July 12, 2017 Hotfix

The Planetside 2 PC servers will be coming down at 6am (Pacific) / 13:00 (UTC) for a brief hotfix. Estimated downtime is 3 hours.

Infantry

 * Deep Operative
 * Rank 5 detection sweep now properly triggers while spotted.
 * Sensor Shield
 * Rank 4 and 5 detection immunity is now continues up to 15m from a detection device, instead of 25m.
 * Robotics Technician
 * The damage resistance element of this implant now applies to Engineers mounted on their MANA Turrets as well.
 * Combat Surgeon
 * Reviving an ally with Rank 5 Combat Surgeon will now properly apply small arms resist.
 * For the time being, this stacks with Nanoweave Armor, but will overwrite it as intended in a later update.

Tank Handling

 * Reverted a change to the new tank handling mechanics that affected reverse steering, and maneuvering on certain slopes.

IR Smoke (ANT, Flash, Harasser, Sunderer, Lightning, MBTs)

 * Has been renamed Smoke Screen.
 * Sunderer's Smoke Screen has been replaced with this ability.
 * Now emits smoke for 8 seconds at all ranks.
 * Cooldown from 30/25/20/15 seconds to 40/35/32/30 seconds.
 * Now immediately clears current spot markers for you and and allied vehicles within 30 meters.
 * Now prevents lock-on attempts for 8 seconds for you and allied vehicles within 30 meters.
 * Now masks the vehicle's minimap auto-spot signature for you and allied vehicles within 30 meters.
 * Dev Note: Allowing IR Smoke to affect nearby vehicles increases its value in teamplay, and gives players additional incentive to choose an ability other than the current go-tos. It also allows for some niche strategies outside of teamplay, ie. disappearing behind cover and clearing your spot markers to help set up a flank or make an escape. The cooldown was increased to reduce spamability, while still remaining reasonably accessible.

Misc. Additions and Adjustments

 * Freedom Thrusters have been disabled.
 * The outdated “Help” button on the Implants screen has been removed.
 * Koltyr should no longer count toward continent rotation, or spawn an additional ghost instance.