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[sambojin]

So mid next year then?

[Ozyton]

Interpret what you will of the following:

Spoiler: Smedspeak (click to show/hide)

Hello PS2 players both current and hopefully the ones that have played and moved on. I want to lay out our direction moving forward for PS2.
The development team continues to work on many things at once. We have the PS4 version launching very soon here. We've had to spend time getting the codebase to merge, and yes.. that's led to some problems like we all saw with the flight controls.
I realize there are people who think that means it's all about the console versions going forward.
It isn't. We won't let it be that way because we like the PC way too much for that.
In the near term, we're adding more people to the Planetside 2 team (hopefully bringing some people back that were former team members) to help us get our development bandwidth to where we want it to be. However, we have plenty of horsepower to deliver on some amazing things this summer already.
The plan is simple - We are going to be taking Planetside 2 to where it needs to be and finally address the stuff should have already. The metagame. We will once and for all be getting the Meta to where it just has to be. That means a comprehensive change that will involve completely revamping resources, changing what territory control means and spending a lot of time giving you reasons to fight. All of this will be done in a fully transparent manner in which we actually put our internal design docs out there for your comment and feedback.
We will be moving towards a system where resources are actually going to be a fun part of the game, and you'll be able to harvest resources directly (in fact, that's how you're going to get them). and you'll be able to use them to finally get to some of the end-game things we've been wanting to do - Outfit bases on new continents (and potentially on existing ones). We're also going to be spending a lot of time to make sure capturing a facility actually matters, as well as looking at the overly-complicated capture system which can be pretty obtuse at times.
The simple problem with Planetside 2 has always been "Why are we fighting?". We intend to make the focus of the time between now and our 2.0 release in September working very hard on this core issue. We have put it off way too long, and honestly the stuff we've done up until now hasn't been enough and we know it.
The team is also committed to a much more regular update schedule on the PC. We want to be honest about only having a finite amount of resources, but a significant portion of them will be dedicated to the PC and advancing the game itself. We will absolutely be adding more resources to this team to assist in this.
We'll be making announcements about the 2.0 release in the near-term future with a lot more specifics. In addition, we have a nice surprise for you... we're also going to be adding another game mode to Planetside 2 for the first time. You can expect to be seeing that in the upcoming week on Live servers (it will be a beta of the game mode). This will actually be a game mode with a win condition! Hopefully you like it. It's meant to be the kind of thing you pop into for an hour match and then go back into the main game. Hopefully in the short term we can make it so outfits can directly compete against other outfit in this game mode. Also, we aren't charging to get into this mode. The entire reason for it is to try something new and see how we all like it as a community.
Why do this instead of just doing the Meta stuff? Simple - we are experimenting and trying something new. Before you judge, try it. It only took a small subset of the team a few weeks to put together and we hope you like it.
In the months between now and September we're going to be putting all kinds of new things into the game on a regular schedule. We're also going to be committing to doing a better job on the Roadmap. The criticism that we do a poor job updating it is something that I think is both fair and accurate and it's simply going to be done right.
So for those of you that thought Planetside 2's best days are behind it... you are going to be pleasantly surprised, but the proof has to be in what we do not in what we say.
Planetside 2 is one of our core franchises. It will be here in ten years and assuming we can make the right choices it can be 10x as big as it is right now (on the PC, not even talking about adding console users).
To those who think all we care about is the console - no, no, no. PC is our lead sku and is always going to be. We are very excited to bring PS2 to the Playstation 4. It's really fun. Our console players are every bit as important to us as our PC players, but in terms of how we develop stuff, expect the PC to be the lead sku.
Thanks for reading this, and thanks for playing Planetside 2. We're in this for the long haul and we're going to work our asses off to make sure you are too. The only way we do that is to take this game to the next level, so that's just what we're going to do.
Smed

The rest of the Planetside community says: "I'll believe it when I see it" and this.

Sauce: http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/3582el/the_way_forward/

[UXLZ]

If that ends up being legit... Hallelujah the end times hath come.

