nov. 30, you can pick up a seven-year Loyalty decal to place on your Armor or Vehicles for 1 Cert in the Depot! Double Experience Schedule From Nov. 19 through Nov. 21 ALL PLAYERS receive DOUBLE EXPERIENCE. This rolls into the MEMBERS ONLY DOUBLE EXPERIENCE weekend from Nov. 22 through Nov. 24. Anniversary Bundles! In the Depot from Nov. 19 through Nov. 30, special Anniversary Bundles! Recruit's Seven-Year Anniversary Bundle - 2999 DBC

• High Threat Helmet (NSO/VS/NC/TR)
• NS-61 "Networked" Emissary (Sidearm)

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PS4 servers will be taken offline on Friday, October 25, 2019 at 10:00am PT for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 3 hours. Halloween Event - Oct. 25 through Nov. 8 A cool night sky falls upon Auraxis, dark and heavy. The ground beneath you begins to till and toil, as if shivering with anticipation. Is it a sign? Has the ancient Vanu technology beneath the planet sprung to life once again? Or is it something more sinister... This year's Halloween event will start Oct. 25 (when servers come back online), and end Nov. 8 (11:59pm PT). New Seasonal Directive We've got a new Directive lineup with new rewards, a revision to pumpkin hunting, and new seasonal items. Pumpkins Everywhere!

• During this event, SpacePumpkins (and the larger, more elusive Galact-O-Lantern) will appear on all continents.
• These pumpkins will reward players experience, items, and in some cases, event Directive progress.
• In addition, Drop Pods have all been converted to unreasonably large and spac...

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PC servers will be taken offline on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 6:00am PT for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 3 hours. MG-A1 Arbalest

• Refire between bursts from 250ms to 200ms
• Refire between each shot in a burst from 70ms to 65ms
• Vertical recoil from 0.25 - 0.275 to 0.16 to 0.20
• Magazine size from 36 to 42

Dev Note: The changes here increase the Arbalest's damage potential, controllability, and add more flexibility through the higher magazine size. This weapon was probably the least effective of the three Assault Rifles released in the last update, and we're looking to ensure it has a competitive place among the rest of the TR's arsenal. Misc. Fixes, Changes, and Additions

• UI elements no longer flicker when holding a Construction item.
• Digital Snowflake Hood Ornament no longer breaks the vehicle it's equipped on.
• Alt-Tabbing no longer forces the client into Windowed mode.
• Fixed numerous fullscreen issues, please send reports for any remaining issues.
• Drop Pods...

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PC servers will be taken offline on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 12:00pm PT for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 3 hours. Halloween Event - Oct. 16 through Nov. 8 A cool night sky falls upon Auraxis, dark and heavy. The ground beneath you begins to till and toil, as if shivering with anticipation. Is it a sign? Has the ancient Vanu technology beneath the planet sprung to life once again? Or is it something more sinister... This year's Halloween event will start Oct. 16 (when servers come back online), and end Nov. 8 (11:59pm PT). New Seasonal Directive We've got a new Directive lineup with new rewards, a revision to pumpkin hunting, and new seasonal items. Pumpkins Everywhere!

• During this event, SpacePumpkins (and the larger, more elusive Galact-O-Lantern) will appear on all continents.
• These pumpkins will reward players experience, items, and in some cases, event Directive progress.
• In addition, Drop Pods have all been converted to unreasonably large an...

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Empire Assault Rifles The new assault rifles have gotten a pretty warm reception so far on the public test server, and we're going to do some accuracy adjustments on all of them. The VS and NC weaponry were too accurate for the damage output, and the TR weapon felt lacking at distances we'd want it to perform well at. The changes below have been made with that in mind. VE-A Lacerta (VS Assault Rifle)

• ADS cone of fire bloom from 0.05 to 0.06
• Hipfire cone of fire bloom from 0.10 to 0.12
• ADS standing cone of fire from 0.00 to 0.03
• ADS crouch-walking cone of fire from 0.15 to 0.06
• ADS walking cone of fire from 0.06 to 0.15
• ADS crouching cone of fire from 0.1 to 0.00

MGR-A1 Vanquisher (NC Assault Rifle)

• ADS standing cone of fire from 0.00 to 0.03
• ADS crouch-walking cone of fire from 0.03 to 0.06
• ADS walking cone of fire from 0.06 to 0.15

MG-A1 Arbalest (TR Assault Rifle)

• Recoil recovery delay from 75ms to 0ms
• Horizontal maximum recoil from 0.225 to 0.2
• Horizontal recoil tolerance...

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Servers will be coming down Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 3:00pm PT to fix the following issues. Downtime is expected to last less than an hour. Continents should no longer unlock themselves immediately after a Meltdown alert. Continents no longer lock themselves in the year 2155. Players in outfits should once again see their outfit information when they select the outfit pane. The Prowler's Rampart Projector now uses the correct increased projectile velocity while anchored.

