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PTS Game Update: September 3, 2020

The Shattered Warpgate game update has arrived on the Public Test Server (PTS)! We'll be hosting our first playtests on Friday, September 4, and Saturday, September 5, kicking off a series of PTS events to ensure we're able to focus our testing efforts on different areas of this massive update. PTS will remain unlocked in between playtests (unless we bring it down for a new patch - follow us on Twitter or Facebook for updates!).

Test Server installation can be found here: http://launch.daybreakgames.com/installer/PS2_Test_setup.exe

Read on for full patch notes!

The Shattered Warpgate

While on PTS, you'll find an interactable object next to the new campaign vendor on Sanctuary handing out FREE STUFF. Interacting with this holographic Flash will provide you with currency and certain campaign items for testing purposes.
Campaigns will be disabled in this initial update, and a limited pool of missions will be available to test.
Esamir (and all continents) will be unlocked 100% of the time for this testing.

Playtest schedule for this first PTS patch is as follows:

Friday, September 4 - 12pm PDT
Friday, September 4 - 2pm PDT
Saturday, September 5 - 12pm PDT

Here's what you'll be able to explore with this new update.

[h2]Esamir Upheaval[/h2]
The continent of Esamir has gone through many changes since you last saw it. The Northeastern Warpgate has been destroyed, with the time-frozen remains of an ancient Vanu structure left in its wake, and a vortex of energy pouring into the sky.

New Skybox: Esamir has gotten colder with an overcast sky, the auroras have gotten brighter, and the sky shudders with cracks of lightning overhead.
Abandoned Bases: Due to hardline failures and defunct technology, many bases on Esamir have been abandoned for the snow to reclaim.
Disabled Vehicles: Disabled during the explosion, derelict vehicles can be found scattered throughout Esamir, and with the right tech, able to be reclaimed.
New and Modified Bases: After the collapse, empires scrambled to modify and construct new bases to accommodate the changed environment.
New Warpgate Location: Nanite Systems has unveiled new "Haven" technology that acts as a pseudo-Warpgate for the eastern portion of Esamir.
Revamped Lattice: The lattice has been reconfigured to conform to the new environment, and bases now tend to be fewer and farther between.
Environmental Hazard: An Electrical Storm roams the battlefield, calling down deadly lightning bolts and overloading vehicle systems.

This continent is still a work in progress and will receive additional changes prior to the Live release.

[h2]Campaigns[/h2]
The new Campaign system is one of the major features introduced with this update. Unlocking access to the Campaign will allow you to take on lore-driven story missions that explore the evolving war on Auraxis, and the minds of those behind it. It remains locked for now, but we'll explore this feature in a later PTS update once it's enabled for testing.

[h2]New Mission System[/h2]
Players now have access to an all-new Mission system that offers up daily missions players can complete for rewards. All players can choose to accept a limited number of missions each day, with Members gaining additional daily mission unlocks. Missions come in a variety of rarities which represent difficulty, time investment, and intensity. The higher the rarity, the better the rewards for that mission type.

The mission pool available in this PTS update consists of the following:

Transport Pilot: Ferry passengers to combat areas.
Front Line Spawns: Deploy Sunderers on the front line.
Cortium Run: Harvest and deposit cortium in allied Silos.
Protection Protocol (NSO): Defend your allies with the Defector's Seraph Shield.
Soldier and Shepard: Capture bases and earn experience leading a squad/platoon.
Bounty Hunter: Kill a bountied target.
Message Courier: Deliver communications intel from base to base in a Harasser.
Mining for Elysium: Defend an orbital mining drill while it harvests.
Transport Stormbound: A campaign themed version of the Transport Pilot mission that sends you into the storm on Esamir.

[h2]Indar Terrain Changes[/h2]

The Crown has received changes to capture point placement, and B point can now be reached from both the north, south, and eastern sides of the base through an underground combat area.
Ceres Hydroponics has received some adjustments to reduce prop density, and adjust sight lines, and the hill to TI Alloys has received some new paths around the eastern side.
TI Alloys has received reductions in its defensive capabilities, and the rock bridge connecting it to The Crown has been destroyed.

