PlanetSide 2 ‘Escalation’ Update Might Miss Expected Release Date Again
PlanetSide 2 publisher Daybreak Games and developer Rogue Planet Games might be pushing back the release MMO shooter’s Escalation update as they try to work out a few more kinks in the new Sanctuary Zone and Bastion Fleet Carriers. Executive Producer Andy Sites explains on Reddit:
“This past Friday, we published another full build to PTS for public testing/feedback. Overall, the update is looking pretty damn solid. However, two areas we are continuing to focus on are Sanctuary performance and a very infrequent bug where Bastion(s) locations can become out of sync on different clients for short periods of time, before correcting to the proper location.
The team is preparing a new PTS update with the changes outlined above, along with some additional bug fixes, data tuning, launch prep, etc. from the feedback we received over the weekend. Our goal is to get this build published to PTS by late tonight (Monday) or early Tuesday morning for a public playtest – an invite with timing would go out via social channels to get as many players to participate as possible. Again, the primary focus would be the Sanctuary perf improvements and Bastion fix, but we will also be keeping a close eye on server performance and client stability.”
If all goes well with the playtest, then we should be seeing the update on February 26th as originally planned. If not, then the update might be delayed for a few more days. The update was initially scheduled to go live on February 19th but was pushed back to February 26th to address and implement feedback from the players.
