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Title: PC Game Update - April 24, 2019 (A New Soldier)
Post by: PSNews on 25/04/2019, 02:16
PC servers will be taken offline on Thursday, April 25th, 2019 at 7:00AM PT for maintenance. Downtime is expected to last up to 3 hours.

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Performance, performance, performance

Over the game's lifetime, there has been no pain point discussed more often than that of performance.

You've seen us attacking this problem from different angles throughout the past year (and the years before that!,) and while we've made significant strides with optimizing much of our underlying infrastructure, there wasn't much left for us to improve upon without some major overhauls first.

Our continued quest for improvement has brought us here, after months of work and a coordinated effort from multiple departments throughout the company, we're pleased to announce that DX11 has arrived in PlanetSide 2.

To top it all off, the updates give us better tools to diagnose and address performance concerns in the future.

Players on all types of compatible hardware should be receiving notable performance increases due in no small part to this update, but others as well.

Numerous third party software used by the game and our own internal Forgelight engine have been updated, and we've also restructured the way that assets are packed and encrypted.

This results in not only a more performant game, but also smaller file sizes, and more security from cheaters.

So celebrate, Auraxians, you've earned it.

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Nanite Systems Operatives have entered the battlefield

Built to function in the harshest weather conditions and most demanding combat roles, our new Nanite Systems Operatives are here to serve. Players now have the ability to create a robotic character on a new, fourth faction, the Nanite Systems Operatives (or NSO.) In light of this addition, we've also granted another free character slot to all players.

The design of this system had a few targets.

We hope you enjoy these new soldiers, and the havoc they will certainly wreak upon the battlefields of Auraxis.

Ready to Re-enlist?

Welcome back soldiers! Double experience FOR ALL will be starting on April 28th and running through Sunday, May 5th. We'll also be hosting a MEMBERS ONLY quadruple experience day on April 28th!

In celebration of this massive update, we've also constructed some new bundles, sales, and a special release calendar for the next four weeks.

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Week 1 - Apr. 29 through May 5

40% off Camouflage

Re-enlistment Bundle Alpha - 499 DBC cost - 3693 DBC value

Week 2 - May 6 through May 12

40% off Vehicle Cosmetics

Re-enlistment Bundle Bravo - 999 DBC cost - 5389 DBC value

Week 3 - May 13 through May 19

40% off Infantry Cosmetics

Re-enlistment Bundle Charlie - 1999 DBC cost - 9985 DBC value

Week 4 - May 20 through May 26

40% off Vehicle Weapons

Re-enlistment Bundle Delta - 3999 DBC cost - 36264 DBC value



Continent States

Players should no longer receive blank alert reward notification boxes.

Warpgates once again block projectiles being fired from outside them.

When a faction locks a continent, their victory anthem will play.

Refine and Refuel - Continent Event

Unstable Warpgates

Spawn System Revamp

We have made large revisions to the spawn system that will help filter players into more enjoyable fights, discourage overpopulation as it moves from base to base, as well as allow for more freedom to move around the map.

Prior to this update, the spawn system was too restrictive, and didn't point players in any particular direction. Veteran players would often resort to hopping from spawn point to spawn point in order to reach fights they wanted to participate in. At the same time, players were discouraged from leaving their current lane, which contributed heavily to the formation of "zergs" that then move down an abandoned lattice lane unopposed. This experience was detrimental to new players and veterans alike.

The revised spawn rules now work on a priority system, with ideal spawn locations appearing first, and additional spawn locations appearing after a longer wait period, effectively throttling how quickly players can redeploy around the map, while still giving them the option to do so.

Priority 1 Spawn Locations - Default spawn timer

Priority 2 Spawn Locations- 15 second wait time.

Priority 3 Spawn Locations - 30 second wait time.

These changes give players the ability to jump to low populated regions to start moving down lanes with less occupancy; prohibits players from redeploying directly into overpopulated regions from outside them; and slows down the respawn time in overpopulated regions when your last-used spawn point is destroyed.

We have a lot of flexibility with this system to either loosen up or clamp down harder on the ruleset, and will undoubtedly make adjustments as it continues to shake out.

