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We’ve been going through the PTS feedback over the weekend and overall, things are looking fairly solid. However, in addition to a handful of general tuning/polish improvements we would like to get in before it goes live, there is a physics-related client-crash that seems to be fairly prevalent. We’ve seen this crash happen on live, but it appears to be happening at a higher frequency on PTS.

The team is preparing another PTS build that should be ready to publish later tonight or early tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. It should contain a handful of bug fixes and polish, along with a potential fix for the client crash I mentioned. We will also be sending out an invite for a North American playtest tomorrow (Tuesday) and depending on the results an EU region playtest Wednesday morning to ensure the build is looking solid at scale. To further encourage participation in these tests, and by popular request, players that join during the times outlined in the upcoming invites will rec...

Daybreak TechOps team reported that there was a switch failure in the EU data center which caused population drops in all Daybreak games (PS2, H1, EQ, DCUO, etc). It should have been corrected shortly after.

Of course!

100% agree with this. All our creative is produced in-house; every cinematic trailer and video uses real gameplay captured on live servers that accurately represents our game (no expensive CG or editorial fakery).

Of course, we’re still going to invest in marketing around big updates (like Escalation’s upcoming launch) and major events, but the beating heart of all our campaigns is the community support. Even if we did have some massive AAA marketing budget (we don’t), promoting community content like VODs, guides, threads, live-streams, and all the other good stuff you guys make is always ALWAYS the best, most effective, most authentic way for us to continue attracting players new and old back into the game.

You’ll def see some similar tactics to those you’re suggesting when Escalation launches, but please do keep suggesting ideas!

We’d like to, yea. There’s some development overhead and Twitch buy-in required, but I think you’ll see Twitch drops integration for PS2 at some point in the not so distant future.

I’ll have to check - I imagine it’s a pretty significant physical hurdle. But it’s a good question.

Appreciate that. Just trying to make it more visible for more people who aren’t as familiar. The more you know...etc :)

Hey everyone,

So I’ve been thinking a lot about how we can help guide new players to the right Outfit, especially those who are less socially comfortable getting out there and trying to find the right community on their own.

Over the next week (and beyond) I’d love to feature more Outfits that are actively recruiting new members, and open to helping out new players get into what is an...amazing...unique...but super challenging game experience. By “feature” I mean promote on our social channels, steam page, website, and even in-game launchpad.

What I’m asking from you is, if you’re part of an Outfit that’s actively recruiting and looking to get involved, please share it on this thread. Outfit name, empire, server/region, size or specialty etc. any details you feel are relevant for someone just getting into the game, or a solo player who’s always been a bit shy of getting more involved. Logo and motto encouraged :)

Or, if you have any favored communit...

The timing is a good question. I’m not necessarily against the warning in general - it’s not my decision , but I like it being broadcasted - but I agree it shouldn’t be easy enough to just bail and avoid.

YES. Would love to do another loading screen submissions - need to brainstorm some new ideas so we can come at it from a fresh angle

Hmm, normally this would be a customer service question. Did they help identify the issue? Are you playing on Steam or through the Launcher? I’ll flag it with our QA team and see if it’s related to a bug we’re tracking.

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We had planned to do this on Live (and will), but it was thanks to a Reddit thread and some quick ingenuity by our UI guys that we were able to get this on Test :)

^This too. We want to be careful with Test values because the lower acquisition cost for OS makes them spammable in a way that you obviously can't do on live (or, is really really hard to do). But OS on live is pretty spectacular and should feel robust when it lands full-on.

^this. Clearance, and space for flyers to turn/maneuver/ascend etc.

Not to gush, but this is absolutely 100% on you guys - I can't even begin to tell you how many players have contacted me asking how they can help, getting their friends in the game, re-engaging their old Outfit mates, sharing all the news we share on reddit twitter steam etc. It's been an amazing month and we'll do everything we can to keep the momentum and good times rolling.

If there's anything else we can be doing to keep communication on peak please just let us know - tag me, or Andy, or another one of the Devs. Just today we made sure there was a live article with an up-to-the-minute launch status report linking both on the launcher and on our Steam community portal, which were player-requested since not everybody follows our twitter or checks the forums. If there's anywhere else we can speaking up and sharing news, let us know.