Coming up next

What were you hoping to see here? That's what we want to know!

What should the server admins be looking at for the server?

More players? New dungeon? New wands? More events?

I (Vellusian) have an arena planned that I need to begin putting together, but I'm willing to suspend that and focus on what our players want.

Do I need to add more server shops? Or more plots in the bazaar? Maybe balancing of some feature? Drastic reworking of the Gods plugin?

Things that are coming up: 

Zephyrus removal (weekend of Nov 29th)

  - Get your items exchanged or salvaged!

Winter Dungeon

  - Opening in early December. Recommendations appreciated (PaladinsServer@gmail.com).

Pro Shop

  - Tokens will be available after the IndieGoGo campaign completes.

Return of fresh Creative

  - Soon!

1.7.2 Update

  - Whenever Bukkit and a few key plugins patch!

Comment, mail, email, tweet. 

Let us know what you're thinking!

IndieGoGo Campaign Update #2

Wow, guys, just wow.
Thank you to our generous donors out there, because, after the campaign ends, we WILL be getting a new server.

I'll have a video up later to give my thanks to all of you who have donated so far, but let me say it here now: I will be taking the server up to the next level, regardless of value, which is going to be the $650 level (another 16 GB of RAM) as of this post. If you all take it up to that point, then I'll go beyond and get the processor upgrade and so forth.

Please consider donating to the server upgrade today: http://igg.me/at/PaladinsServer

IndieGoGo Campaign Update #1

We're one week into our server upgrade fundraiser, and we're more than 25% there!

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far and plan on donating, but we still have a ways to go before we reach our goal and want your help. Please consider how much you value the time you've spent on the server and how much better it would be with less lag and more players.

Visit our campaign here:
http://igg.me/at/PaladinsServer/x/5190998

Contact me at PaladinsServer@gmail.com with any questions.

And thanks again.

IndieGoGo

Our fund-raising campaign is live!

http://igg.me/at/PaladinsServer/x/5190998

We have until December 19th to raise the money that we need. I'll continue to post updates there and here.

Let me know if you have any questions and thank you all for playing with us.

More Information

As I've stated in the server several times over the week, the server was down for some routine maintenance today (3 November). We should be ready to go for 1.7 whenever Bukkit and our core mods have been updated. Everything has been checked and should be currently up to date, but please let me know if any plugins appear to be acting funny.

I wanted to expand on some points from the last post. First, I've decided to replace the War world with a standard, fresh 1.7 world when we update, rather than the implied Amplified world. Second, the Creative purging is likely going to happen at the same time, so please let us know what plots you want to keep!

To address the instability caused by Zephyrus, I've decided it's time to do the dirty work and begin a buyback campaign for items containing non-standard enchantments. Not only will these enchantments not work when I pull the plugin, but the items will cause a client crash if the items are handled (similar to putting them in an anvil). The buyback is simple, I, or other admins, will trade out your enchanted items with ones of similar enchantments. Toxic Strike will be replaced by Fire Aspect, Battle Axe will be replaced with Sharpness, Instamine will be replaced by Efficiency V, and Lifesuck will be replaced with a Damage V bonus of your choice (All, Smite, or Arthropods). I cannot turn these items off from being crafted, so they'll still be in the market until the plugin is removed.

Finally, I've decided to proceed with the crowd-funding campaign. Our minimum level is $500, so if we don't reach our goal, no one will be charged. We're using IndieGoGo as a platform and the link, once live, should be:  http://igg.me/at/PaladinsServer/x/5190998
We'd greatly appreciate your support and will go into more detail about the campaign as we get underway.

State of the Server

I want to start by saying thank you to all the player past and present who have spent their time building, exploring, and fighting on our server. As with any major Minecraft update, we see changes with our player base and the way we operate, so when we make the transition to 1.7 we'll be dealing with a lot of new issues and ask for your patience.
I wanted to highlight some of the changes we're proposing and solicit opinions and recommendations about these, or any other, ideas.

The special Halloween dungeon will remain open until the weekend, when I plan on taking the server down for maintenance.

We plan to entirely delete War and replace it with a fresh 1.7 world (Amplified?), so if you'd like your stuff, I recommend getting it out soon.

The Creative world is going to be made fresh again, since abandoned and laggy plots cover the map. Let us know if you must absolutely keep some of your plots and we'll copy them over for you. Probably.

We have a back end issue that prevents the server from being completely booted. I've been manually removing entire worlds and readding them back after loading. We've grow to the point that we simply cannot operate everything we have in the past and we're forced to make a choice: Bosses not functioning in all worlds, or the loss of Zephyrus (Lifesuck / Instamine). Granted I have a bias against some of the instability of Zephyrus for the server, but I feel it'd reduce lag and improve stability if we eliminated the plugin.

In the same vein, we're considering a one time donation campaign to raise money for the server that we want to make. Let us know if we're way off-base with the idea. This would be an all or nothing campaign, but I think we can do this. We're still working out potential rewards for donors, as well as what platform to use.

We'd love to hear your ideas and feedback. Comment here, tweet us, or mail us at gmail or on the server.
Thank you for your time!

Halloween!

Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls.

We have a new dungeon on the server, for a limited time only! The Halloween dungeon features a new set of bosses: the King of Halloween and his corrupted servants, the Halloween Goblins. They're ready for a long fight and I hope you are too!

Image from NukeLikeTheBomb

To find this new dungeon, you must look around spawn and go trick or treating to find the entrance. I'll give you a hint, it's a recent addition to our Overworld.

Hopefully much more to come for the holiday season! Happy scaring!