Patch Version 2.6.2

[Ghryphen]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/index.php?newsid=849

[ChewyLSB]

Hmmm... this might be the reason why I can't get onto PS... whenever I try to get on PS, it finishes patching too quickly to have downloaded a patch, and it goes right to play. I don't remember downloading this patch. Is there any way to tell if you have downloaded a patch or not?

[Onizuka-GTO]

oh wow, i'm going to play planetside today.

[flypengy]

/version

[Biohazzard56]

Knew it all along w00t! Yes there are people who play PS past 3 in the Morning

[Madcow]

I haven't played in almost 2 weeks, but I might log on to check this out. I've heard some bad things about the infil changes but hadn't been to the test server to check them myself. Time to see if they renewed my interest in the game or put the last nail in the coffin.

[Biohazzard56]

Official Fourm Reports:

Originally Posted by Official Fourms

This BUGGY PIECE OF ****

Originally Posted by Official Fourms

WAY TO **** IT UP SOE

Originally Posted by Official Fourms

I CANT ****ING LOG IN!!!11!

Ill have to see for myself, heh. Im very trustful of the Planetside devs and I know hard these things can be.

[PhoenixTypeX]

Sorry to say so but what is posted on official forums is true. The new patch is really buggy.

I suffered from..... connection problems
plenty of packet loss
very low FPS (high res textures were not on)
random disconnections


I'm pretty dissapointed as from what I saw when I was playing the changes made were really good. New armor bars rocks, high res textures when I did try them out were great, breaks were vastly improved overall the content was very good. shame about the above problems.

[Ghryphen]

It appears lots of people are having problems logging in.

[Lartnev]

Why can't people complain politely

[flypengy]

One of the guys in my outfit contacted a CSR using the tech support chat and was told that the servers were down "and we thank you for being patient" yadda yadda. Basically they'll be up soon.

Madcow, I got to play with the patch some before it crashed, but the only terrible thing about infil is that surge is gone now (hurts them the most). But! After nearly a year of retail they have finally fixed the spawn "can see infil" bug.

[Madcow]

Originally Posted by flypengy

Madcow, I got to play with the patch some before it crashed, but the only terrible thing about infil is that surge is gone now (hurts them the most). But! After nearly a year of retail they have finally fixed the spawn "can see infil" bug.

From what little I saw from messing around on the test server the first time this patch was supposed to go through, and from what I've read checking the Dev tracker, it looks like visibility for all infil suits during crouch walking is about the level that NC was previously at. My initial understanding is that everybody was going to be brought down to VS levels. Visibility levels during actions (healing, hacking, etc.) also seem to have been brought up after the Devs stated that would not be happening after their initial confusing patch notes.
Again, I haven't checked since it's gone live so I have no true opinion of what's been done. I hope it's not exactly as it was on the test server though, or else all of the many bugs they've squashed will amount to nothing against the negatives that will be introduced. I'll try it tonight and form a true opinion...assuming it's working by then based on these posts.

[ChewyLSB]

Hmm, I was able to log in, but as soon as I HART'ed into Forseral, the game froze on the loading screen. I alt+f4'ed, and then when I tried going back in, it was getting stuck on the "Connecting to World" screen.

[Ghryphen]

It isn't like it is the first time a patch has had problems. People need to learn how to relax, it is just a game, spend the next 8 hours reading a book or mow the lawn or something.

[ChewyLSB]

Heh, that was the first time I've ever seen a server status labled as "DOWN". Markov went down, and I'm guessing the other servers are going to as well.