March 22, 2016 Update

The Planetside 2 servers will be coming down at 6am (Pacific) tomorrow morning for a brief update. The estimated downtime is 1.5 hours and will require a client download.

The following changes will be included:

Server Performance
As we’ve mentioned over the past few weeks, one of our top priorities continues to be improving server performance. This publish has incorporated another round of performance improvements which should further reduce character warping, lag, etc. during times of peak population. We expect to incorporate another round toward the end of the week, or early next week.

Weapon Balance

 * All Basilisks
 * Min CoF to 0.2, from 0.5
 * Max CoF to 0.5, from 0.7
 * Harasser/Flash/ANT/MBTs variants
 * Basilisks refire rate to 150ms(400RPM), from 171ms(351RPM)
 * Sunderer variant
 * Basilisk refire rate to 171ms(351RPM), from 150ms(400RPM)
 * This change reverts an incorrect increase in Sunderer Basilisk rate of fire
 * MR1 Fracture
 * Vertical recoil magnitude to 0.22, from 0.4
 * Cone of fire to 0.05, from 0.1
 * Increased projectile acceleration speed
 * Projectile velocity to 230(max), from 180(max)

Mentorship and Drill Sergeant Ribbons

 * The Battle Rank cap on earning these ribbons has been increased to 30, from 19.

Directives

 * Rocket Launchers, Assault Rifles, and Infantry Explosives (such as C4 and Anti-Tank Mines ) have been added to the Bounty Directive.