Planetary Annihilation: TITANS News

Hello Commanders,

The time of the unicorn is over, and now, the time of Fusion begins. It represents the beginning of great change.

This arc kicks off with the introduction of the Stinger, the little bot that could. Bringing anti-air back to the Bot Factory with its twin mounted homing missile pods, it can accompany your Dox raids to bring down those pesky Icarus and Bumblebees.

A major improvement to the lobby UI has been introduced, with the host being able to drag, drop and swap players. Easily switch teams around to achieve Ultimate Balance™. There is also no longer a default system in new lobbies, saving your CPU from generating something you were probably not going to use. Just doing our bit for the planet. Lastly, asteroids can now be included in randomly generated systems.

The hand-crafted map pool has expanded, with all previous 1v1 ranked maps available. A revised default system list includes some new FFA / team maps for you to play but don’t panic! PAX has survived the cull 🙂

You may have noticed the servers are running smoother than ever, with the recent upgrades to the fastest m5zn instances in all regions. Our dedicated servers for big FFA and team games have also been upgraded.

The Fusion Commander is available to all players during the Steam Summer Sale, after which it can be purchased through the Armory.


Previous update arcs:

• Rainbows & Unicorns: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/rainbows-unicorns-updates/
• Stay Safe: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/stay-safe-updates/

Added Fusion commander!

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

Added Stinger anti-air bot!

[h2]Client Improvements[/h2]

• Updated translations
  

Start

• Added view replays to mini leaderboard
  

New Game Lobby

• Added player drag / drop / swap for team games
  
• Changed to no default system for faster hosting
  
• Added new status messages while waiting for system to be selected
  
• Added asteroid option to random system generator
  
• Added new default maps
  

Leaderboards

• Added view replays
  

Live Game

• Improved scrolling of unit selection list
  

Replays

• Added system name
  
• Added tooltips
  
• Added 1v1 ranked filter
  

Settings

• Added Settings > Camera > Mouse Pan Button (115923)
  

[h3]Client Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed Galactic War freeze when selecting edge systems (115958)
  
• Fixed psychedelic 2017 commanders changing colour (115958)
  
• Fixed render chain memory stomp with fractional scaling eg subsample 75% (115958)
  

[h3]Server / Sim Improvements[/h3]

• Added server side support for player drag / drop / swap in new game lobby
  
• Added server side support for player IDs, game type, mods info, system name and system summary to replay summary
  

[h3]Server / Sim Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed loading of saves with orphaned celestial sim projectiles (115923)
  

[h3]AI Improvements[/h3]

• Tweaked Easy / Normal difficulties
  

https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/fusion-updates/




https://planetaryannihilation.com/guides/titans-balance-changes/




Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off for ~$US2.99.


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

Hello Commanders,

115678 / 115693 / 115711 are the final balance updates in the Rainbows and Unicorns series.

[h3]Server / Sim Improvements[/h3]

• Changed amphibious units on sea floor to require underwater vision if below the water line
  

[h3]Client Improvements[/h3]

• Added SELECTED OR ALL to order and build previews (115711)
  

[h3]Client Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed ALWAYS order and build previews ignoring SELECTED
  

Full update notes: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/rainbows-unicorns-updates/

https://steamcommunity.com/games/386070/announcements/detail/2509017101883824013




https://planetaryannihilation.com/guides/titans-balance-changes/




Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off for ~$US2.99.


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

Mid-season ends 2021-06-04 00:00 UTC
Season ends 2021-07-23 00:00 UTC
Prize Pool US$3,000

Hello Commanders,

Ranks are reset and Participation prizes are back for the most active players with more prizes available to higher leagues.


Mid-season ends 2021-06-04 00:00 UTC



Note: Players are only eligible for a single mid-season participation prize from this allocation.


Season ends 2021-07-23 00:00 UTC



Note: Players are only eligible for a single season participation prize from this allocation.



We have three maps carried over from season 10:

• Demi-Mirum
  
• Angel’s Causeway
  
• Riptide
  

Five maps return from previous seasons:

• Diahyrdi
  
• Fluviaat
  
• Rotunda
  
• Surface
  
• Undergrowth
  

Seven NEW maps for season 11:

• Amanita
  
• Dust Bowl
  
• EVAK-TWO
  
• Fossil
  
• Hemlock
  
• Nitre
  
• Turnpike
  
• Utonaga
  

https://youtu.be/0Qkgx01DMkY


https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/titans-1v1-ranked-season-11/




https://planetaryannihilation.com/guides/titans-balance-changes/




Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off for ~$US2.99.


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

Hello Commanders,

115506 is a major game server upgrade and balance update in the Rainbows and Unicorns series.

Full update notes: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/rainbows-unicorns-updates/

https://steamcommunity.com/games/386070/announcements/detail/2509017101883824013




https://planetaryannihilation.com/guides/titans-balance-changes/




Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off for ~$US2.99.


News: https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

Development and Updates Timeline: https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/

Hello Commanders,

matiz returns from coaching StarCraft 2 to host a new championship series of monthly tournaments with a cash prize pool of US$600!

Live: https://trovo.live/matiz

Discussion: https://discord.gg/pa

Signups and Checkins: https://pa.challonge.com/ and say hi in the official Discord #championship-series channel. Link your Challonge and Discord accounts for notifications.

Brackets are not finalised until checkins close.

Maps will be selected from the historical 1v1 ranked map pool.

[h3]NEW: Prizes for everyone who qualifies and plays in the finals.[/h3]

• Best of 1 – single elimination
  
• Best of 3 – semi and quarter final rounds
  
• Best of 5 – final round
  

Note: this format is experimental and subject to change.



Top 6 points qualify for monthly final.



Max 8 players from qualifiers.

• Best of 3
  
• Best of 3 – semi-finals
  
• Best of 5 – finals
  

Note: this format is experimental and subject to change.








https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/events/championship-series/




https://planetaryannihilation.com/guides/titans-balance-changes/




https://steamcommunity.com/games/386070/announcements/detail/2855799982664689112

Both games are updated at the same time.

We are Kickstarter backers, supporters, modders and players continuing development of PA.




Founding Kickstarter backers from September 2012 were gifted TITANS for free.

All other owners of classic PA can upgrade to TITANS at a permanent discount of 90% off for ~$US2.99.


https://planetaryannihilation.com/news/

https://planetaryannihilation.com/timeline/