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Planetside
Updates:
Islands,
Robots,
and
Patches!
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August
13,
2004 |
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Alert
transmissions
have
been
sent
by
the
leadership
of
all
three
Empires
yesterday.
Something
strange
is
happening
on
Auraxis.
You
can
head
to
each
Empire's
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News
Section
to
view
the
broadcasts
by
clicking
on
the
links
to
the
right.
Sporkfire
announced
yesterday
that
major
events
are
happening
all
this
weekend
on
Planetside,
with
a
final
event
taking
place
at
8pm
EST
on
Monday.
These
events
are
designed
to
bring
about
the
inclusiion
of
Battle
Islands
to
the
game,
so
if
you
have
been
unable
to
check
them
out
on
the
Test
Server,
this
Monday
will
be
your
first
introduction
to
the
new
Island
cluster
replacing
Oshur.
This
coming
Monday
will
also
feature
a
radically
different
global
map,
opening
up
unlimited
possibilities
for
the
game
in
the
future.
Be
sure
to
get
online
this
weekend
or
at
least
Monday.
All
players
will
be
able
to
experience
the
event
when
they
log
on.
Also
yesterday,
Sporkfire
released
brand
new
images
of
the
BFRs,
the
Battleframe
Robotics
to
be
released
after
the
new
continent
cluster
of
Oshur.
Version
2.9.8
also
went
live
about
this
time.
Features
include
some
bug
fixes
and
Damage
Degredation
reduction
for
Medium
Assault
wapons.
If
you'll
remember,
camera
shaking
was
released
with
a
previous
patch,
so
come
Monday,
battles
will
look
and
feel
decidedly
different.
Editor's
Note:
Due
to
Hurricane
Charley
(which
is
bearing
right
down
on
where
I'm
staying
for
the
weekend!)
I
will
most
likely
be
unable
to
get
online
to
catch
the
first
or
second
day
of
the
events
to
post
screenshots.
If
you'd
like
to
see
images
or
video
of
the
events,
several
players
on
the
official
forums
have
pledged
to
record
the
occurances
and
post
them
online.
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Planetside-Universe
Updates
-
August
13,
2004 |
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Planetside
Universe:
Mobilization
Alpha
commences
a
week
from
today.
I
plan
on
attending
the
event
(it's
easy
for
me
since
I
live
in
Orlando)
so
updates
to
Idealab
will
have
to
wait
till
the
following
week.
.
We
should
have
an
exciting
time
ahead
and
I'll
try
to
take
notes
and
pictures
to
cover
the
events
and
shenanegans.
PSU
has
also
announced
that
CriticalMass,
SmokeJumper,
and
Sporkfire
will
all
be
in
attendance
as
well
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
meeting
them
and
the
other
members
of
our
community.
For
those
going
to
PSU:MA,
I'll
see
you
there!
In
other
news,
PSU
is
hiring
for
their
AGN
news
casting
department.
Head
there
for
more
information.
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New
August
Poll,
June/July
results
-
August
9,
2004 |
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June
and
July''s
poll
was,
"How
many
members
does
your
Outfit
usually
field
on
an
average
night??"
5-10
players
-
27%
10-15
players
-
22%
15-20
players
-
15%
20-30
players
-
11%
30-50
players
-
9%
5
players
or
less
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9%
50-100
players
-
4%
100+
players
-
3%
Thank
you,
to
the
543
participants,
for
voting
in
June
and
July's
poll.
Remember
to
check
out
this
month's
poll.
Now
that
we
know
the
developers
are
working
on
new
Base
layouts,
Battleframe
robots,
and
at
least
one
new
vehicle
:
What
major
feature
should
come
to
Planetside
next?
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Weekly
Development
News
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August
8,
2004 |
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Sporkfire
posted
his
Weekly
Development
Activities
today
on
the
official
forums.
Battles
Islands
are
still
in
testing
but
close
now
to
going
live.
Several
playtests
were
conducted
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last
week
to
test
both
the
new
islands
and
the
camera
shake
feature.
More
playtests
are
probably
on
the
way,
so
be
sure
to
hop
onto
the
Test
Server
and
give
the
new
content
a
spin
.
Spork
also
mentioned
some
screenshots
or
wallpapers
of
upcoming
features
such
as
the
BFRs
might
be
coming
to
us
soon.
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Patch
2.9
goes
live
-
August
2,
2004 |
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Update:
Smokejumper
has
confirmed
that
Oshur
will
be
the
continent
replaced
by
4,
not
3,
new
Battle
Islands
hopefully
sometime
tonight.
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Patch
2.9
goes
live
this
morning
at
3am,
Pacific,
or
6am
Eastern.
The
Patch
includes
the
latest
balance
pass
to
mostly
Terran
Republic
and
Vanu
Sovereignty
weapons
and
equipment.
Details
found
here.
Or
you
can
check
the
Empire
News
pages
for
Terran
Republic
and
Vanu
Sovereignty
summaries
of
the
Patch.
Also
on
Monday,
according
to
Planetside
Universe's
Ask
the
Devs
last
week,
Battle
Islands
will
be
arriving
to
the
Test
Server.
Seemingly
in
relation
to
this
event,
the
Planetside
team
has
invited
all
players
to
the
Test
Server
for
a
Planetside
Community
Video
Capture.
Rumor
has
it
that
seismic
and
astrological
events
of
massive
proportions
will
be
occuring
at
the
time
of
the
Battle
Island's
birth.
One
can
speculate
that
the
Test
Server
would
be
the
perfect
place
for
everyone
to
share
in
this
event.
So
be
sure
to
attend
and
hopefully
become
an
eyewitness
to
the
birth
of
the
Battle
Islands!
For
more
information
on
Battle
Islands,
please
check
this
official
link,
as
well
as
this
collection
of
Develeper
responses
regarding
the
new
content.
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