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Timing will be day to day, and we'll be playtesting (and communicating) daily until we're 100% confident we're ready.

Performance and stability are CRITICAL, and we'll only launch once we've conducted multiple community playtests at scale that confirm these issues are fixed.

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5 years ago /u/a_sites on Reddit - Thread - Direct

I just posted an update on both the results of today's playtests, as well as the overall status of the Escalation launch - https://forums.daybreakgames.com/ps2/index.php?threads/escalation-update-status-2-25.253448/

Here are the details:

Hey everyone,

First, I’d like to thank you all for participating in today’s playtest – especially given the short notice. I can’t tell you how much we appreciate your willingness to login at a moments notice and help us.

During the first playtest session, we encountered a server c...

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5 years ago Sites on Forums - Thread - Direct

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5 years ago /u/jgolenbo on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by Hell_Diguner

I hope they had a ton of metrics-gathering tools running to preserve that catastrophic failure in all its glory.

Yea, it was a tough day. That’s why we’re trying to utilize PTS and make sure issues like these pop up there and don’t affect live.

Really appreciate everybody who turned out - on short notice, again(!) - and helped playtest and identify those issues for us.

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5 years ago /u/jgolenbo on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by Autoxidation

You do have dev flair tags! The topic is flagged "Dev Reply" any time one of the devs posts in it and you have Rogue Planet flair. :)

Thank you sir! :)

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5 years ago /u/jgolenbo on Reddit - Thread - Direct

This is powerful idea, thanks for sharing. I love this. Definitely will surface this with the design team and look at what’s possible with the (many) future updates coming to Sanctuary.

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5 years ago /u/jgolenbo on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Originally posted by Neiist

Sleepy tea then idk, it's gonna come sooner or later :)

I'm embarrassed to admit how much coffee I've had today...

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5 years ago /u/a_sites on Reddit - Thread - Direct

Sorry for the delay - we are running a few mins behind schedule. It should be up and unlocked within the next 10 mins or so.

26 Feb

I just posted details on the results of today's @planetside2 PTS playtests, Escalation launch status and our next steps - #planetside2

r/Planetside - Escalation Update Status - 2/25 @ 6pm (Pacific)

Escalation Update Status - 2/25 @ 6pm (Pacific)

Escalation Update Status - 2/25

PTS In a nutshell

Posting until Planetside start using Instagram again - Day 1

Sanctuary - Provide a monument for fallen heroes of auraxis

Playtest concluded, thank you folks. Learned of a few important issues we can resolve relating to Bastion. More information to come. #planetside2

Escalation Playtest on PTS TODAY @ 2pm - 3pm (Pacifc) / 10pm - 11pm (UTC)

Aaaaaaaaand we're back. Please join us for some exciting times on Amerish, PTS. #planetside2

. @planetside2 Test Server is unlocked. Please join us for the next hour or so of testing the new build.

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25 Feb

For the latest details, I'm continuing to update my original Reddit thread with our playtest status - #planetside2

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r/Planetside - Escalation Playtest on PTS TODAY @ 2pm - 3pm (Pacifc) / 10pm - 11pm (UTC)

[ALERT] Hang tight, soldiers - PTS was pushed to its limits. We're working to get Test servers back online as soon as possible.

Pushing back the start of today's community playtest to 4:30PM PST. Thank you for your patience!

Alright folks, we're going to push back the playtest to resolve these world crashes. Estimated time to fix is an hour, but we'll see how it goes. This is important stuff for us, thank you all for the participation thus far. #planetside2

First successful server crash on PTS. #planetside2

Test Server unlocking now. Might take a few more minutes, but we good. We'll do an unstable meltdown alert on Amerish and try to break as much as we can Bastion related. #planetside2

PTS is unlocking now.

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Escalation Playtest on PTS TODAY @ 2pm - 3pm (Pacifc) / 10pm - 11pm (UTC)

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