[h2]Sanctuary Changes[/h2]

Players will now log into Sanctuary initially.
The visuals within and without Sanctuary has received much in the way of cleanup and improvement.
A new "Social" chat channel is available for all Sanctuary-goers, allowing cross-faction chat throughout the station.
Mission Boards are available within Sanctuary, that will take you to the Mission page on interacting with them. They've also been placed in each Warpgate.
A campaign rewards vendor can now be found in the Outfit Quartermaster shop.
Outfit Quartermaster/Outfit Recruiter have swapped places.
FL-34 and SPRK-33 in the Black Market shop have swapped places.
New "Havoc Rocket Pods" can be bought from SPRK-33.
Speaking with FL-34 in Sanctuary will open the implant crafting menu for the player.

[h2]Implants[/h2]

All exceptional implants can now be crafted for an ISO-4 cost from the crafting screen.

[h2]Firestorm[/h2]

This implant has been added to the drop table.
Actual crafting cost has been instated at 3500.
Recoil and CoF bloom penalty from 200% to 100%
No longer uncaps horizontal recoil tolerance.

[h2]Mentor Chat[/h2]

Players who complete the Leadership tier 2 directive will now have access to Mentor Chat regardless of their current Mentor Rank.
Replaced Implant Pack Tier 2 Leadership directive reward with "Mentor Chat Access."
Players up to BR30 (and less than 100 directive score) now have access to /new chat, was previously until BR15.

[h2]War Asset Costs Overhaul[/h2]
Changes to Map-based Resource Gain for Outfits:

Upon a successful capture, bases award their full resource value to any participating Outfits above a contribution threshold of 1000 score.
Outfits who own a base continue to gain resource ticks over time once every 5 minutes, (no changes from Live.)
Sanctuary no longer offers resource trading.
Expeditions have been retooled to provide larger resource drops with a consistent conversion.
Assets can no longer be Overclocked at all. This is an experiment to see if the slowed pacing, coupled with the resource changes below, result in more diverse war asset usage.

War Assets now have resource type associations drawn more exclusively with their desirability.

[h3]Auraxium-based Assets[/h3]

Light ANVIL: 5 Auraxium for 3 ANVILs
Medium ANVIL: 25 Auraxium
Heavy ANVIL: 50 Auraxium
Facility Modules: 10 Auraxium for 5 modules, duration from 10 minutes to 20 minutes, weight from 5 to 0.

[h3]Synthium-based Assets[/h3]

Citadel Shield: 25 Synthium
Steel Rain: 15 Synthium, Weight from 50 to 25, Crafting time from 30 minutes to 15 minutes.
Orbital Strike: 75 Synthium

[h3]Polystellarite-based Assets[/h3]
Bastion Fleet Carrier

Time to craft per asset increased to 12 hours per piece.
25 Polystellarite
20 Polystellarite
15 Polystellarite
10 Polystellarite

Colossus Tank

15 Polystellarite

[h3]Expedition Values[/h3]
Synthium Short

Cost from 100 Auraxium to 50 Auraxium
Yield from 25-35 to 35 Synthium

Synthium Medium

Cost from 150 Auraxium to 100 Auraxium
Yield from 50-70 to 75 Synthium

Synthium Long

Cost from 200 Auraxium to 150 Auraxium
Yield from 75-105 to 150 Synthium

Polystellarite Short

Cost from 50 Synthium to 25 Synthium
Yield from 5-7 to 7

Polystellarite Medium

Cost from 75 Synthium to 50 Synthium
Yield from 10-14 to 15

Polystellarite Long

Cost from 100 Synthium to 75 Synthium
Yield from 15-21 to 30

[h2]Player Studio items[/h2]

Old War Heavy Assault armor and helmet (Terran Republic,) by Doku
Armadillo Sunderer exterior, bumper, and tires (All Factions,) by Steveo
Challenger Vanguard exterior plating (New Conglomerate,) by Lobstrex
Response Infiltrator armor (NSO,) by binarycoder
Ravenshroud helmet (Terran Republic,) by CountPoly

[h2]Misc. Changes, Fixes, and Additions[/h2]