More seriously though, PS2 may actually ed up getting where it needs to go, if that is legit.

[Aklyon]

The rest of the Planetside community says: "I'll believe it when I see it" and this.

I'm inclined to agree with that. There doesn't look like much of any belief in smedley in that link.

[MasterFancyPants]

Interpret what you will of the following:

Spoiler: Smedspeak (click to show/hide)

Hello PS2 players both current and hopefully the ones that have played and moved on. I want to lay out our direction moving forward for PS2.
The development team continues to work on many things at once. We have the PS4 version launching very soon here. We've had to spend time getting the codebase to merge, and yes.. that's led to some problems like we all saw with the flight controls.
I realize there are people who think that means it's all about the console versions going forward.
It isn't. We won't let it be that way because we like the PC way too much for that.
In the near term, we're adding more people to the Planetside 2 team (hopefully bringing some people back that were former team members) to help us get our development bandwidth to where we want it to be. However, we have plenty of horsepower to deliver on some amazing things this summer already.
The plan is simple - We are going to be taking Planetside 2 to where it needs to be and finally address the stuff should have already. The metagame. We will once and for all be getting the Meta to where it just has to be. That means a comprehensive change that will involve completely revamping resources, changing what territory control means and spending a lot of time giving you reasons to fight. All of this will be done in a fully transparent manner in which we actually put our internal design docs out there for your comment and feedback.
We will be moving towards a system where resources are actually going to be a fun part of the game, and you'll be able to harvest resources directly (in fact, that's how you're going to get them). and you'll be able to use them to finally get to some of the end-game things we've been wanting to do - Outfit bases on new continents (and potentially on existing ones). We're also going to be spending a lot of time to make sure capturing a facility actually matters, as well as looking at the overly-complicated capture system which can be pretty obtuse at times.
The simple problem with Planetside 2 has always been "Why are we fighting?". We intend to make the focus of the time between now and our 2.0 release in September working very hard on this core issue. We have put it off way too long, and honestly the stuff we've done up until now hasn't been enough and we know it.
The team is also committed to a much more regular update schedule on the PC. We want to be honest about only having a finite amount of resources, but a significant portion of them will be dedicated to the PC and advancing the game itself. We will absolutely be adding more resources to this team to assist in this.
We'll be making announcements about the 2.0 release in the near-term future with a lot more specifics. In addition, we have a nice surprise for you... we're also going to be adding another game mode to Planetside 2 for the first time. You can expect to be seeing that in the upcoming week on Live servers (it will be a beta of the game mode). This will actually be a game mode with a win condition! Hopefully you like it. It's meant to be the kind of thing you pop into for an hour match and then go back into the main game. Hopefully in the short term we can make it so outfits can directly compete against other outfit in this game mode. Also, we aren't charging to get into this mode. The entire reason for it is to try something new and see how we all like it as a community.
Why do this instead of just doing the Meta stuff? Simple - we are experimenting and trying something new. Before you judge, try it. It only took a small subset of the team a few weeks to put together and we hope you like it.
In the months between now and September we're going to be putting all kinds of new things into the game on a regular schedule. We're also going to be committing to doing a better job on the Roadmap. The criticism that we do a poor job updating it is something that I think is both fair and accurate and it's simply going to be done right.
So for those of you that thought Planetside 2's best days are behind it... you are going to be pleasantly surprised, but the proof has to be in what we do not in what we say.
Planetside 2 is one of our core franchises. It will be here in ten years and assuming we can make the right choices it can be 10x as big as it is right now (on the PC, not even talking about adding console users).
To those who think all we care about is the console - no, no, no. PC is our lead sku and is always going to be. We are very excited to bring PS2 to the Playstation 4. It's really fun. Our console players are every bit as important to us as our PC players, but in terms of how we develop stuff, expect the PC to be the lead sku.
Thanks for reading this, and thanks for playing Planetside 2. We're in this for the long haul and we're going to work our asses off to make sure you are too. The only way we do that is to take this game to the next level, so that's just what we're going to do.
Smed

The rest of the Planetside community says: "I'll believe it when I see it" and this.

