[subtitle]Winners[/subtitle] Here's the list of winners for this month's battle:

1st place - [user]c90ce2ca-3087-4215-b728-3658ed715634[/user] (/p v 884,887)

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2nd place - [user]6ad7ecdd-30a6-4916-9157-433d11c3c383[/user] (/p v -6960,-6960)

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3rd place - [user]06868d71-265b-3cfb-82ce-546aa832f893[/user] (/p v108,220 )

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Bonus - [user]3d25e3f8-223c-3a5d-bc52-6fef763131e5[/user] (/p v -71,214)

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Builder Bonus - [user]7a976642-7070-38de-bd8a-7bf5c0e759b8[/user] (/p v 213,-210)

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[subtitle]OpSurvival Beta[/subtitle] We're currently testing our new OpSurvival!
There are many changes and additions so we decided to release a beta in /go testing for a week or so, feel free to join our Beta testing Discord to leave feedback and report issues! Discord Invite (you must be verified on our main Discord in order to participate)
Here's a quick list of things you can expect:
  • PvE Zone
  • Souls economy and SoulsShop
  • BattlePass and rewards
  • New Quests and Achievements
  • New Custom Enchantments
  • SkyGrid alternative world
  • Reduced P2W
  • Carepackages in PvP
  • New Spawn and new PvP
You've probably already heard some chatter about this, but the EULA is changing, and after seeing most of our players are more interested in fun causal servers, compared to competitive servers, we've decided to embrace this. We already started working on and are finishing up store and server updates to get ExtremeCraft fully EULA compliant. We know some players prefer competitive servers but as you saw over the past year, this never really worked out well for ExtremeCraft. [subtitle]What does that mean?[/subtitle] As of now, all HallOfFame seasons have finished, except on Factions servers. With exception of Factions servers, we will be changing all ExtremeCraft servers into non-competitive servers, as such most of the perks being sold on those game modes are already compliant with the new EULA. Instead of focusing on making our servers competitive, we will be focusing on catching up on updates, yes 1.17 is coming to ExtremeCraft real soon, with new blocks, new mobs, new features, and more. [subtitle]What about Factions and OpFactions?[/subtitle] We're not planning on changing our global ranks but they will be removed from the store and replaced with new ranks and perks. Furthermore, we will not be adding back any ranks or perks on Factions and OpFactions servers, that would provide players with unfair advantages. For now Factions and OpFactions will be the only competitive servers left on ExtremeCraft. [subtitle]Bans? Unbans? Unban all?[/subtitle] Following the new EULA, we also proceeded to remove Unbans from our store. We've recently revised our rules and updated our AI handling ban appeals so that ban appeals won't be auto-closed anymore if you had too many offenses. We're NOT doing "unban all", blindly unbanning all players left and right as we've tried that in the past and it didn't really work out, but you are welcomed to submit a ban appeal if you're banned. [subtitle]HallOfFame changes[/subtitle] With all those changes in mind, HallOfFame rewards are now BiWeekly and only on Factions and OpFactions servers.

OpFactions reset 2021!

Posted by Dieu2 years ago
As promised everything from faster SandBots, Wall Generators to Outposts was added with this OpFactions reset. But there's more, we also added a whole new system for Custom Enchants, improved Custom Enchant NPCs and the way items are handled on Anvils.

We've also updated /f topinfo and /od durabilities, important thing to keep in mind is that we're going to remove Diamond Blocks and Emerald Blocks from /od durabilities with the next restart, but they will still count for FTOP points.

Hopper limit was raised from 40 to 60, which also affects double, triple, and quadruple limits. Instead of adding TNTBankTool kit we've decided to add it to /shop. Player power was increased from 50 to 60 which should help with outposts, tho outposts will only start to spawn after the grace period is over. Following this, we also updated crates, vote rewards, and OpFactions server economy.

As part of Store updates, in-game money, McMMO credits, and IronGolem spawners were removed, vouchers from HallOfFame season are now only valid for 7 days. However this is just a start, we will be adding new stuff shortly.
It's been a while and if you have noticed yet, OpFactions server is being reset this Friday (4th)! That being said we already pushed some updates to OpFactions including new Custom Enchants. Unfortunately, all old Custom Enchants are now disabled, but you're welcome to test out and give feedback on new Custom Enchants. You can get new enchants at /warp enchanter via NPC and to make things even easier we added XP Bottles to in-game shop (super cheap only $1).

Some of the new things coming to OpFactions with the next reset include:
- TNTTool, you can get with /kit tnttool
- Fixed /f unclaim all bugs, also only Faction leader can now do /f unclaim all
- Updated Faction MOTD, fixed color bugs
- Added new commands to manage Faction Access /f access clear|clearallPlayerclearallFaction
- Fixed /f who/show commands
- Added /f rel check command
- Territory permission was replaced with two different permissions (Claim and Unclaim)
- Updated /f gui to include new features
- Fixed Door top desync bugs
- Added /f chunklist (see list of chunks claimed by your Faction)
- Added new TPA permission
- /f tntfill and /f buytntfill commands were remove (replaced with nearby versions of those commands)
- You can now also use inventory (default) or tntbank parameter on /f tntfill
- Added Ally limit (1) and Truce limit (3)
- Fixed /f home and /f warp commands (tp delay, wrong tp location, fixed tping under bedrock)
- Improved ExtremeCreepers
- Withers were disabled
- Replaced FixAll villager with FixHand villager (at /warp shop)
- You can now only join OpFactions with Minecraft 1.8 and up to 1.12.2
[subtitle]AcidIsland[/subtitle] Hall Of Fame season running on AcidIsland server just ended, mainly because players were just leveraging it to farm free vouchers while there were not actually that many players playing AcidIsland. At this point, we're unable to confirm when the next AcidIsland server reset will come or if Hall Of Fame will still be a thing on AcidIsland - this mainly depends on the amount of players who are interested in actually playing AcidIsland server.
[subtitle]Store and Vouchers[/subtitle] We're planning to remove some P2W items from the store and changing Hall Of Fame Vouchers a bit within the next few days, to prevent players from hijacking whole HOF seasons making it difficult if not impossible for others to play.

