What changed in PlanetSide 2 in 2018

Three new pieces of artwork will be featured in-game as winners of the contest.

The Winter season has arrived with new holiday-themed content and events.

Players can purchase an assortment of festive hats and weapons.

Complete holiday directives to earn Empire Specific Holiday Hat, Certs, and unique items.

Special items and deals available each day in December.

C4 models now appear as presents and ammo boxes look like candy boxes.

Players can deploy a Snowman Soldier in their infantry utility slot for protection.

New remote-infantry combat units available for each faction on a contractual basis.

Nanite Systems Operatives are now available for testing on the Public Test Server with scheduled playtests.

All players will receive double experience on the battlefield until November 22, 2018.

Use the promo code '6YearsPS2' to receive a special 6th anniversary Loyalty Decal and the NSX-P Naginata LMG.

Operatives will be assigned to the empire with the least number of soldiers on the field to balance populations.

Sixth Anniversary Bundles available in three tiers - Recruit's, Veteran's, and Warmachine's, containing various items.

Players can submit their original digital artwork for a chance to have it featured as a loading screen in the game.

Oshur features multiple islands with diverse biomes and a focus on air combat.

Changes to the uncloak delay and movement mechanics for Minor Cloak.

ISO Recycler now yields only uncommon or higher rarity implants.

Warpgates now take less time to charge overall, approaching the three hour mark for triggering continent-wide alerts.

Anomalies now spawn closer to the center of the map and will not spawn in the same location more than once.

A new continent event added where factions compete to control the most Large Outposts.

The pool of implants has been doubled with various new abilities introduced.

Unstable Warpgates will remain unstable for 3 hours at most before stabilizing.

August 31st marks the last day for the Summer event, with discounts on Heatwave weapons and camos.

Meltdown Alerts now increase experience gain by 25% for their duration.

Various improvements to squad functionality, including new visuals for waypoints and squad bans persisting.

A new directive challenges players to build and support construction objects on the battlefield.

Reduced the distance the center of a combat area searches for valid spawn locations, improving quality.

Detection range for Sensor Shield has been reduced for all ranks.

New tool for guiding players through combat, aimed at players under Battle Rank 15.

Numerous changes made to the code base to remedy performance issues from the last major update.

Complete summer directives to earn rewards like the Indar Summer Profile Banner and Auraxium Water Balloon Hood Ornament.

Light Assault soldiers will find Freedom Thrusters available in their loadouts.

All soldiers will receive DOUBLE EXPERIENCE during the summer celebration.

New secondary weapon and grenade available for the summer event.

Celebrate Summer on Auraxis with special events from July 4 to July 8, 2018.

A special Independence Day variant of the Nomad Light Assault armor available in the Depot.

Infantry Gear will be discounted by 40% during the summer celebration.

Special summer directives available from July 4 to August 31, 2018.

New continent events including Facility control alerts and the Aerial Anomaly event.

Construction objects now cost 50% to 70% less cortium to place, encouraging more building interaction.

General improvements made to the user interface.

Initial changes to squad mechanics have begun to be implemented.

Introduction of new items including the Flail and Spires for enhanced base building.

Meltdown alerts now trigger when a faction reaches 41% territory control, and the triggering faction no longer needs to win to lock the continent.

New Battle Rifles: MG-HBR1 Dragoon, MGR-M1 Bishop, and VE-LR Obelisk available for all classes.

Members will receive quadruple experience from May 25th to May 27th.

Bounties will be disabled on May 25th during the member's quadruple experience period.

New retro items available in the Depot from May 18th to May 25th, including themed bundles each day.

The 'Bending Beacon' item can be found in the Utility slot, calling in a mini-meteor shower.

All Construction items will be available for 40% off from May 18th to May 25th.

Special activities from May 18th to May 25th to celebrate the 15th anniversary of PlanetSide.

All players will receive double experience from May 18th to May 25th.

Resistance type adjustments provide more survivability in close situations.

Squad browser has been reformatted for better viewing with leader's name listed first.

Using '/squad create' will now correctly create a squad for the player.

Armistice and Hailstorm SMGs will now use suppressed audio when a suppressor is equipped.

Using '/squad create' will now correctly create a squad for the player.

Allows Engineers to carry up to two barriers that cost 50 nanites each.