UI Changes



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Infantry

NSX Amaterasu (NS Melee)

Dev Note: We've made this weapon more competitive with other knife options, and reduced some of the annoyances related to its use.

NSX Naginata (NS LMG)

Dev Note: The adjustment to vertical recoil here increases accuracy of both first shot and sustained fire, and makes the recoil easier to compensate for.

NSX Tengu (NS SMG)

Dev Note: These changes aim to make the Tengu more useable out of the box, and bring the Hybrid Laser attachment into more a more competitive position versus Extended Magazines.

VE-C Horizon (VS Carbine)

Dev Note: Horizon has enough drawbacks that we don't feel we need to keep it on the lower, more reserved damage tier.

MG-C1 Kindred (TR Carbine)

Hardlight Barrier (Engineer deployable)

Player Studio

New items, created by your fellow community members, are now available for purchase in the Depot.

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Black Ops infantry armor sets and helmets (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xzNmaX) by (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xzNmaX) Doku (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xzNmaX) are now available in the Depot. These armor sets come bundled together with each faction sold separately. The helmets are common pool available to all empires, and come in two styles.

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Valkyrie Panopticon, Crop Duster, and Venomous plating and cockpit cosmetics by TrckyDcky are now available in the Depot.

[img alt=[IMG]]https://i.imgur.com/uPVIZQi.jpg

Reaver Chimera plating and cockpit by EbonNebula is now available in the Depot.

[img alt=[IMG]]https://i.imgur.com/N2NeIz1.png

Flash Nitro Tanks by Svertov, is now available in the Depot.

[img alt=[IMG]]https://i.imgur.com/R3YbIq2.jpg[img alt=[IMG]]https://i.imgur.com/KIqiFdD.jpg

Sunderer Sentinel and Buffalo hoods by Lobstrex are now available in the Depot.

[img alt=[IMG]]https://i.imgur.com/K4O4ac0.png

Flash Spartan Rat exterior by Fuzzbuket is now available in the Depot.

[img alt=[IMG]]https://i.imgur.com/JaBh7jX.png

Mk.23 Light Assault Armor by Fuzzbuket is now available in the Depot.

[img alt=[IMG]]https://i.imgur.com/xz4Q8ga.png

Sunderer Raider hood and bumper by Giz are now available in the Depot.

Misc. Fixes, Changes, and Additions


Source: Game Update Notes (http://forums.daybreakgames.com/ps2/index.php?forums/game-update-notes.73/)

Title: Re: PC Game Update - April 24, 2019 (A New Soldier)
Post by: ArcticWinter on 25/04/2019, 06:28
FELIX! They added your artwork to the game! HURRAY! ;D
Title: Re: PC Game Update - April 24, 2019 (A New Soldier)
Post by: PandaFraHelvete on 25/04/2019, 06:55
FELIX! They added your artwork to the game! HURRAY! ;D

FINALLY!
Title: Re: PC Game Update - April 24, 2019 (A New Soldier)
Post by: FelixTheLion on 25/04/2019, 07:28
@Arctic and Panda, Cool ^^
Title: Re: PC Game Update - April 24, 2019 (A New Soldier)
Post by: Sheeala1234 on 25/04/2019, 20:03
Yeah this is all great but it looks like the update has kicked me out of the outfit and erased my friend list.... 
Title: Re: PC Game Update - April 24, 2019 (A New Soldier)
Post by: AlexAlki on 25/04/2019, 22:31
me too...
Title: Re: PC Game Update - April 24, 2019 (A New Soldier)
Post by: Duckyyz on 26/04/2019, 07:46
With this patch you will now be automatically be put in a random squad. If you don't want this you can set this off in the general tab of the settings page
Title: Re: PC Game Update - April 24, 2019 (A New Soldier)
Post by: DerWiedergaenger on 26/04/2019, 10:13
Wanted to take a PS2 break, but with this update i need to come back today evening :3

ps: for those who followed the shoutbox. It was a windows update that messed up my network drivers.
Title: Re: PC Game Update - April 24, 2019 (A New Soldier)
Post by: FelixTheLion on 27/04/2019, 12:27
 ;D

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