You do need experience kinda, because you need a minecraft account. And if you have the game you'd probably have a bit of experience anyway.

But for anyone on the ropes about picking it up because "building is lame", well, this might be a nice incentive.

myopia

United States2928 Posts

September 26 2011 23:32 GMT

#42

I'd love to play, hope I have time. I finally broke down and bought minecraft with the adventure updates, and it's arranged servers like this that make the game sound totally awesome.

actually even if I don't have much time it'd be fun just to play without a faction and try to survive :D

SgtCoDFish

United Kingdom1520 Posts

September 26 2011 23:33 GMT

#43

This looks pretty amazing, I'm definitely down for joining in.

I'll arrive in style, rocking my Zealot-skin on my character :D (did want to be a hydra but the only skin I found sucked

)

mebeblood

United States27 Posts

September 26 2011 23:34 GMT

#44

am i supposed to pm you my minecraft account to get whitelisted?

GGTeMpLaR

United States7226 Posts

September 26 2011 23:37 GMT

#45

This looks pretty damn cool, is what we need to download on our end at that factions link, or does only the server host have to download the mod?

irninja

United States1220 Posts

September 26 2011 23:45 GMT

#46

You won't find whitelists on faction servers, because not only is there protection for your house from random griefers via mods, but also griefers are not too different from your Rambo style enemies. The difference of course is that griefers are usually alone and there for an easy kill once you catch them failing to damage your walls or doors.

Yea, we do currently have a server up, but if you join now, keep in mind the server is wiped fresh for everyone to start on a new slate on the 11th.

I hope you've got some ideas for your faction defenses and structure. Will you build high and use the various ranged weapons for defense? Or build low and rely on brute armor, sword, and shield to defend your gates?

Will you keep a simple defense? Or build elaborate redstone traps? Woe to the fellow that falls into your lava pit.

@Templar and others. Everything is server side, you simply install minecraft and your set.

irninja

United States1220 Posts

September 26 2011 23:54 GMT

#47

On September 27 2011 07:46 guoguo wrote:
Looks like a ton of fun! I might be able to get a few friends in on this. Any idea how many people will be playing this?

The server handles 50 players comfortably. We have been stress testing the mods over the last week and have tweaked things to provide a stable and CPU-friendly setup. This is my main focus right now.

Tezzick

Canada187 Posts

September 27 2011 00:01 GMT

#48

Wish I could do this, I haven't played MC ever since the alpha? (I think it was...) update messed up my world lol.

myopia

United States2928 Posts

September 27 2011 00:16 GMT

#49

Does the server that's currently up have all the mods installed? Can I join now and see what's different from vanilla?

irninja

United States1220 Posts

September 27 2011 00:30 GMT

#50

The current server is being used for testing the variables of each mod. If you want to join, keep in mind some things are turned off, and other mods are being balanced.

iNdEMAND

130 Posts

September 27 2011 00:56 GMT

#51

sounds awesome! i sent a pm

Razith

Canada431 Posts

September 27 2011 01:53 GMT

#52

Sent a PM!

Do we need 1.9 prerelease or just 1.8 to join? This sounds like a lot of fun.

Is there an easy way in-game to see where faction's chunks are and how to determine their power level? I'm under the impression that if you kill enough of their faction, their total land will decrease, allowing you to destroy / pillage it. Is this correct? and is there an easy(ish) way to tell?

Chuiu

3470 Posts

September 27 2011 01:59 GMT

#53

Its 1.8 and you can just hop on and play right now.

To get a list of factions and their power and population type 'f list'.

To see what areas around you are claimed type 'f map'.

Whole

United States6046 Posts

September 27 2011 02:02 GMT

#54

what is the IP. I can't find it, but maybe im stupid.

Chuiu

3470 Posts

September 27 2011 02:04 GMT

#55

Its been posted a couple other places, it doesn't seem like it made it to this thread though.

68.169.157.175:25565

TheRealHH

United States106 Posts

September 27 2011 02:15 GMT

#56

Chuiu are you in the server right now? It's still down for me, if I try to connect it just says end of stream :/

EDIT: Ok.... That was odd. I just deleted and re-added the server and it says that it's up lol O.o

Chuiu

3470 Posts

September 27 2011 02:16 GMT

#57

It just went down again, I don't know why. :/

hellsan631

United States695 Posts

September 27 2011 02:18 GMT

#58

i was able to connect, and make a faction, but it seems as if the server has a massive lag spike. perhaps they are moving files or something of that nature.

On September 27 2011 08:45 irninja wrote:
You won't find whitelists on faction servers, because not only is there protection for your house from random griefers via mods, but also griefers are not too different from your Rambo style enemies. The difference of course is that griefers are usually alone and there for an easy kill once you catch them failing to damage your walls or doors.

Yea, we do currently have a server up, but if you join now, keep in mind the server is wiped fresh for everyone to start on a new slate on the 11th.

I hope you've got some ideas for your faction defenses and structure. Will you build high and use the various ranged weapons for defense? Or build low and rely on brute armor, sword, and shield to defend your gates?

Will you keep a simple defense? Or build elaborate redstone traps? Woe to the fellow that falls into your lava pit.

@Templar and others. Everything is server side, you simply install minecraft and your set.

Don't you need sproutcraft? Or are skills and everything not installed or enabled on this server. I know massivecraft recommends using sproutcraft (or atleast they have the links on their website).

irninja

United States1220 Posts

September 27 2011 02:22 GMT

#59

We're moving files to the new server. It became very apparent, that to host 30+ players we'll need an upgraded VPS.

I want everyone to have a smooth-as-possible and lag-free experience. Sproutcraft makes certain mods a LOT better, but is not required. Even massivecraft says that.