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Come on, Mustarde. I literally had an entire paragraph on this.

That said, there are certainly drawbacks with a maximum capacity threshold, and we've seen them manifesting here and there (more so with the most recent update.) The main one being that if a fight is imbalanced when it reaches that threshold, you’re not going to get more reinforcements from the baseline player because they’re being routed elsewhere.

Easier to understand, less frustrating and will still spread fights out a lot more than the previous system.

I wish that were the case. Players tend to glom onto the biggest fights they see on the map, which is the main reason you're seeing a bunch of complaints surrounding not being able to spawn into overpopulated regions. The result of absolute freedom would be less fights overall, worse framerates, and a bad experience for everyone involved.

Hey there, folks. Wanted to make a quick post to share some design theory behind the new spawn system as a whole, and try to allay some concerns about recent issues.

Our main goals with the new system were to…

• Help filter players into more enjoyable fights.
• Discourage overpopulation as it moves from base to base.
• Allow for more freedom to move around the map.

While there have been no shortage of growing pains as we’ve worked through ...

Construction is in limbo at the moment, but that should be worked out in the next update.

Yeah, kind of strange. It's possible they don't have visibility into that skill line since beacons are gifted by default. There are currently some quirks like that that exist, and they can only go by what they can see.

If the change to refund spawn beacons made it through, you wouldn't even see that Spawn Beacon cert line in the list. So the good news is that you didn't lose anything, the bad news is that that change didn't go Live in the last update like we intended.

Seems like a bug. Unless this is an old screenshot, (or possibly if you're in cutoff territory,) you should be able to spawn at either of those two Sunderers.

Was hoping to have that addressed for this update, but it looks like that didn't make it. When this is fixed, it should be a client-only update, so no down time necessary.

Still working on both of these, no ETA.

Hard to catch, but a drop pod hit you: https://i.imgur.com/dQq86Sv.png

Have seen this a few times, but haven't looked into a fix yet.

That's correct. If you unlock attachments on the SE version, they'll translate to the original version, and vice versa.

Everything here, excluding the Thumper, we're targeting for next week. Thumper we're targeting for a June release.

MAX shield should work on Live currently, except against indirect explosives like C4 and Proximity Mines. (Just checked again, and this seems to be the case.) Getting it to work with indirect explosives again is an issue we still need to resolve.

That should be fixed in this PTS update as well, I'll add it to the notes.

With the updates to Join Combat, it should do this only as a last resort, instead of the buggy state it's in on Live. But we won't know if we fixed all the issues until we see it under large scale circumstances.

Some bugs take longer than others to fix. The two you mentioned are actively being worked on.

NS-03 Thumper (New Weapon)

We've released the new Thumper heavy grenade launcher to PTS.

The Thumper is a Heavy Weapon available as a primary weapon option for the Heavy Assault class.

By default this six round grenade launcher lobs anti-infantry fragmentation rounds with moderate damage. Two alternate ammunition types are available:

• Disruptor Ammunition wreaks havoc on electronics, and will drain shield and ability energy a small amount on impact.
• Incendiary Ammunition will ignite nearby infantry, dealing damage over time. (Known issue: DoT is currently not applying, and will be fixed in a following PTS update.)

This weapon is a work in progress, so statistics and visual elements may change before hitting Live.

Map Screen and Continent Flow

• Biolab outposts are now all connected via lattice. Dev Note: This change see...

It does impact damage as well. When it gets to PTS, players can tool around with it and test the damage out.

Good summary, thanks for putting it together.

Holds six rounds, with jamming and incendiary add ons.

"Jamming" is "Disruptor" in PS2. It'll do a small scramble, mostly cosmetic, 10% max energy drain, 50 shield health drain, one-shot most deployables, and overall deal less damage than fragmentation rounds. Unlike PlanetSide 1, it does nothing to vehicles, and doesn't disable implants.