In may of 2003, Planetside made its debut to the world. A local fur friend pointed me in its direction, and I've never stopped playing since. The first and only of its kind, a true MMOFPS. 24/7 combined arms combat of base taking and open fighting between three factions across multiple continents with different environments and landscapes supporting several different types of bases, outpost, and other locations where battles could last hours and even days at a time.

Evenutally due to other games and the introduction of vehicles and weapons and mismanagement, many were put off by the game, despite it still having a strong player base. Fast forward to 2012. beta testing is announced for Planetside 2, the successor and over all massive improvement to the first game. December of 2012 Planetside 2 goes live. Hundreds of thousands of payers across the world join in. Its free to play with some micro transactions that are not pay walls or pay to win. Default weapons are the best over all with other weapons you unlock with ingame currency or real money as side grades and specialized. Cosmetics are real money only but do not effect actual game play or stats. A subscription is available that gives boost and other bonuses plus 5 dollars free gme currency for cosmetics or others, along with a 10% discount in the shop.

Eventually more weapons and vehicles are added along with new game play mechanics such as the construction system that allows players to construct their own bases and other possibilities with walls, turrets, vehicle pads, and the orbital strike, along with the flail and glave artillitary fire systems. Massive improvements in graphics and adding DX11 allowing for better frame rates and more builds to play the game with the varius settings.

In the last few years we have had the introduction of the Bastion fleet carrier, a massive air ship with bombardments and other offensive and defensive weapons along with spawning support air fighter craft Lastin an hour after spawning before returning to orbit, or destroyed by enemy forces. These ships are part of the outfit construction set which now allows outfits to gain points in crafting material to create equipment and vehicles including the new Colossus tank, which has an ion cannon capable of taking out the bastion damage hard points, as well as normal ground warfare.

For new and even old players getting back in, the new player tutoral has been refined and made to be as helpful and intuitive as possible to help new players get a general feel for how the game plays and what to expect.

Currently there are four continents available for play, with a fifth that is now in open beta testing on the planetside 2 test server. I introduce, Oshur.


water physics, beaches, islands, new bases types, rethinking on battle flow and more. Now is the time to rejoin Planetside 2 or dive in for the first time. She may be an older game, but she still holds up and provides, and she needs more players to come and fight on the lands, in the air, and on the beaches, and now in the water.

Planetside 2 can be downloaded either through Steam or more direct through the website at https://www.planetside2.com/home Download links on the page along with all the information you may want and need.

For the test server download link, go here: https://forums.daybreakgames.com/ps.....d-link.114038/ install link at the bottom of the page.