PC servers will be taken offline on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 6:30am PT for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 3 hours. Connery and Soltech Server transfers are now available both to and from Connery <-> Soltech for a limited time. This window of availability ends September 30, 2019, at 11:59pm Pacific. Continent Events Aerial Anomalies This event has been restructured to encourage more active participation and offer more tactical depth. In this new version of Aerial Anomalies, Data Buoys will appear in the center of the map, and Anomalies themselves will coat vehicles in a mysterious residue called Tempest. Players must deliver Tempest to the nearby Data Buoys located into the center of the map.

• Galaxies can carry up to 500 Tempest.
• Liberator can carry up to 400 Tempest.
• Valkyrie can carry up to 250 Tempest.
• Empire Specific Fighters can carry up to 100 Tempest.

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We're currently investigating issues with PTS being offline. Once those issues are resolved, the following changes will be making their way there. Prowler Rampart Defense Mesh has been refunded and removed. Rampart Projector (Defensive Slot) While deployed, the Prowler receives increased front armor and projects a hardlight barrier forward to shield allied infantry. This barrier is tied directly to the Prowler's health pool, and damage to the barrier will also damage the Prowler.

• Rank 1: 10% additional front armor.
• Rank 2: 15% additional front armor.
• Rank 3: 17.5% additional front armor.
• Rank 4: 20% additional front armor.

Misc. Changes, Fixes, and Additions

• Changed the model for the Stealth attachment visuals on Flash and Harasser.
• Lightning's Engagement Radar attachment now uses the correct UI camera.
• NSO characters can no longer lock onto allied vehicles.
• Hardlight Barriers now have a slightly larger exclusion radius to prevent barrier stacking.
• Construction Ammunition To...

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Aerial Anomalies Resource rate when depositing to a Data Buoy from 50 per second to 20 per second. This ensures players have more time to kill targets with larger Tempest capacity.

• Galaxy resource carry capacity from 1000 to 500.
• Liberator resource carry capacity from 500 to 400.
• Valkyrie resource carry capacity from 500 to 250.

Still working to fix an issue where vehicles are sometimes unable to acquire or deposit Tempest. Automated Bounties

• Bounties will now be automatically placed on characters who have an active 10 kill streak or greater. There is a long cooldown between how often this can occur.
• When a target is bountied, it receives a 5 stack of bounties immediately.
• Kills on bountied targets now award a flat rate of experience, instead of basing it on the stack count.
• Stacked Bounties are now stripped one at a time when killed, instead of removing the entire stack when a player receives three deaths.
• Players who are currently bountied cannot acquire additional bounties (t...

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High Priority Fixes

• Tank Mines and C4 now correctly despawn when detonated, and we've made additional changes that should clean up NPCs more quickly and efficiently.
• Maximum Pressure continent event now correctly grants rewards to all participants.

Continent Events WE WILL BE HOSTING THE FIRST PLAYTEST OF THE NEW AERIAL ANOMALIES EVENT AT 2PM PT TODAY. Aerial Anomalies This event has been restructured to encourage more active participation and offer more tactical depth. In this new version of Aerial Anomalies, Data Buoys will appear in the center of the map, and Anomalies themselves will coat vehicles in a mysterious residue called Tempest. Players must deliver Tempest from Anomalies to the nearby Data Buoys in order to score points.

• Galaxies can carry up to 1000 Tempest.
• Liberator can carry up to 500 Tempest.
• Valkyrie can carry up to 500 Tempest.
• Empire Specific Fighters can carry up to 100 Tempest.

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PC servers will be taken offline on Friday, August 2, 2019 at 2:00pm PT for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 3 hours. High Priority Fixes

• Tank Mines and C4 now correctly despawn when detonated, and we've made additional changes that should clean up NPCs more quickly and efficiently.
• Maximum Pressure continent event now correctly grants rewards to all participants.

Misc. Changes, Fixes, and Additions

• Mentor Rating currency decay reduced to 12 per 24 hours, down from 24 per 24 hours. Rating lost at login is now capped at 100.
• Mentor Rating per ribbon earned increased from 1 to 3.
• NSO Valkyrie VLG no longer has a 1.5 second reload time, instead of the intended 2 seconds while unscoped.
• Animation fix for NS-45 Pilot magazine reload.
• Animation fix for the charging handle on NSX Tanto's long reload.
• Animation fix for NSX Tengu's reload port while firing.
• Standard Cockpit Glass now unlocks for NSO characters.
• Summer Support Ribbon earn rates are now in line with that o...