Sauce: http://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/3582el/the_way_forward/

Problem is: I think that the 3^ed time we've been told that the meta will be fixed.

[Ozyton]

"Conquest" gamemode updated on test server

The Beta implementation of the our first Game Mode, Conquest, is being released on PTS. Please note, this is a Beta, so bugs should be expected.

We've purposely tried a simple ruleset to see how the whole game mode idea plays out. Let us know about the bugs you find and please give us your feedback on the mode itself. We have a lot of ideas for future iterations and usability/flow changes to make this better, but we want to get your take ASAP.

Objective: Reach 13k points or score the most points by the end of the alert to win.

Special Rules:
Points are earned the following ways:
Kills = 1 point
Small Outposts = 150 points
Large Outposts = 300 points
Facilities = 750 points
Mode takes place on a modified version of Indar
Lattice has been altered to only include Large Outpost and Facilities
Small Outposts can be captured using adjacency rules
Instant Action and Redeploy are disabled
Nanite costs are halved
Warpgates are rotated between each match
Rewards:
XP
3 Implant Pack
[Coming Soon] NS Victory Knife
How to Play:
You can queue for the game mode from any Warp Terminal
The score is tracked on the Scoreboard
The Lattice changes are visible on the Map

Lettuce Lattice.

For those unaware: Daybreak announced they were working on a new gamemode a couple weeks ago, and they just revealed what it was going to be (of course things may change). I don't quite understand why the main game can't have a lattice system like this though... maybe they want to see how it works before putting it in the main game 'mode'.

[Toaster]

Interesting take on the lettuce.  Can one skip across small outposts along the lattice (say, Crown to Impact Site) without taking the smalls in the way?

[Ozyton]

Interesting take on the lettuce.  Can one skip across small outposts along the lattice (say, Crown to Impact Site) without taking the smalls in the way?

I am still downloading the test update so I cannot say for certain, but I imagine that you will be able to skip small outposts to get to the facilities along the lattice. The smaller outposts can only be contested with adjacent territory judging by that post. So, if you look at Tawrich Tech Plant in that image you will see that the base to the west along the lattice is cut off hex-wise by the smaller outposts, which means (if my assumption is correct) you can either capture the facility directly and bypass the outposts or get the outposts first and then the facility, or do all at the same time.

In theory this means that large 96+ vs. 96+ zergballs at the main facilities will instead be spread out between the facility and its outlying posts.... but we'll see.

[Aklyon]

It says gamemode, but then mentions alerts? Does that mean gamemodes are alerts or the other way around?

[Ozyton]

It says gamemode, but then mentions alerts? Does that mean gamemodes are alerts or the other way around?

I think they meant to say round, not alert. The new gamemode (conquest) probably runs on the basis of 1-2 hour 'rounds' (which is about the length of an alert currently).

Now that they have this new gamemode maybe they should name the 'standard gamemode' something as well...

[Toaster]

"Zerg Mode"

[Dutrius]

Looks interesting.

[Kanil]

I sure hope they're not planning on going live with just Indar...

[darkrider2]

"Conquest" gamemode updated on test server

The Beta implementation of the our first Game Mode, Conquest, is being released on PTS. Please note, this is a Beta, so bugs should be expected.Objective: Reach 13k points or score the most points by the end of the alert to win.

Special Rules:
Points are earned the following ways:
Kills = 1 point

~~~~~

Instant Action and Redeploy are disabled

A) At 1 pt a kill a single biolab farm could end the alert

B) What exactly do they mean by no redeploy? Do we only get to spawn once ever for an alert? or is the (U) button disabled? Will "/suicide" work?

[Aklyon]

I always assumed Redeploy meant the button, since respawning is a completely different concept that depends on you dying first.