Creative Updates

Posted by NxDs2 years ago
It was about time to give Creative some love and here it is :sunglasses: [subtitle]MineCars[/subtitle] You can now race against others on our new MineCars! To use them you need to /vote or be a Hero+ rank.
Any minecart is a MineCar, just ride it and drive away

[subtitle]Marriages[/subtitle] We're stepping up our roleplay here, you can now marry other players with /marry!
Next to your name in chat will show up a heart and hovering it will show who you're married with, don't worry we will also remind you of your anniversary :winking_face: [subtitle]Spawn and PvP[/subtitle] Our builders provided us with a brand new Spawn and a brand new PvP arena [subtitle]Voting[/subtitle] Voting is now worth more! Each vote will grant you 1 hour of WorldEdit, 1 hour of /ase (more on this below), 1 hour of MineCars usage as well as the usual heads and money. [subtitle]Parkour[/subtitle] Prove your worth at /parkour, we prepared for you

-textPreviewEnd- [subtitle]Teleport Signs[/subtitle] Similar to the elevators that you all know but these are special, you place down 2 sign and they will link together, right clicking a sign will teleport you to the other!

[subtitle]Armor Stands Editor[/subtitle] Armor Stands are extremely versatile tools in Minecraft, today we're offering you a way to fully customize every single aspect of them: position, arms placement/visibility, body rotation and everything else.
Check how to use this with /ase (Hero+ or /vote to unlock) [subtitle]Elevators[/subtitle] The classical elevators that we all know, just place a sign with [elevator] in first line and UP or DOWN in second line [subtitle]Plot Lock[/subtitle] Keep out everyone who isn't trusted in your plot with /p lock! [subtitle]Special Blocks and Barriers[/subtitle] Straight from the builders server with this menu you can access all kinds of special blocks that you normally can't as well as barrier blocks. [subtitle]Greeting/Farewell[/subtitle] You can now set a greeting/farewell message for people entering and leaving your plot with /p flag set greeting and /p flag set farewell [subtitle]Plot Announcements[/subtitle] Plot owners are now able to send out title announcements to everyone present on their plot with /p announce !
You can disable these notifications from /sett [subtitle]Plot Likes and Dislikes[/subtitle] Whenever you fly by a plot that you enjoy you can drop a like with /p like (or if you don't like it anymore just /p dislike) [subtitle]CombatTag[/subtitle] As requested by many of you we added the combat tag in PvP [subtitle]Improved Sidebar[/subtitle] We also applied some minor improvements to the sidebar, now trusted players online will show on top and in green, players online and inside the plot will show up as light blue

Updates for May

Posted by NxDs2 years ago
Sorry for the lack of updates and reset lately, it's been a busy period but don't worry we have several things planned for the coming weeks :sunglasses:
Consider this post just something to show you that we're not dead we're just working on several things [subtitle]New Rank Colors[/subtitle] We are working on a load of changes and updates, among others we would also like to change the colors of our donor ranks so that each rank could have its own unique color, for this we would like your opinion so vote here which color combination you like the most :thumbsup: https://www.extremecraft.net/polls/ [subtitle]Chat Games[/subtitle] This one has been requested since quite a bit of time, you will start seeing chat games now every hour or so, the classics "Unscramble the word", "Math question" and "Type the following" (we're open to suggestions for more games you'd like to see)
There's also a global leaderboard that you can see with /chatgames top
[subtitle]Video Editor Applications[/subtitle] We are looking for Video Editors! You can apply for the position here [subtitle]New PvP Knockback[/subtitle] This is also something a lot of you have been suggesting since a while, we now changed the knockback values on all the gamemodes based on your valuable feedback provided on /go pvp, the changes are effective everywhere starting from now [subtitle]1.17 Plans[/subtitle] Yes, 1.17 when. We are waiting for 1.17 Minecraft (set to release around mid year), after that it will be a couple of weeks wait time for the server version to be released and once that's out we'll try to reset and update SurvivalPlus to that
And maybe some other gamemodes will receive the update as well. We'll see, wink wink. [subtitle]Anvil Color Preview[/subtitle] Really minor quality of life update but, if you have a rank that lets you, when you try to color items in anvil you will see the live preview of what the name will be instead of seeing the ugly & everywhere [subtitle]Rules Less Strict[/subtitle] We're trying to correct our aim and improve our rules and punishments, for this reason we slightly changed the punishments issued in some cases and we will also be less strict when it comes to handling ban appeals. [subtitle]Party Limits[/subtitle] We're trying to address the issue of big parties in PvP without also affecting everyone else so from now on friendly fire will be automatically toggled on when there are 30 or more party members online [subtitle]Did you know...?[/subtitle] This section is for the forgotten features that we never announced that I come across and that I feel deserve their own mention
  • You can use certain emojis in game just like you do on Discord
    Try one of these in chat :shrug:, :dog:, :cat:, :angry:, :lenny:, :tableflip:, :tableunflip:, :bear:, :kiss:, :dance:, :cry: and :hehe:
  • The Karma system You can check yours and other player's karma with /karma, that's based on how good you are on the server and on how many offences you break, it may be useful to figure out if you want to trust someone when doing a trade or before accepting a tp request :thinking_face:


Tomorrow there will be a surprise for all the Creative players... Not 1.17, not yet sorry.

Factions Reset April 2021

Posted by Dieu2 years ago

Factions reset is finally here! Due to a few last-minute bugs (player power, wilderness, etc) we had to delay reset a bit :( That being said the are quite a few changes, you should start by checking out new, updated rules for the Factions server: https://www.extremecraft.net/rules/details/

There are also some new features, over the past few days we already added SandBots, which can now be used on Factions, OpFactions, and Cannoning server. The changes on Factions server...