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PC servers will be taken offline on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 6:00am PT for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 3 hours. Mentor System Expansion Mentor Squads were implemented late into last year, and around that time period we had discussed implementing a Mentor rating system, but ultimately decided not to commit to the work until we knew how players would make use of Mentor Squads in the first place. Trying to craft a rating system of any kind can be difficult for a game with a sandbox focus, and is at risk to negative and exploitative behaviors. Knowing this, we wanted to devise a system that is light on gameplay rewards, and is instead geared specifically toward players who already engage in the right behaviors. The expansion of the Mentor System isn't a substitute for tutorials, (which we're also focused on delivering later this year alongside other new player experience enhancements,) but the community has always been a big part of why new players choose to leave... Read more

Mentor System Expansion Fresh recruits enter the battlefield on a daily basis, and now we're giving you more tools to get them into fighting shape! Mentor Rating We've introduced a new Mentor Rating system that recognizes veteran community members that have made it their goal to help new players. Mentor Rating is earned each time a Mentor Ribbon is awarded. Mentor Ribbons can now only be earned while leading a Mentor Squad when players beneath BR30 earn battle ranks. Mentor Rating decays slowly over time, so it needs to be maintained to keep the benefits. Mentor Tiers Mentor Rating is sorted into tiers for recognition. These tiers are shown when players are hosting Mentor squads in the squad finder. In a later update we'll be making this tiering more visible.

• Copper Tier: 0 - 199
• Silver Tier: 201 - 499
• Gold Tier: 500 - 799
• Auraxium Tier: 800 - 1000

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PC servers will be taken offline on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 2:00pm PT for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 3 hours. Independence Day Celebration On July 4 (starting 12am PT,) we'll be hosting QUADRUPLE EXPERIENCE FOR ALL PLAYERS. From July 4 through July 7, you'll also find some limited event items both in your inventory and the Depot.

• The Light Assault has been gifted the mighty FREEDOM THRUSTERS (a max rank Skirmisher Jump Jet with Red, White, and Blue particle effects) for the duration of the event. Equip, and soar!
• In the Depot you'll also find Flare Guns (both Patriot and Triumph variants,) the Patriot Camo (but not for NSO since their loyalty is currently in question), and New Conglomerate players can find the limited Nomad-I Light Assault Armor in stock as well!

Misc. Changes, Fixes, Additions

• Fixed an issue where pressing the Insert key while in the Warpgate would not send you to a spawn near your squad leader as intended.
• Vehicles owned by a player...

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Misc. Changes, Fixes, Additions

• Vehicles owned by a player who logs out no longer explode.
• Stabilizing regions no longer show as cut off for a period of time, and instead stabilize as expected.
• Players should no longer hear erroneous error sounds when in a vehicle.
• Speculative fix to prevent players from spawning directly into locked continents on login.
• NSO characters in allied Sunderer Cloak Modules should now be hidden correctly.
• NSO characters now properly receive alert and event rewards.
• Reaching the cert-reset prompt at Battle Rank 15 no longer shows a corrupted image.
• Fixed an issue that was preventing the Maximum Pressure event from activating naturally.
• Fixed the Flash's often traitorous first person propaganda.
• NSO characters now receive proper directive credit for Harasser top gun kills.
• Added a new Bundle in the Depot, available during the Summer event.

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Bug fixes

• Clicking a Reinforcements Needed spawn location will no longer prevent the player from deploying to that area.
• Spawning into balanced fights at contested regions with less than 60 allied population should now work.
• Elysium Spawn Tubes greater than 1000 meters from the player are now on a 30 second spawn cooldown, opposed to 20.
• Warpgate spawn locations for all unlocked continents should now appear at all times.

PC servers will be taken offline on Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 6:00AM PT for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 3 hours. Misc. Changes, Fixes, and Additions

• Players using Join Combat to travel to a new continent (like in the event that they are leaving a locked continent) will now spawn at the Warpgate, instead of being dropped from orbit without a drop pod. Eventually we'll want to resolve the issue with characters not being mounted correctly, but this is an interim solution until then.
• Cloaked players and objects are now visible on low and very low settings. A separate client-only update will be coming out later in the day with a separate tuning pass on these visuals.
• 3D HUD icons now snap to the correct side of the screen. This was especially noticeable while trying to track aircraft behind you.
• Fixed an issue where continents could get stuck in a state with disabled regions indefinitely.
• The Spawn Beacon certification line is now properly refunded, this change fail...

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NS-03 Thumper (New Weapon) We've released the new Thumper heavy grenade launcher to PTS. The Thumper is a Heavy Weapon available as a primary weapon option for the Heavy Assault class. By default this six round grenade launcher lobs anti-infantry fragmentation rounds with moderate damage. Two alternate ammunition types are available:

• Disruptor Ammunition wreaks havoc on electronics, and will drain shield and ability energy a small amount on impact.
• Incendiary Ammunition will ignite nearby infantry, dealing damage over time. (Known issue: DoT is currently not applying, and will be fixed in a following PTS update.)

This weapon is a work in progress, so statistics and visual elements may change before hitting Live. Map Screen and Continent Flow

• Biolab outposts are now all connected via lattice. Dev Note: This change seemed to work well on Esamir, and with the new respawn mechanics we've decided to move this change to the remaining continents as well.
• Destroying a BioLab SC...

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