To accommodate the additional rewards through the Mission system, alerts no longer offer ISO-4, A7, or Certs.
Alert winners now receive 25,000 XP and losers/runner-up receive 10,000 XP.
Daily Ribbon Bonuses have also been removed.
Render distance can now be set for infantry/ground vehicle/air vehicles individually, this option can be found in the graphics settings.
Minimap and Map zoom levels now persist between logins and while transferring continents.
Attempting to promote someone to platoon leader will prompt you with a confirmation dialog.
Using bad html in the Outfit MotD will no longer bleed into the rest of your chat box.
Default keybindings no longer activates your vehicle utility with the horn key.
Colossus now generates outfit logs when crafted or spawned.
Cleaned up issues with wielded knife animations.
NSO characters can now switch profile banners. A bug still exists with new NSO characters being equipped with the wrong default banner.
SR-200 (NSO Sniper Rifle) no longer inherits camo applied to the character's body.
Javelin cockpit handlebars now rotate correctly in first person.
Black Market terminals now show weapon stats correctly.
Water on Indar, Amerish, and Esamir have updated visuals.
Fixed various broken props and stretched textures.
We've re-enabled the old Tutorial for new characters.

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]

Esamir deep water is killing too quickly.
Eisa Tech Plant's C point shows incorrectly on the map, it should be located outdoors on the center of the second story of the building. The capture area still exists, though the capture point itself is not visible.
Ymir Ruins uses three normal capture points, instead of vehicle capture points, and the short capture timer has yet to be adjusted.
Outfits with pre-existing Bastion components may not be able to craft additional Bastion pieces currently.

The Shattered Warpgate Unveiled

Get ready for the catastrophe ahead, soldier - The Shattered Warpgate is scheduled to hit the Public Test Server (PTS) next week!

If you missed today's record-breaking Dev Livestream reveal of this massive update (the most-watched Livestream in PlanetSide 2 history!), we've recapped all the highlights below. We're thrilled to finally be showing off all the work that went into this - one of our foundational promises as a studio was to deliver big, impactful updates like Escalation or The Shattered Warpgate roughly every 6 months, and we can't wait for all of you to get your hands on it!

The Shattered Warpgate will release first on PTS (the Public Test Server), and will only hit PC Live servers once we've had enough time to playtest and iterate off of your feedback. After PC launch, we're anticipating a much shorter turnaround time to have it ready for PS4 (weeks not months), after the recent Escalation console update caught us up.

Watch and read on for all the highlights!

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[h2]THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS[/h2]

The northeast Warpgate on Esamir has shattered, and a mysterious, alien energy emanates throughout the land - a harbinger of strife ahead. Welcome to the first Campaign in PlanetSide 2, soldier!

Campaigns are new open-world storytelling experiences drawn from Auraxian lore, designed to deliver major environmental and gameplay changes that permanently evolve the world and story of PlanetSide. They take place entirely through normal gameplay, through a series of events and missions that tie the story together. The first Campaign, The Shattered Warpgate, introduces significant world changes to the continent of Esamir, as players are asked to investigate the cataclysmic event behind the Warpgate's destruction, and discover new revelations and dangers along the way.

Campaigns will be free for members, and can be unlocked by other players using Certs. The first Campaign will run for 3 months (1 month per Chapter), with each Chapter offering unique, thematic rewards at completion. The Campaign will remain locked when this update first goes to PTS, so the mystery behind The Shattered Warpgate will have to wait until it hits Live servers!

[h2]NEW MISSION SYSTEM[/h2]

Underpinning the Campaign system is a dynamic new Mission system, introducing daily quests and challenges to PlanetSide 2. Players will have access to a Mission board that resets daily, offering a diverse collection of new missions with differing rarities, difficulties, and rewards. This will include faction-specific Missions, community Missions, solo Missions, and Missions that cater to the deep variety of playstyles within PlanetSide 2.

Players will always have a choice of which missions to pursue on any given day, regardless of whether they've unlocked the current Campaign. Members will be allotted additional daily Missions on top of what every player will get for free, while rewards like ISO, Certs, Experience, and even New Weapons can be acquired at completion. Rewards will generally be proportionate to the difficulty and time requirement of the Missions you choose to undertake.

