Edit: This AMA has ended, thanks so much for all your questions. We've got to get back to work, but we had a great time and hope you did too! Can't wait to share more. Happy Wednesday, everyone! Welcome to our AMA on the upcoming game mode, Theaters of War (working title). In our monthly preview post, we let you know about our plan to open up testing to testers at home in at an upcoming weekend. In the past few weeks, ToW has run the gauntlet of internal testing with the CIG team and closed tests with the always helpful Evocati. We've gotten valuable feedback and loads of data from these tests, and we've been able to translate that data into actionable changes that will improve the overall game experience. Since our last playtest two weeks ago, we implemented over 150 changes based on player feedback alone. The main priority for the team has been to improve the game performance, while further updates included adjustments to the Out of Bounds area size, ship match-ups, sight alignment, and fixes for VoIP issues, UI issues, and more. We're looking forward to another round of Evocati testing and plan to implement more changes and then will look to additional playtesting with a larger audience in the near future, so stay tuned for updates. Today we welcome four guests of honor from the teams working on ToW. They'll be dropping by at 6:30 PM UTC / 11:30 AM PDT and will answer your questions for the next hour. @xCriminalx - Sean Tracy - Technical Director @JJ-CIG - Jonny Jacevicius - Senior FPS Systems Designer @TSolaru_CIG - Tom Solaru - Senior Producer @MrEnso - Milan Pejcic - Director of Development Operations ____ Theaters of War is our new game mode that allows players to battle on foot, in vehicles, and in ships. Matches feature two teams, 20 UEE Marines and 20 Supreme Outlaws, that fight for victory in three fast-paced, action-filled phases: Phase 1: Disable to the AA Turrets Phase 2: Destroy the Radar Tower Phase 3: Destroy the Mining Lazer Before you leap into the comments section, get caught up on all things ToW by checking out these videos on the game mode! Keep in mind that as we mentioned above work has been done since these presentations, and the game mode looks a bit different at this time but these videos still give you a good idea of what to expect. Star Citizen Live: Theaters of War CitizenCon Followup | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3MzfiZgYmI CitizenCon 2949 Panel - Shoot 'em Up | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr3PATgOEmo Got a question? Great! Drop it in the comments below! POSTING GUIDELINES Questions should be relevant to the topic of this AMA. Only one question per post. Do not make use of special formatting in an attempt to draw more attention, and therefore more votes, to your questions i.e. BOLD, H1, etc. No "when" questions. All information we have about the intended release of any feature is represented on the Public Roadmap. Posts violating these guidelines or the subjects of the broadcast may be deleted, as may in-line replies. Have fun!