Update coming.

[Machote]

New features?
like what?
A compass for orientate, maybe?

[AryHann]

No wonder, neither the developers know that :-)

[Lord/long]

We have prepared a new update for PlaneShift and we need some time to test it on the laanx server. For this reason the server will be down starting from this evening (few hours from now). The test will last few days, during which you will not be able to play PlaneShift.

The update brings some new features, new skins and some new outdoor terrain. You will need a new client to connect, that will be provided in the download section on bittorrent in the next days.

See you soon!

BOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANT PLAY ON MY FIRST DAY THE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND WHAT DUS SKINS MEAN? NEW COLOURS?
  dont blame me 

[Easton]

Since everybody is posting here, thought I should come into the picture too :p
IMO all the questions like "what will we get?" or "when will we get?" are completly useless. I doubt that somebody will answer that because of a simple fact: The only ones able to give us an answer to those questions are the developpers and they are quite busy testing the new release.
As for the suppositions to what will be availeble in the next release I would advise you not have them. Why? because optymists will never be pleasantly surprised. What I'm saying that you'll dream about whole cityes, castles, night-bars and such and maby we'll get only an extra tree .

[DaveG]

BOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANT PLAY ON MY FIRST DAY THE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND WHAT DUS SKINS MEAN? NEW COLOURS?
  dont blame me 

New skins was already clarified to mean new character skins.  Armor textures, alt skins, etc.

Tone it down a bit, please.  Of course we'll have a few people starting out hitting the update downtime.  We're allways getting new players, so it's bound to happen.  Please just be patient.  It's worth it.

[Avarus]

Well... another piece of grass in the wilderness would be a huge think already, since programming is just like trying to find a perpetuum mobile: in real, there always seems to be something wrong that makes it not working...

[Waylander]

Oh damn, I bet it's going to be a HUGE tree...with like


LEAVES

[Karyuu]

Waylander's totally onto us.

For all you folks wanting a hint:

<Alliva> is the existing teraain ect gonna change ?
<ThomPhoenix> alliva: yes, Hydlaa will be replaced
<joseAway> everyone knows it's too silly
<Bakuun> Hydlaa is going to be replaced by a platform with rats.
<lammas> that sounds awesome :D
<ProteousG> lol
<ThomPhoenix> yes, Bakuun is right!
<lammas> i'll start up a rat farm...
<ThomPhoenix> note that the rats will be us...
<Bakuun> It's the new virtual reality show - who will be booted off first?!
<Easton> then youll need to implement some cheese or soemthing..
<ThomPhoenix> it's the greatest1
<joseAway> The next release won't have player housing, we didn't have room :D instead you will be kept in a cage

[Easton]

Woo!

That was me in IRC for the 4th time maybe..

making an invaluable contribution to the PS community and developement.

cheese...

[sorry you asked for it Karyuu]

[ThomPhoenix]

Doh, in that log you see me typing an 1 instead of an ! for like the 100th time that evening.
But all that was said is true.

[Syilph]

\o/ Rats! And chese! And cages! All under a big tree with like... leaves!

* Syilph can't wait to get the new client

[zorbels]

  Oh, I can barely stand the suspense! *Zorbels faints*

[Suzuka249]

I agree with the "don't be too optimistic" post. It is like sequels to movies. They get hyped up by the fans, who expect such grandiose things that they get extremely disappointed. Although a new city can't be expected for this update, I eagerly await it (along with the disappointed players who suddenly are forced to learn the pain of regenerating outside Hydlaa). Some new skins would be nice as well (if I'm lucky, male Enkidukai armor will be implemented). If new player customization options are implemented, such as hair colors etc., it would be nice if Brintec began selling dyes again, so veteran players could change their character’s appearance without deleting them.

[dewed]

I've got my torrent client all polished up and I took a plunger to the pipes that lead to the internet.  I wont waste time asking what will be new, will there be X, what about Y?  I'm just excited there will be *something* new!  

As a developer myself (non-game related) there are a few simple truths when it comes to releasing a project this large & complex.

You can have it right, or you can have it now, but you can't have it right now.

The devs don't know what features will or wont make it to the next release. Possibly they've added 100 new features, but only 5 will make it through the quality control process.  We'll know shortly after they do anyways, so just keep your torrent app ready, so everyone can get the latest release as soon as possible

[acraig]

You can always use the history.txt file to get an idea. A lot of it won't make sense but you can get an idea of how much work is actually being done.