Armistice and Hailstorm SMGs now use suppressed audio when a suppressor is equipped.

Resistance type adjustments increase kill time from dual burster MAX from about 24 seconds to 36 seconds.

Characters can unlock options specific to their playstyle upon reaching Battle Rank 100.

New model now has a collision mesh for interaction.

The squad browser has been reformatted for better viewing, with the leader's name listed first.

Various pistols received buffs and adjustments to improve their usability and balance.

Upon entering the A.S.P., Battle Rank is reset to 1, and players can earn A.S.P. tokens at specific ranks to unlock new class permissions.

Continent Control no longer appears in the TAB menu while Warp Gates are unstable.

Battle Rank icon descriptors now escalate every 10 Battle Ranks instead of each rank.

Improvements made to various pistols to enhance their desirability in the secondary weapon slot.

Unlocks include shotgun secondary, LMG access, and anti-vehicle grenades.

Single Use Gold Camo's description is now more descriptive.

Characters can unlock options specific to their playstyle and enter a new tier of progression after reaching Battle Rank 100.

Unlocks include sidearm primaries, smoke grenades, and vehicle cost discounts.

Battle Rank icon descriptors now escalate every 10 Battle Ranks instead of each rank.

Unlocks include sticky grenades and flash grenades.

Getting within 10 meters of a Cortium vein should no longer create a hitch.

Players earn A.S.P. tokens at specific Battle Ranks to unlock new class permissions and benefits.

Engineers can now use Reserve Hardlight Barriers, which can be placed near standard Hardlight Barriers.

Bottom armor reduced from 50% to 20%, increasing time to kill versus dual burster MAX.

Unlocks include battle rifle secondary and carbine access.

Unlocks include reserve hardlight barrier and flash grenades.

Unlocks include SMG secondary and concussion grenades.

New class-specific unlocks including sidearm primaries, smoke grenades, and various discounts on vehicle costs.

Changes to armor and resistance types for Galaxy, Liberator, and Valkyrie to adjust their combat effectiveness.

Battle Rank is reset to 1, allowing characters to earn up to Battle Rank 100 with new prestige.

Three new LMGs for each empire available in the Depot.

Projectile velocity increased and various quality of life changes made to the BX Adapter.

Base projectile velocity increased from 350 to 400.

Magazine size reduced from 65 to 60 to balance the Scythe's strength.

New defensive slot added to protect allied vehicles from lock-on attempts.

The wildly inaccurate queue timer from continent queue UI has been removed.

Braking penalty on Racer chassis removed for better control.

Resolved an issue where remote clients would see players replay their firing animation after reloading.

Tank Mine responsiveness fix pushed to Live.

Fixed a bug causing players to be ejected from squad-spawned vehicles if the pilot was not the owner.

Newly opened continents will be put in an 'unstable' state with various restrictions.

Koltyr has been repurposed as a VR training area for players to test weapons and equipment without recording statistics.

Three new vehicle-capturable bases added to Esamir and Indar, and two to Amerish.

Players will no longer see padlocks over capture points in enemy territories connected to another enemy territory.

A prompt will appear for idle players below BR20, encouraging them to join the fight.

Magazine size reduced from 65 to 60.

Base rate of fire increased from 500rpm to 550rpm.

Fixed a bug where remote clients would see players replay their firing animation after reloading.

Default magazine size reduced from 28 to 26.

Braking penalty on Racer chassis removed for better control.

Three new LMGs for each empire introduced in the Depot, enhancing weapon variety.

New defensive slot added to protect allied vehicles from lock-on attempts.

Players should no longer see padlocks over capture points in enemy territory.

Koltyr has been repurposed as a VR training area for players to test weapons and equipment.

MAX units are now able to flip vehicle capture points.

Three new vehicle-capturable bases added to Esamir and Indar, and two to Amerish, enhancing strategic options.

Default magazine size reduced from 28 to 26, while ammo capacity increased.

Afterburner integrated into the vehicle, with reduced certification costs.

A prompt will now encourage idle players below BR20 to join the fight.

Fixed a bug with players being ejected from squad-spawned vehicles.

Fix pushed to Live for tank mine responsiveness, improving functionality.

Newly opened continents will be unstable until a population threshold is reached, affecting gameplay dynamics.

Base rate of fire increased from 500rpm to 550rpm, improving competitiveness.