Storyline and the game world | Basic information PlanetSide 2 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
PlanetSide 2 tells the story of the fate of mankind which, as a result of the global conflict, and the depletion of the natural resources, set out on a journey into the deep universe. The discovery of the time-space wormhole, at the brink of the Solar System, where messages from an alien civilization come from, urges the greatest powers of this world to examine this anomaly. Unfortunately, as a result of an abrupt closure of the teleporter, and infringing the stability of it, only a part of the expedition manages it over to the other side of the hole. This part of the expedition manages to make a landing at the planet of Auraxis, which they sooner or later settle. As it is usually the case, as soon as money, influences and power enter the game, each one wants to eat as much of the pie as possible. As a result, of the abovementioned human weaknesses, three warring factions form, whose priority is to dominate the remaining residents of this "New World".
Servers
Due to the monstrous numbers of players, the world of PlanetSide 2 has been divided into servers, which are designed for the individual continents. As Europeans, Polish select the one marked as EU. At each one of them, you can learn the information about the number of players currently playing at the server, as well as their disposition towards each other, when it comes to the membership in individual factions. If you already have the character created (you can have, up to, 3 heroes on one account +1 slot for micro-payments) then the markings of the faction that he belongs to will appear on the server of that character's choice. There are no restrictions, when it comes to the number of heroes that you create in the same world.
The game world and its division
The planet of Auraxis consists of three completely different continents, where the war between the hostile factions are fought. These are Amerish, Indar and Esamir. What they differ I, between each other, is the size, division into provinces and the distribution of the factions' bases. Above all, they differ in terms of climate, and flora. For these reasons, combat at each one of them is a lifetime experience.
Amerish is a strongly forest area, which is dominated by mountainous landscape. This is where summer prevails, which rivets the sight of soldiers with its majestic beauty. You can compare it to Poland in the summer time a little, where the difference is that you will not see here the blinding sun. The reason for that is purely pragmatic and it concerns the soldiers, who would probably experience a lot of difficulty while attempting to take a proper aim, in the presence of ominous sunrays. When it comes to the size, Amerish is the smallest of the three continents on Auraxis. It also has the fewest provinces, in which there are many little outposts located, within close proximity.
Indar is a desert, dry land, dominated by mountainous areas. Wherever you take a look, you can see hills and grand canyons. Around the bases, of course, there are patches of land overgrown with trees, bushes and grass, but this is a rather rare view. Out in the open, you can find single plants, but these are strange species of cacti. When it comes to the size, Indar is the biggest of the three continents on Auraxis, although you can get the feeling that it is equal, in size, to Esamir. It has the most provinces, where medium-sized bases have been located (in general, there are a bit more of them than on Amerish).
Esamir is an ice-bound area, whose landscape is dominated by mountains. The huge landmasses of the continent are covered with thick layer of snow, or they are bound with ice. It could be easily compared to Antarctic or Greenland, if it had not been for the strange anomalies in the form of the huge purple spikes, protruding from the ground. It is difficult to determine what they actually are, if they are the land formation or the remains of an alien civilization. When it comes to size, Esamir is in the middle, but it lacks little to be bigger than Indar. It has vast provinces, where there are only huge outposts. The distances between these are really big and it takes a lot of time to make it over from one to the other.