What changed in PlanetSide 2 in 2017

Take out enemies while wearing a festive holiday hat.

Players can deploy a Snowman Soldier in their infantry utility slot to protect against enemies.

Run over enemies with a vehicle decorated with holiday cosmetics.

Revive fallen allies as a gift-giver.

An army of icy new enemies and festive activities are introduced for the holiday season.

An army of icy new enemies, including deployable Snowman Soldiers, has arrived on Auraxis for the holiday season.

Players can deploy a Snowman Soldier in their infantry utility slot to protect against enemies.

New holiday hats and weapons, including the Icikill Knife and Snowball Gun, are available in the Depot.

C4 models appear as presents and ammo boxes look like candy boxes during the event.

New and old holiday directives available, including 'Seasons Beatings' and 'Golden Snow-Manslaughter'.

Deploy your own snowman soldier and protect it from enemy damage.

Players can complete special holiday directives for festive rewards.

C4 models appear as presents and ammo boxes look like candy boxes during the event.

New holiday hats and weapons, including the Icikill Knife and the Snowball Gun, are available in the Depot.

Find and destroy the elusive golden snowman.

New compact, three-round burst sidearm from Nanite Systems, with a special 'Brass' variant available in the Mayhem Weapons Directive tree.

New NS-45 Pilot, a compact three-round burst sidearm, introduced along with a special 'Brass' variant in the Mayhem Weapons Directive tree.

New Heatwave Weapons introduced, featuring hot-rod inspired flames and advancing a new Mayhem Weapons Directive.

Doku’s Zealot Armor set for the Vanu Sovereignty is now available in the Depot.

New Heatwave Weapons introduced, featuring hot-rod inspired flames, part of the new Mayhem Weapons Directive.

Major updates to the continent of Indar to improve combat flow and flexibility of the lattice, including revisions to Ceres Hydroponics, TI Alloys, and The Crown.

Major updates to the continent of Indar focus on improving combat flow in and around many bases, including Ceres Hydroponics, TI Alloys, and The Crown.

Doku’s Zealot Armor set available in the Depot for the Vanu Sovereignty, featuring technologically superior designs.

Celebrate independence with holiday items available until July 10th.

All players receive access to complementary FREEDOM THRUSTERS for the duration of the event.

NC, TR, VS, and NS Patriot Flare Guns added.

Infantry Gear is 40% off during the event.

NC, TR, and VS Patriot Camos added.

Join the Freedombration from now until July 10th with special holiday items.

Blue, Gold, Cyan, Purple, and Red Sparkler Hood Ornaments added.

NC, TR, and VS Triumph Flare Guns added.

All players receive access to complementary FREEDOM THRUSTERS for the duration of the event.

New items include various Sparkler Hood Ornaments and Flare Guns for all factions.

Infantry Gear is available at a 40% discount during the event.

Esamir no longer reduces ground vehicle costs; connected bases regenerate infantry shields.

Drop rates for less common implants have been improved.

Players will now log in at a continent's Warp Gate.

Vehicle terminals now spawn all vehicle types with proper benefits across non-Koltyr continents.

Fixed an issue with the Trooper Immortal helmet showing headless at certain ranges.

Lightning, Vanguard, and Prowler received improvements to traction, braking, acceleration, and turn rates.

The NSX Tengu, an SMG with automatic firemode and pellet spread features, has been introduced.

Amerish no longer reduces infantry consumable costs; base generators now regenerate health.

Explosions are now more consistent on different material types.

Tech Plant now required for MBT and Liberator spawns, hacked terminals yield spawns regardless of ownership.

EMP Grenade cost reduced and several effects modified, including no longer draining ability energy.

Amerish no longer reduces infantry consumable costs and allows base generators to regenerate health.

Improvements made to Lightning, Vanguard, and Prowler vehicles' traction and handling.

Mended broken fingers on wielded knife animations.

Indar no longer reduces air vehicle costs; now increases heat efficiency for base turrets.

New implants added to drop tables including Carapace, Infravision, Nightmare, and others.

Ikanam BioLab replaced with a new superstructure and new vehicle-capturable control points.

New implants including Carapace, Infravision, Nightmare, and others have been added to implant packs.

Mended broken fingers on wielded knife animations.

Cost reduced and various effects modified.

Fixes for Saron muzzle flash.

Effects were not showing for some players.

Fixed a bug where the Medic's Shield Recharging Field would not show its special effects to some players.

Ikanam BioLab has been replaced with a new superstructure featuring new control points.

SNA area removed and replaced with vehicular combat areas.

Drop rates for less common implants have been improved.

A new SMG with automatic firemode that releases four pellets per shot.

Deploy time for Hardlight Barrier reduced from 1000ms to 100ms.

SNA has been removed and replaced with areas for vehicular combat and construction bases.

Target Focus and Safeguard implants removed from all implant bundles.

Infantry no longer inherit a strange glow when struck with explosives.

Terminal types consolidated for all non-Koltyr continents, allowing all vehicle types to spawn with proper benefits.

Fixed attachments on NS-15 Gallows and allowed it to equip camouflage.

Detection no longer contingent on player speed; now detects stationary infantry.

Deploy time reduced and slope limit increased.

Helmet was showing headless at certain ranges.

Infantry no longer inherit a strange glow when struck by explosives.

BioLab domes made opaque to increase performance in combat areas.

Target Focus and Safeguard implants have been removed from all implant bundles.