We've updated FTOP and added Outposts that can be blown up or overclaimed. Outposts spawn with End Crystals that are now included in FTOP. Of course, End Crystals can be blown. Outposts will start spawning in Wilderness once the grace period is over.

Economy and crates were also updated, while Envoy rewards will be changed and updated every now and then. Each Faction now has its own TNT Bank and we added TNT Bank Tool to make your life easier. Last but not least Armor stand/Entity explosions were fixed!


Commands and features:
- Durability bugs were fixed (0 durability blocks etc)
- Updated /me command (it's part of public chat again)
- New Kit: /kit tnttool
- Fixed Captcha bugs and verification, also toned down spam filters a bit
- Fixed /f unclaim all bugs, also only Faction leader can now do /f unclaim all
- Updated Faction MOTD
- Added new commands to manage Faction Access (/f access clear|clearallPlayerclearallFaction)
- Fixed /f who/show
- Added /f rel check
- Territory permission was replaced with two different permissions (Claim and Unclaim)
- Updated /f gui
- Fixed Door top desync bugs
- Added /f chunklist (see list of chunks claimed by your Faction)
- Added new TPA permission
- /f tntfill and /f buytntfill commands were remove (replaced with nearby versions of those commands)
- You can now also use inventory (default) or tntbank parameter on /f tntfill
- Added Ally limit (1) and Truce limit (3)
- Fixed /f home and /f warp commands (tp delay, wrong tp location)
- Withers were disabled
- Replaced FixAll villager with FixHand villager (at /warp shop)
- You can now only join Factions with Minecraft 1.8 to 1.12.2
- Creepers now drop TNT

Winners

Here's the list of winners for this month's battle:

1st place - emili_a (/p v 888;891)

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2nd place - zi_u (/p v 887;887)

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3rd place - xRekteD (/p v -164;201)

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4th place - Fr0styFlqkes (/p v 12;-214)

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5th place - LordBlackWood (/p v 64;2)

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Bonus - Pynt (/p v -210;43)

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OpFactions reset 2021

Posted by Dieu3 years ago
OpFactions reset 2021

Finally... we did it! It took a bit longer than initially planned, but we wanted to actually fix all the issues with cannons (and lag) that were present on ExtremeCraft for too long. We're also happy to finally announce TNT cannons should now behave as expected on Factions, OpFactions and Cannoning.

We're also planning on adding new features to Cannoning server that should help with testing and debugging cannons, for example, an option to upload schem files, etc.

With all the bugfixes and changes, we also had to change Obsidian Destroyer (check out /od durabilities) and update F TOP (/f topinfo). Did I mention there's /tnttoggle command too now?

There are still some minor bugfixes we're working on, mostly cosmetics and we're open to ideas and suggestions on how we should implement SandBot.
This concludes one of the biggest updates we've ever worked on for this server :weary:
Quick tl;dr for those who won't bother reading Minigames reset and New BedWars release tomorrow 31st January

For all my other 2 readers who care about me here's what's changed.

Reworked Gadgets/Upgrades

This time around we wanted to simplify things, we removed lot of gadgets and upgrades that nobody liked or that were just too complicated, the ones who stayed got several balance and bug fixes as well.

No more P2W

BedWars has always been one of our least p2w servers and starting from this update it will go full free2win, with this we will also replace the coupons at the end of the seasons with unique cosmetics that you get to keep forever.
This is a new direction we intend to take for all the minigames we will replace with our own in the future, prioritizing a fair game experience for everyone.

New Shop

The shop NPC has been chopped in half and you now have 2 of them.

Shop

We also removed bricks, nobody liked bricks. All the prices are also balanced, items in shop make sense and everything is nice.

Reworked Maps

PvP was the focus this time around and our builders (specially gablalon :tada:) worked hard to make our maps more enjoyable aiming for a better game experience.
They're now more organized, moderately sized and less dispersive

Map

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All Time Leaderboard

You will now be able to see who's the best player of all time. Ever. You know the one that you will never reach so you will feel bad. The old season leaderboard will also be available of course.

Leaderboards


More Cosmetics

A load of new cosmetics were added: win effects, bed break effects, lobby gadgets/cosmetics and other cool stuff
The old season leaderboard will also be available of course.

New XP/Level system

One of the highlights of this update will be the new level system: you will earn XP by playing and doing quests, the more time you play and win and the more XP you will get.
Every 1,000 XP you will rankup, don't miss out the prestige ranks that you unlock after a certain amount of levels.

Level System


Better Block Traps

We wanted to give yet another chance to block traps, they are now more discrete when placed and can be placed anywhere in the map.

Better Generators

Generators are now less annoying and they will hide when enemies are nearby so that PvP will be possible. The item spawn rates are also improved and are more in line with shop prices, multiple players can also afk there and everyone will receive the items directly in the inventory so no more stealing :tada:

New Spawn

With such a big update it couldn't miss a brand new spawn as well, thanks to our builders Chawky_, Gablalon and Minhmeow3.

Spawn


Much More

The list of changes is A LOT longer and if you are still reading this chances are you already followed the development in the #dev-live-updates channel in our Discord anyway :shrug:

Discontinuing EggWars

This might be sad news for some of you who were hoping to see a revamp soon after but after some thought we decided to remove our EggWars server in favor of BedWars and the new update that we hope will still please as many people as possible, just give it a chance before judging and if you still don't like it we can still be friends.

We will instead focus on new gamemodes such as Spleef, Death/TNT run, Parkour and several other games we have planned and shortlisted since quite a while.

Discord Bot - Updates

Posted by NxDs3 years ago

We reworked almost from scratch one of the oldest projects we have, our beloved Discord bot :robot_face:
Among several bug fixes, and brand new bugs introduced, we also added a couple of extra features.

Also all your stats are gone so deal with it.

Automated events

The bot will now automatically detect when someone guesses the number in #guess-the-number chat and the reward will be handed out way quicker.
This is also true for the #meme submissions, the monthly winners will be announced as soon as the month ends.

