jgolenbo

We have a lot of ideas for how to rework the tutorial and general NPE, particularly now with Sanctuary providing a space in-game for content and functionality outside of the main game. It'll likely be more of a full rework than an update on the current tutorial, though, so something potentially for one of our next major updates after Escalation launches.

They are basic strategies, but the engagement credit goes to the PS2 community who have been incredible at getting the word out - sharing, posting, RT'ing, etc. Can't thank you guys enough for your all your support of everything we're doing right now!

Capture rewards split - those are separate from the resource values each region has for territory control. But I need to double check the values, which are still being tuned (and will continue to be post-update).

But tl;dr, it’s technically possible solo, but much much easier with comrades

Technically yes - if you participate in successful base/facility captures, acquired resources from the capture are split btw participating Outfits, and your “Outfit” would be credited with a cap share. But unless you’re a one-man army, you’re probably not single handedly taking, defending and controlling territory to accelerate resource gain.

So yea...it’d be tough sledding solo, I’d suggest recruiting :)

ay ay, im the guy. Hit me up on Discord at jgolenbo#0710 and I can get you observer cam access and quick-and-dirty tutorials on how to operate in-game.

I'm working on community content for launch day with more details, but the tl;dr version is:

1) There are 3 new resource types

2) Outfits can collectively acquire them by participating in captures and/or controlling territory. Acquired resources are deposited in the Outfit Armory, where they can be spent on War Assets.

3) All territories will have a resource value which will be clearly denoted on the continent map

We'll likely continue tuning, adding and balancing for some time after the update (along with parallel systems like Outfit Loyalty and Merit), but the basic idea is to incentivize and reward Outfits for meritorious collective actions on behalf of their Empire.

Yes, in (very) close proximity to the old center. We've been planning the move for awhile, and worked with Daybreak OPS to time it around the update so A) downtime requirements will overlap, and B) you won't get a big, honking 12 hour downtime in the week(s) following the update when servers will be most active.

But there will be no change in connection quality, given the proximity.

Update remains the same for PS4 as we've been saying for the past few weeks - we fully plan intend to bring over the full Escalation update to PS4, which will include/require bringing over construction. We've only just begun scoping out the effort/time required so it's too early to share a PS4 launch date - we'll begin the work in earnest once PC goes out - but it's definitely one of our major priorities post-update.

Before - possibly as early as tomorrow, though there's a chance we may try to run another large-scale playtest tomorrow or over the weekend (and reward the helmet to anyone who joins and missed the first two playtests).

I'll check if there is a specific bug that we're tracking around this issue - I haven't seen it pop up before, but if it's affecting others as well we should be looking at it.

Hi all,

Sharing Andy's Dev Letter below that he just posted with details on Escalation's launch timing on Live servers, Emerald Hardware Upgrades, Leaderless Outfits, and a few other pieces of news!

Justin aka jgolenbo

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Hello everyone,

Let me start by saying THANK YOU for your patience and support over the past 4 weeks as we’ve been preparing the Escalation update for launch!

As you know, this will be one of the biggest PlanetSide 2 updates we’ve done since launch back in 2012. Not only do we feel an obligation to live up to the immense level of hype surrounding Escalation, but as the newly formed Rogue Planet Games studio, we want to set the tone in terms of quality for all future...

Good luck! I’m sure we’ll see you back PlanetSide soon enough :)

Initially, only Bastion and Steel Rain will be prohibited in OW (ANVIL, OS and Citadel Shield are allowed).

Bastion would DEF be OP, but I see your argument on Steel Rain. Our feeling is that given the map design/cap points Steel Rain in OW will be too unbalanced, and we’d like to see how it plays on main servers (and how OW plays without it) during our first OW preseason. But it’s not set in stone, and you’re likely to see a lot of balance / rule set changes to OW after the update.

Lol yea, that shots pretty epic and ridiculous, I love it

Lol, it’s not “official” per Guinness til its independently verified, but we’ve wanted to officially break our record for a long time...what better timing to organize!

Thank you everyone for joining!! Incredible footage - awesome seeing so many great shots on social, and breaking a world record for the hell of it 😂

aaaaaaand we may have forgot to set the continent max and broke our own World Record on Test, nbd

Confirmed, this is a bug. We want to make NSO accessible on Test (again) but have had our QA and programming resources fully devoted to Escalation. Will get this fixed post-update.