[h2]ESAMIR REVAMPED[/h2]

Following hints of instability within the power grid beneath the Northeastern Warpgate, the resulting explosion has left the entire region drastically altered in its wake! Tech failures, destroyed bases, melted glaciers, sudden temperature drops, sporadic energy geysers, glowing auroras and strange new alien plant life are only a few of the changes that now mark the land.

But the War still rages.

In the aftermath of this cataclysmic event, Nanite Systems have rolled out The Haven, the first mobile Warpgate, replacing the now-destroyed Warpgate in a new location to the East. The environmental effects that rocked the continent are more than just visual - the Lattice itself has been remade, with base locations altered or abandoned. Some intrepid investigators have even figured out how to recommission some of the many derelict vehicles strewn across the battlefield, including those left by other Factions...

[h2]A STORM GATHERS[/h2]

Perhaps the most profound change to the Continent is the sudden appearance of a powerful new energy storm, the first environmental hazard introduced in PlanetSide 2. Attracted by mechanical signatures, the storm targets areas on the map where the action is heaviest, putting players - particularly players in vehicles - at risk of being struck by powerful lightning bolts. The surrounding energy can also have an impact on vehicle handling, and while it moves slowly, its pull is inexorable. Players can escape the storm entirely within buildings or by leaving the area, and will gain new items and abilities to negate and even harness the storm's energy over the course of the first Campaign, including Insulated Vehicle Armor, Lightning Grenades, and a new Lightning Arrester deployable.

These are just a few of the highlights from The Shattered Warpgate - this massive game update will come with a wealth of additional features and new content, including geographic improvements made to Indar, Sanctuary improvements, War Asset rebalancing, the ability to craft Exceptional Implants using ISO, and much more. Full patch notes will be available once its ready for PTS.

Ready for The Shattered Warpgate to hit the Test Server? Let us know what you're looking forward to most on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, or the official forums!

PlanetSide 2 is launching a massive seasonal campaign system, and the open beta starts soon

Even eight years after it launched, there's still nothing else quite like PlanetSide 2's massive scale, ongoing sci-fi battles. Other shooters have certainly borrowed ideas from the free Steam game over the years, and now, Rogue Planet Games is borrowing something in return: the seasonal narrative system popularised by Fortnite. Today, Rogue Planet Games has announced The Shattered Warpgate, a new seasonal campaign system that is aimed at giving players a new way to experience PlanetSide's story and lore.

The Shattered Warpgate update will be available to play for free on the PlanetSide 2 public test server starting "soon", Rogue Planet says. You'll be headed back to the frozen world of Esamir, which has been torn apart by some kind of technological apocalypse. As the season progresses, you'll be able to take on new missions to discover the cause of the calamity.

It's a new approach for PlanetSide 2, which has traditionally been hyper-focused on its squad-based combat. That focus, in fact, has acted as a barrier to entry for new players at times - being able to jump in and understand what's going on could be extremely difficult if you wound up with a bad drop.

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The Shattered Warpgate is Coming to PlanetSide 2!

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The Rogue Planet team is excited to announce today that the The Shattered Warpgate is coming soon to PlanetSide 2!

This massive game update permanently evolves the war-torn battlescapes of PlanetSide 2 through new open-world storytelling experiences called Campaigns, each designed to deliver multi-staged environmental and gameplay changes as players participate in new missions and experience the story unfold. The Dev team will reveal everything incoming with this update LIVE on-stream tomorrow, Friday, August 28, at 11am PDT at twitch.tv/planetside2.

In the first campaign, players will return to the frigid tundras of Esamir to explore and battle across the newly devastation-wrought land. Players will be forced to adapt to this harsh new landscape over multiple chapters, as they progress through the story of a catastrophic technological event sparked by the detonation of one of the continent’s Warpgates...

This update also introduces additional features and gameplay improvements for PlanetSide 2, which the Dev team will show off on-stream. Join us at twitch.tv/planetside2 tomorrow at 11am PDT for the full reveal!