Guess the number channel


[NitroBooster] Title

After countless requests Nitro Boosters will now receive the [NitroBooster] title in game as long as they keep boosting, as soon as the boost runs out they'll lose the title as well.

Nitro Booster Title


Better rank comparison

Our rank comparison page has improved and looks a bit cleaner with tabs.
It also includes a tab dedicated to Discord and what you get from each rank and from Nitro Boosting

As side unrelated note we also improved the readability of the light theme for the website.

Various Changes

There were a lot of changes, here are the ones that affect players directly:
  • Added VoteParty notifications, whenever a voteparty is about to start in a server you can get notified
  • Usernames work as mentions in commands. You won't have to bother tagging people when issuing a command, for example /spank holliedce will work just fine
  • New #numbersgame similar to our #wordsgame it works with number sequences
  • Replaced unfunny /yomomma with generic /joke. Jokes are a little bit more funny now.
  • Commands like /avatar and /stats don't require you to tag yourself anymore in order to get your own data
  • /stats top will now have 3 leaderboards: chats, mentions and commands
  • At 60 offences you get banned :tada:
  • /remindme now supports removing reminders
  • /relations now has more subcommands to manage your relations
  • You can use /offe to see your own offences
  • Banned/unverified members can't talk anymore in #nitroboosters bypassing the bans
  • Fixed #role channel, you can now react to receive roles again
  • More consistent permissions such as Nexus can now post images anywhere and not just in specific chats
  • Added a couple extra rp commands
  • /trends is now slightly less spammy
  • Long /me messages will go in new line instead of becoming unreadably small
  • /calc is now more accurate
  • Bot answers were refreshed and changed almost entirely

The amount of changes is way longer than this but sadly for you they were more aimed to ease the Discord/Bot management for us and to update a now outdated codebase, the bot was made way back in 2016 and along the years Discord changed a lot.

There may still be bugs, if you happen to find one please report it here: https://www.extremecraft.net/tickets/new/5/

That's about it, we're now done with major changes regarding Discord and we will now focus on improving our servers, mainly minigames, and releasing new stuff and resetting stuff :ok_hand:

Factions reset

Posted by Dieu3 years ago
Factions server was just reset and we're happy to announce some of the changes that should balance out the Factions server.

Factions Reset

Fireballs can now be used even if enemies are nearby, with that spawner drop rate was reduced from 90% to 70% which should prevent or at least penalize Factions that would raid their own spawners. Furthermore, lava and water can't be placed and won't flow 2 blocks around and above spawners, and of course, spawners can't be mined if enemies are nearby.

Chunks touching WorldBorder can't be overclaimed anymore and as usual, there's 7 days grace period in which overclaiming and explosions are disabled. Currently, ChunkRippers can't be used, this will be fixed after the next restart.

Useless items were removed from Crates and Envoy rewards and there were also many much-needed bugfixes and performance improvements (updated anti-phase, patched minecart/boat exploit, fixed nether portal handling, back, and logout location expiration, ...).

Update: You can now use ChunkRippers! :)

Survival reset

Posted by Dieu3 years ago
Survival reset 2021

Kinda out of the blue but with all the players asking for it and all issues the old Survival server had, we finally did it! That being said there's a new spawn now, a new Economy that will actually allow players to set up player shops, warps, and such.

We also started rolling out claim plugin updates, players can now inspect block logs in their claims and more, you should really check out /claim command :) For all the players who used to use /claim to make claims, there's still /makeclaim command.

Winners

Here's the list of winners for this month's battle themed Heaven

1st place - k4ye (/p v -211;-176)

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2nd place - MysteriaHD (/p v 201;112)

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3rd place - Eomz (/p v 161;-135)

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Christmas Hub

We also released our Christmas themed hub, with a minor delay, thanks to all our builders.

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There's as always our usual 70% sale in the store: https://www.extremecraft.net/store/

Website and Factions update

Posted by Dieu3 years ago
Website updates:
- Fixed typos and performance issues
- Fixed skins and improved loading times, now with proper cache
- Overall website should now load waaaaaaaay faster ;)

If you find any issues or bugs don't forget to report them so we can fix them :)

Factions server update:
- Boats and Minecarts can not be placed in enemy territory
- Back and Logout locations expire in 12 hours
- New /f top, check out /f topinfo for more info
- Added /f gui
- Faction Vault and Chest are now different containers, with different F Permissions
- Mining and placing fees were removed
- Fixed ice forming (water won't turn into ice anymore)
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements

BuildBattle Winners

Posted by NxDs3 years ago

Winners

Sorry for the announcement delay, we had some personal issues to deal with before we could judge the submissions.
We closed an eye for all the submissions that blatantly copied or used mods to create the pixel arts, we will forgive you this time.

1st place - MrsTrendy (/p v 0;201)

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2nd place - RedString (/p v 131;-201)

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3rd place - FasterNBetter04 (/p v 201;-14)

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As promised several of your submissions despite not reaching the top 3 will still be featured in the next BedWars update in form of emotes :thumbsup:

Halloween Hub

We just released our new Halloween themed hub based on the new version of the lobby! Huge thanks to all our builders who worked on it: SilentButViolent, DaddyOmer, Ivri22, tessaseboy and sft_only

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Also be sure to not miss our 70% sale in the store: https://www.extremecraft.net/store/

OpFactions Server Reset!

Posted by Dieu3 years ago
Here we go again... brrrr...

