PlanetSide Arena launches on PC on 29th January 2019 priced €16.79. At launch, it includes a first-person shooter battle royale that comes in three types: solo for 100 players, teams of three for 102 players and a 250 versus 250 player mode called Massive Clash. It's all set on a huge 8k x 8k, four square kilometer map called Echoes of Amerish, which is based on Amerish, the third continent added to the world of Auraxis for PlanetSide 2.
Three classes are available at launch, each with their own abilities, utilities and passives. All classes have jet packs and all can summon a vehicle to zip around the map at any time. Because of this, there's a freedom of movement to proceedings. But, countering this is a longer time to kill than in most other battle royale games, fuelled by a shield system that can make characters feel tanky.
While Arena launches as a battle royale experience, Daybreak does not intend for it to be a battle royale game. New modes like Capture the Flag, Team Deathmatch, Search and Destroy and Global Conquest will be introduced each new game season.
Speaking of seasons, each will introduce a Fortnite-style battle pass. The battle pass has a free and paid for track. The free track unlocks some cosmetics as well as blueprints for things such as weapons. Players pick three blueprints to bring into a match. Then, during the game, you can spend a virtual currency you earned while playing to spawn your blueprints from a terminal for use in battle. It might be a unique weapon, for example. The paid track of the battle pass, on the other hand, contains flashy cosmetics only.
If you buy the game, you get the battle pass for whatever season's running at that time. Subsequent seasons will then give you the option of buying the battle pass. Interestingly, Arena will make the previous season's blueprint-exclusive weapons "in-map weapons" for the current season, giving those who didn't manage to unlock them before a chance to give them a shot.
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Source: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-12-12-planetside-arena-is-battle-royale-for-up-to-500-players
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