Detection of infantry by Motion Spotters is no longer contingent on player speed.

Amp Stations no longer increase heat efficiency for base turrets; this benefit awarded on Indar continent lock.

BioLab domes have been made opaque to improve performance in BioLab areas.

Tech Plant is now required for MBT and Liberator spawns, with hacked terminals always yielding these spawns.

Attachments on NS-15 Gallows fixed and can now equip camouflage.

Detonation angle increased from 90 to 135 degrees.

Spawn tube can now be exited from any direction, with changes to health and respawn time.

Amp Stations no longer increase heat efficiency for base turrets; this benefit is now awarded on Indar continent lock.

Icons for Counter-Intelligence in the loadout screen are now visible.

Using the Deconstruction Tool on a constructed Bunker will now also deconstruct the terminal inside.

Players can now correctly enter the Valkyrie from the top of the vehicle.

Ammo Printer and ammo boxes now resupply cloaked Infiltrators.

The NSX Yumi is a new weapon that fires a five-round burst after a short delay, designed for mid-range combat.

Target Focus implant now shows the correct description in the skill line.

Reduced the overlap of Hossin's moon over terrain during certain times of day.

Fixed a bug with impact effects not appearing on certain Hossin mud tiles.

Fixed a bug with nanites incorrectly resupplying.

Using the Deconstruction Tool on a constructed Bunker will now also deconstruct the terminal inside.

Players can now correctly enter the Valkyrie from the top.

Impact effects now appear correctly on certain Hossin mud tiles.

Target Focus implant now shows the correct description in the skill line.

Doku’s Nomad armor set is now available for New Conglomerate soldiers in the Depot.

Missing icons for Counter-Intelligence in the loadout screen have been fixed.

Reduced the overlap of Hossin's moon over terrain during certain times of day.

Fixed faction color on infantry terminals inside constructed bunkers.

Fixed a bug with Orbital Strikes not correctly verifying strike zones.

Increased the necessary proximity to vehicles for ammo restock from 15m to 50m.

The NSX Yumi is a new weapon that fires a five-round burst for mid-range takedowns.

Fixed a bug with Orbital Strikes not correctly verifying strike zones.

Doku’s Nomad armor set is now available for New Conglomerate soldiers in the depot.

A new decal is now available in the Depot.

A new decal is now available in the Depot.

Fixed a bug with nanites incorrectly resupplying.

Ammo Printer and ammo boxes now resupply cloaked Infiltrators.

Catlike Rank 4 now correctly uses Rank 4 benefits.

Proximity to vehicle for ammo restock increased from 15m to 50m.

Catlike Rank 4 now correctly uses Rank 4 benefits.

Faction color corrected on infantry terminals inside constructed bunkers.

Bunkers now contain an Infantry terminal powered by an active Silo.

Changes to the 2x burst range and accuracy to differentiate from the 3x burst.

Air Pads should now resupply ammo correctly.

Bunkers now contain an Infantry terminal powered by an active Silo.

AVA armor may now be purchased per class.

Repairing Harassers no longer connects the repair beam to the sky.

Base banners that were acting like one-way shields have been fixed.

Improved spawn location selection and increased maximum available spawns.

Repairing Harassers no longer connects the repair beam to the sky.

Additional sockets added to Construction items to reduce exploitable placements.

Cone of Fire and damage adjustments made to unmanned AI Phalanx Turrets.

The Implants System has been completely overhauled for better engagement and rewards, using ISO-4 currency.

Engineers can now unlock and equip a Hardlight Barrier for cover.

Removed all weapon cert lines from the certs list page due to maintenance issues.

Removed all weapon cert lines from the certs list page due to maintenance overhead.

Players can unlock the Orbital Strike Uplink from the Depot and call in strikes on target locations.

New implants such as Target Focus, Safeguard, and others introduced with various effects.

Tawrich Tower should no longer spawn aircraft on a collision course for the cliff.

Cone of Fire and damage adjustments made to unmanned AI Phalanx Turrets.

Made solid some base banners that were acting like one-way shields.

Polish applied to NSX Kabuto.

Deployable Decon Tool renamed to 'Deconstruction Tool'.

Air Pads at the Indar Northern Warp Gate should now resupply ammo.

C-4 can now be deconstructed by Engineer Repair Tools.

Various fixes to exploitable Construction areas.

Fixed broken UI strings for remote vehicle spawning.

New implants such as Target Focus, Safeguard, and Ammo Printer introduced.

C-4 can now be deconstructed by Engineer Repair Tools.

Threshold changed from 15% to 10%.

Players can unlock the Orbital Strike Uplink from the Depot and call in strikes on target locations.

Tawrich Tower should no longer spawn aircraft on a collision course for the cliff.

AVA armor may now be purchased per class, in addition to the armor bundle.

Engineers can now unlock and equip a Hardlight Barrier for cover.

Adjusted to select more ideal spawn locations and increased maximum available spawns.

New Player Studio NC armor bundle available in the marketplace.

Added Faction Banners to the Decorations tab of the Construction screen.

Rank 1 not providing ammo has been corrected.

Explosive damage should once again award assist experience.

Threshold changed from 15% to 10%.

Fix for VS Munitions Pouch rank 1 not providing ammo.

The Implants System has been completely overhauled to be more engaging and rewarding, using ISO-4 currency.

Explosive damage should once again award assist experience.

New Player Studio NC armor bundle available in the marketplace.