Changes:
- Spawner drop rate is now 90% (before 60%)
- Spawners are no longer destroyed by lava
- Base power per player is now 50
- Each Faction can now have up to 50 members
- Overclaiming is disabled during grace period
- End world is now bigger, 6000x6000 blocks
- New FTOP (timestamps based, but capped check out /f topinfo, added /f spawnerinfo)
- Improved generators (vertical generators can now generate blocks upwards or downwards)
- You can't use WallGenerators if enemies are nearby
- Creepers can now blow up obsidian
- Updated ObsidianDestroyer, /od durabilities
- ChunkRippers were added to ingame shop
- TNT will now despawn above Y=260
- Updated /f vault, added /f chest
- Added /f gui
- Back location will expire after 12 hours

Video Editor - Contest

Posted by NxDs3 years ago
Here we are again, as part of the long lasting project of bringing back to life our YouTube channel we are now looking for new talented video editors that could help us with the task.
Everyone who collaborates with video making receives coupons that can be used in our store or could be sold to other players.

We figured the best way to do this is to set up another video editing competition.

What do I do?

You need to download this archive that contains all the instructions, the script and links to the videos you need to edit: download
You MUST submit only the video requested and specified in the archive, you can't submit other works of yours.

Where do I submit?

Once you edited your video you need to send your submission here: https://forms.gle/8SGRJnt8BubLNHyh7

How much time do I have?

You have 15 days from now, the contest will end Sunday 25th October.

What do I win?

As reward for winning the competition, if you decide to join the team, you will receive a starting coupon worth 50€

Good luck :thumbsup:

SkyBlock Reset

Posted by NxDs3 years ago
You asked for it, begged for months, although we had other plans for SkyBlock we gave up and decided to reset sooner than we hoped :person_shrugging:
Despite everything we still managed to bring you some changes and extra features to keep things interesting.

New Levelling System

We came up with a solution that would let you level up and at the same time give you enough space to build a nice looking island with no compromises.
You now have /is addlevels, this will open an inventory in which you drop in Coal, Iron, Gold, Emerald, Redstone, Lapis, Quartz or Diamond blocks and they will be consumed and turned into points.

There is no need to place them on your island anymore.
But don't worry the old system still works, if you place them on your island they will still count too towards the final island level.

New Spawn and PvP

Our builders provided us with a brand new Spawn and PvP arena (Credits: BlueberryDaFloor, PlotChat and DaddyOmer)

Spawn

Scoreboard

SkyBlock will now have a sidebar showing useful info. You can toggle it in /sett if you like.

Scoreboard

New Economy

We tried to come up with a new economy that hopefully will keep things a bit more interesting and aim for a less AFK-focused gameplay.

New Starter Islands

You can select from a wide range of new starter islands based on different biomes when you start playing now.

Starter Island

Reworked Lottery

The old lottery was obviously too difficult, nobody would ever win so we reworked it entirely, we got rid of numbers and combinations and a winner is guaranteed to be selected twice a day.

You buy tickets to participate, the more you buy the higher the chances to win.
This change is not strictly related to SkyBlock, it will come everywhere starting from tomorrow.

Lottery

Lobby Reset and Updates

Posted by NxDs3 years ago
It's been quite a while since the last time we touched our hub so here we are with some fancy changes, fixes and improvements.

Server NPCs and Spawn

Following the lead of some other servers we also added NPCs that will connect you to all our gamemodes, this will make it easier for newcomers to have an overview of what we offer without going through the selector menu. Also they just look cool. (Thanks to Ivri22 for the edits and improvements to the spawn area)

NPCs

Collectibles and Reset

We decided to rework the core of our lobby plugin and took the chance to start fresh and reset all the data of the past years so we could also apply some balance changes and fix some exploits that gave people infinite coins :thinking_face:

So collectibles got reset too, we also changed locations so don't worry about the old coords you saved somewhere as they won't help you.

Collectible

To spice up things a little bit this time the reward will be a little more fulfilling, in fact you will unlock the exclusive [LobbyExplorer] title that you will be able to use anywhere on the server, the title cannot be bought.


Lobby Explorer Title

Snake Trains

We found and fixed the Snake Trains that never made it to the public lobby, you can ride them and they'll show you the entire map.

Snake Train

Bug Fixes

Several bugs affecting the lobby since its release were also fixed as well as some false kicks from the anticheat.

BuildBattle, Pixel Art?

This is a side announcement regarding the latest BuildBattle, this time around the theme is Pixel Art.
We feel like we never gave enough love to all the players with skills in this building style and this will be an interesting change of pace.

Also we will be using the pixel arts in our next BedWars update that will be released in the next few days so your artworks might get officially featured on our server in some way :wink:

Factions Server Reset!

Posted by Dieu3 years ago
Factions reset! There were many changes which includes rules...

Changes:
- Updated rules, be sure to check them out!
- Spawner drop rate is now 90% (before 60%)
- Spawners are no longer destroyed by lava
- Base power per player is now 30
- Overclaiming is disabled during grace period
- End world is now bigger, 4000x4000 blocks
- New PVP/KOTH arena
- New FTOP (timestamps removed, updated materials check out /f topinfo)
- Improved generators (vertical generators can now generate blocks upwards or downwards)
- You can't mine spawners if enemies are nearby
- You can't use WallGenerators if enemies are nearby
- Creepers can now blow up obsidian
- Updated ObsidianDestroyer, /od durabilities
- ChunkRippers were added to ingame shop
- Added CmdJump and CmdTop permission
- You can now place up to 240 spawners per chunk

BedWars Maps and Stuff

Posted by NxDs3 years ago
We're giving BedWars some more love this time around and we're listening to your feedback on maps.
We will be adding new maps every month to keep things fresh and interesting :thumbs_up:

This month we added 4 new maps, revamped/improved 4 maps and removed other 4 maps.

New Maps

  • Turtles by gablalon
  • Fantoriya by TheEvilRoliya_
  • Rainbowsheaven by gablalon and Voidhugz
  • Zepplins by BentBecker and gablalon


rainbowsheaven

zepplins


Improved Maps

We went over some of the old maps and made them more PvP friendly:
  • Sakura
  • Pot
  • Ancienttemple
  • Icecream

Removed Maps

And here are the removed maps:
  • Tusk
  • Farmland
  • Easterwar
  • Egghunt

New Feedback System

We value your feedback so we added a new system that will occasionally ask you to rate maps between 1 and 5 whenever you end a game, this will help us tweak our buildings and figure out what you like and what you don't.


feedback

Minor Changes

  • Using the snowbuilder will not get you stuck in glass and get you kicked for phase hacks
  • New or updated maps will be prioritized over older maps and they'll be more common for the first week after release
  • Auto start on match end, when a game starts a new one will automatically start after 5 seconds (this can be toggle off)

SurvivalGames

This is a bit offtopic but we will soon start testing our new SurvivalGames that will not be pay-to-win and will share the core used in our BedWars
While we set it up if you have any suggestion for kits (not locked behind ranks) we should be adding or features in general feel free to post them here and we will provide to check them out as soon as possible before the actual release.

SurvivalPlus, Testing 1.16.1

Posted by NxDs3 years ago

Who would have thought we'd come this far, as far as trying our best to update everything and manage to get a 1.16.1 server up and running for you to test.
The server is SurvivalPlus and it will be the spiritual successor of our current Testing, which will be closed in the next few weeks to be used for other projects such as new minigames and gamemodes.

SurvivalPlus will then be our guinea pigs of servers, receiving the latest cutting edge updates and changes that we're too afraid to release on other servers, the first biggest update we'll be testing will be the new Minecraft 1.16.1

How to join?

Simply use /go survivalplus (or /go survivalp to save 3 whole letters) while being on a 1.16 or 1.16.1 or 1.16.2 client.
Attempting to join from an older client will NOT work and you will be redirected to the lobby.

Why?

We feel like it would be time to slowly transition to new versions and experiment with new features and content as we feel like 1.8 has been stagnating for way too long, this test is to see if the performances of the new version can keep up with our demands and gamemodes.

Bro, what about PvP?

We added a plugin that reverts PvP to 1.8 style (spam click = you're good), however the blocking mechanic is missing so you will get to try out the new shield mechanics.

Why is X command missing?

Updating plugins to versions past 1.12 is no joke, it requires time and effort and in the years we accumulated hundreds of thousands of lines of code that should be carefully checked and migrated.

For this reason we decided to simply migrate first the core plugins that are required for a good survival experience, if this test turns out to be positive we'll be definitely start migrating everything else.

Where is the shop?

As stated in the previous section updating some plugins requires more time than one might expect, our shop plugin is one of them and for this reason we'll run this test without a proper economy. On the bright side the vote crate looks like this Vote Crate

What about my kits?

For now there won't be any kit other than the starter kit, kit claim and kit basic. The true [Member] way.

Why is X not working?

If you find bugs please report them here and we'll fix them as soon as possible: https://www.extremecraft.net/tickets/new/5/

Build Battle (August 2020)

Posted by NxDs3 years ago

1st place - JTchai (/p v 890;861)

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2nd place - Emili_a (/p v -195;-10)

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3rd place - zi_u (/p v 199;100)

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4th place - dreamier (/p v -199;71)

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5th place - MysteriaHD (/p v 113;-201)

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Prison Reset

Posted by NxDs3 years ago

And we're back.

For the fourth time we rework and reset prison, this time our main focus was to add enough features to keep things interesting but at the same time to not change too much the good old prison everyone likes.

Bombs

We added bombs to ease your mining sessions, also they just look cool. There are several types of bomb and you can unlock them through crates or Lucky Blocks

Lucky Blocks

Introducing: LuckyBlocks. They randomly spawn in mines, hit them and they'll reward you with cool stuff.

Enhanced Pickaxes

Forget those boring pickaxes you're used to, the new ones have XP and can be leveled up to unlock cool upgrades. It works with shears too.

Other changes

Here's a comprehensive list of the other changes and features:

  • Easily achievable prestige
  • Removed free in favor of prestiging
  • You can now set up ChestShops in your cell (/ps)
  • Everyone gets a large cell at /cell
  • Lot of cell management commands (/cell help): trust, deny, kick, set visitor warp, etc
  • Same mines but bigger. (between 80k and 400k blocks)
  • New /pvp arena
  • Added quests
  • Improved crate rewards (community feedback)
  • Revamped /prestige menu with new prestige perks
  • Top miners leaderboard behind you at /spawn
  • Added /mine top and improved /mine stats
  • Improved Dig The Pit event that now starts every 2 hours, automatically
  • Added /rewards menu where you can find rewards from lucky blocks, etc
  • Added boss fights
  • Improved shears, they have the same durability as diamond picks
  • Added support for HallOfFame (however top players will not be rewarded)

For more info please check /warp info and check out our reset showcase video: Prison reset


We have a load of planned updates in general for the near future that you'll like.

YouTube Managers

Posted by NxDs3 years ago

I am once again asking for your support.

We're currently looking for capable people willing to manage our official YouTube channel in order to bring it back to life and actually start providing content for the community.

What is this role for?

As YouTube manager you'll have some simple but important tasks:
  • Plan the kind of videos/series of videos
  • Plan when they should be published
  • Instruct our content creators on what to do
  • Review the videos
  • Upload the videos (optional if your connection is too slow)

You basically come up with ideas, instruct people to do them and then review the result.

Requirements?

There's no requirement other than having good ideas and a somewhat good eye to figure out if a video looks good or not.

You're not required to know how to edit, to have a good PC, to be able to record or anything like that, as long as you can plan and watch videos you're good to go.
Although all of this is not required you're clearly allowed to edit/record if you have the chance and feel like it.

How to apply?

The submissions are closed! Thanks to everyone who showed interest, we'll make sure to pick a good candidate in short times.
If you're interested then feel free to submit an application in which you "showcase" some ideas for videos and/or series of videos that you'd like to push.



If the sense of pride and accomplishment wouldn't suffice to convince you to apply we're handing out coupons for each video that gets published, you can then use them yourself, give them to your friends or sell them for real money :shrug:
Or sell them to your friends that also works, nobody judges you.

BuildBattle (June 2020)

Posted by Dieu3 years ago

1st place - JTchai (/p v 173;190)

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2nd place - Zziu (/p v 2;0)

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3rd place - Emili_a (/p v -13;159)

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4th place - Ruthirios (/p v -194;-27)

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5th place - Snow3y (/p v 191;24)

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Factions Server Reset!

Posted by Dieu3 years ago
There was a bit of a delay but we're happy to announce that Factions server was just reset. With all the recent updates and changes OpFactions server will also reset in 1 week from now.

Changes:
- New improved Generators (added Special generators for cannons)
- Grace period (1 week)
- /f buypower now has cooldown
- Truce/Ally limits were removed
- Improved /f inspect, added /f inspectchunk (we've also added pages to those commands)
- Added /f fly (only within your claim, would activate cooldown if there are enemy players nearby)
- Added /f vault
- Added /f warp
- Custom Factions commands are now handled by /f perm
- Buffed MagicTNT and ExtremeCreepers
- Updated AntiPhase (fixed false positives)
- Improved TNT Cannon handling (will reduce lag)

There were also some additions to the rules so be sure to check those out too.

BuildBattle (April 2020)

Posted by Dieu3 years ago

1st place - k4ye (/p v -179;46)

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2nd place - Emili_a (/p v 669;671)

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3rd place - Hwxll (/p v -4;-183)

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4th place - anya03 (/p v 176;-183)

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5th place - Itzzacklocky (/p v 131;132)

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Uncensored Minecraft Library

Posted by Dieu4 years ago

Reporters Without Borders’ Uncensored Minecraft Library is Going to Fundamentally Undermine Government Censorship of the Press.

Uncensored Minecraft Library

Minecraft - the best selling single video game of all time - may be at the forefront of a clever new method to deliver banned media to those behind oppressive government firewalls.

When Reporters Without Borders came up with the idea to build an uncensored Minecraft library, they opened up a new venue allowing citizens to see news which they otherwise would not have. On top of that, adding the ability for users to add to it themselves provides for a broad, open-sourced, uncensored news platform that foreign governments are going to find difficult to block.

It’s easy enough for regimes to block access to websites and apps, especially when those who administrate the aforementioned platforms are the ones pushing out the content which governments hostile to a free press may disapprove. It’s another story when it comes to blocking a platform like Minecraft, which already has 300 million accounts in China.

The Chinese government could theoretically ban Minecraft in the country, but the company itself, which is owned by Microsoft, isn’t creating or even promoting “The Unlicensed Library”. It is highly unlikely Microsoft would prevent a popular NGO, such as Reporters Without Borders, from developing and maintaining the downloadable world required to access the library.

Less populous countries with less pull in the business world have an even smaller chance of preventing their citizens access to the library. It doesn’t take much to download a map and servers can be run on personal PCs. The only way to truly prevent access to it is to limit access to the internet. We’ve seen internet shutoffs in the past, proving governments are willing to go to those extremes if they deem it necessary.

What remains to be seen though is how the library, and those who maintain it, respond to the misinformation which will likely arise within its pixelated halls. The library itself may end up being a window into a world iron-fisted governments don’t want you to see, but the content in it will need to be vetted. If contributors to The Unlicensed Library can do that, it’s going to become a powerful resource for those looking to maintain freedom of the press.

Social, Friends and Votes

Posted by NxDs4 years ago

Friends

That's right, we finally added the long awaited Friends feature that everyone wanted so much :ok_hand:
You can now add each other as friend with the command /friend (/f or /fr for short)

Friends menu

You can manage your friend list also through commands, you can see the list of available commands with /fr help

Social

It's well known that our socials, except for Discord, were dead partially because of me.
Actually only because of me, that's why we now have a Socialmedia Manager to handle our Instagram and Facebook and a team of editors and content creators that will hopefully bring back to life our YouTube channel

We're also currently hosting a Giveaway on Instagram so be sure to not miss it: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9TvCsTqDZH/

Our website now also has social buttons on top so that they're more easily accessible but for the lazy ones:


Vote Parties

We're currently testing Vote Parties on /go testing

All you have to do is join the testing server, /vote (or click here) and your vote will contribute to the total votes for the server.
Once the server reaches a certain amount of votes (currently 50 on testing) the vote party will start and everyone who voted will be rewarded, you could even receive legendary or spawner keys.

VoteParty

Various

We also added several minor updates such as:
  • Fixed sand mechanics and slab blasting on Factions
  • Added ender pearl support in creative mode on /creative
  • Monthly meme contests on our Discord with coupon rewards

But this is not all, there are plenty of other important announcements so I'll split this announcement in 2 and post the other part in the next few days :ok_hand:

BuildBattle Winners

Posted by NxDs4 years ago

After a slightly minor delay here's for you the list of winners of the past BuildBattle with screens of the plots:


1st place - Zziu (/p v -76;-53)

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2nd place - UnsiW (/p v -420;-697)

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3rd place - BlueberryTechLUL (/p v 108;-97)

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Starting from April build battles will start automatically the 1st of the month every 2 months (1st April, 1st June, 1st August etc) and they will last 2 weeks, you will know the theme from regular broadcasts that you will see in game and on Discord.
Also rewards will be a little bit better with higher value coupons and stuff, you'll see :shrug:

Discord Nitro Boosting

Posted by NxDs4 years ago

We decided to make Nitro Boosting on our Discord server (Click here) a little bit more worth it.

If you don't know what Nitro Boosting is read here: https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028038352-Server-Boosting-
If you don't want to read too much and want the super simplified version then here:

Nitro users can decide to "boost" discord servers, once a server reaches enough boosts it will unlock special perks for everyone (i.e. more emoji slots)


From now on you will receive daily and automatically 1 extra vote reward (vote keys + money, skulls on creative)
We might add more rewards in the future if people appreciate it

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Not just that, you also get to unlock special commands and perks for our Discord bot:

  • /wordswith - Shows a list of words starting with something (to cheat in #wordsgame)
  • /namecheck - Check the status of a MC name (availability,premium, EC last login, etc)
  • /namehistory - Shows the name history of someone on EC (also /nh)
  • /registrationdate - Shows the registration date of someone (also /regdate)
  • /tocolor - Display a color based on name or hex code (i.e. /tocolor chartreuse)
  • /me - Just like the one in game display a colored text (use /Me with capital M if you're on desktop)
  • /afk - Set an AFK status
  • /yesorno - Display a yes or no gif (also /yon)
  • /russianroulette - Play the russian roulette without actually dying irl
  • /roll - Generate a random number
  • /mcskin - Show the MC skin of someone
  • /identitygenerator - Generate a new identity (also /disguise)
  • /give - Just like the command in game but without actual items
  • /factoftheday - Show the fact of the day (also /fotd)
  • /eightball - Ask something to the omniscient bot (also /8ball)
  • /avatar - Display the Discord avatar of someone
  • /acronym - Generate a possible meaning for an acronym (i.e. /acronym nxds)
  • Shorter cooldown for RP commands
  • Special mentions
    • [mention] is a...
    • [mention] likes...
    • [mention] likes to...

Build Battle - Winter 2020

Posted by NxDs4 years ago

There you have it a brand new build battle :ok_hand:

How

  1. Get a plot on Creative (important: you can't use merged plots)
  2. Build alone or with friends
  3. Once you're done do /bb participate while standing on the plot

You have 2 weeks starting from now to submit.

Rewards

These are the prizes you will receive if you win:

1st - The last plot remaining next to the spawn, 1 pet of your choice, 2 titles
2nd - 1 pet of your choice, 1 title
3rd - 1 title

Yes, if you win you can gift your reward/rewards to someone else.
All the winners will be contacted and asked to join the builders team without application.

Theme

The theme this time will be: winter
You can build anything you like as long as it's winter themed, it's not a pixel art and it's not copied from somewhere/someone

Factions Reset and Changes

Posted by NxDs4 years ago

Alright it's been 6 months and it's time to reset again.

This time things will be a little bit different, we based new changes on the community feedback so let's see how it goes, here's what changed:

  • New F TOP and /f topinfoF TOP would only count blocks placed in your faction claims and the longer spawners are placed the higher the value
  • Added /f topinfo that would display the list above with block values OR it would display specific spawner points if player is looking at one
  • Remove permanent sponge (they'll be like vanilla now)
  • Chesthoppers can now be blown up 
  • Per chunk spawner limit is now 120 (40 before)
  • Weekly F TOP vouchers
  • Fixed spawner watering mechanics
  • Fixed ally/truce limits
  • Fixed wall generators
  • Removed Knockback from gear in crates

And that's about it, we'll monitor the new changes in the next few days and apply fixes or changes if needed, you can submit your feedback here

Season Winners

Here's the list for this season winners: 

  1. intermilan123 (Reality) - 100€
  2. ItsAllen (VigVan) - 90€
  3. AutoJan (Valhalla) - 80€
  4. NikoV (Guardians) - 70€
  5. Smidjuholl (Smidjuholl) - 60€

Website and Giveaways

Posted by NxDs4 years ago

This took a bit longer than anticipated but here it is.
New and fresh revamp of the new website with a proper dark mode and a proper light mode.

Here's a list of the main changes and improvements you'll see:

Dark Mode

The dark mode is now actually dark and not bluish/purple anymore. Several color correction changes have been applied as well only for you so that you won't be blinded anymore while surfing our website in the obscurity of your basements.


Better Rules

We are now offering 2 kinds of rules. 
The over-simplified ones for lazy people who don't want to read here.
And the over-detailed ones for those who like to read here.


Discord Tutorial

As it turns out verifying on our Discord server for some is not as easy as one might expect so we made a tutorial specifically to help those people: click here

You might want to verify on Discord because doing so will give you access to all our chats and to Giveaways as well as Events.
Also because it's not very smart being in a server where you can't see any chat but you do you.


Public Suggestions

That's right, suggestions are now public for everyone to see and judge. You can upvote and downvote them so you can show others how much you hate them.

Suggestions


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Notifications

The notifications will actually show you what is requiring your attention instead of just a number with no indication whatsoever of what you're supposed to answer to. You're welcome.

Notifications Screenshot


Fancy Staff Page

The staff page is not sad anymore, all the staff is organized in categories and there you can find all our Discord contacts if you want to add us to complain about something like everyone does.

Staff Screenshot


New Homepage

The homepage will now immediately show you the latest news and all the important links so you don't have to deep dive into several menus to find them.


Points for bug reports

You will now be rewarded with points (that you can see here) for all the bugs you report, any kind of bug.
Only the very first reporter will be rewarded.

This change is NOT retroactive. This means that if you reported a bug before this post it will not be rewarded.
Each bug report will make you earn a different amount of points depending on the severity of the bug.



Giveaway Announcement

That's right, it's that time of the year again. This Saturday at around 8.00 PM (GMT+1) we'll host a new giveaway on our Discord.
You can win ranks, keys, titles, pets, a cat, coupons, a life and much more but not really!

Prerequisites to participate: 

  1. You need to have a Discord account
  2. You need to be verified on our Discord server

New website

Posted by Dieu4 years ago

Yes it's finally here!

It's been awhile since we've last updated our website and as some of you already noticed issues started piling up (players were unable to login, etc).

Sadly forums have to go (for now) and we will use discord as our primary way to communicate with players. There were simply too many issues with them also less and less players kept using them.

We're thrilled to announce that with new website we will keep adding new features! That includes automated rewards for top players on leaderboards and staff members (including our secret AHT).

As always, if you find any bugs or errors please report them so that we can fix them :)

Another things to mention, and some of you already noticed that, we're in process of upgrading our servers to ensure best possible user experience after that we have planned massive ingame updates.

Oh... and if you missed it, we also have new logo ;)