Search found 319 matches

by Laanders
Apr 14th 2013 14:33
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: Blitz Server New Reset - Apr 15, 2013
Replies: 2
Views: 75345

Re: Blitz Server New Reset - Apr 15, 2013

There will be no changes on blitz this reset.
by Laanders
Apr 14th 2013 03:39
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: Blitz, guild and archwar down
Replies: 5
Views: 90431

Re: Blitz, guild and archwar down

Blitz, guild and archwar have now all been fully configured and given starting dates for their new sets, all within the next couple of days (Monday-Tuesday). In addition, solo server has been migrated to the same hardware as the other three and will also begin a new set on Tuesday. As always when th...
by Laanders
Apr 14th 2013 02:15
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: Solo Server New Reset - Apr 16, 2013
Replies: 4
Views: 88196

Re: Solo Server New Reset - Apr ?, 2013

Solo server has been successfully migrated to new hardware. The new set will start on Tuesday 06:00. Since it's the first set to be played after migration, we appreciate extra vigilance with any observed anomalies and as usual encourage players to report any bugs they encounter in the General Bugs f...
by Laanders
Apr 14th 2013 01:52
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: ArchWar Server New Reset - Apr 16, 2013
Replies: 1
Views: 78355

ArchWar Server New Reset - Apr 16, 2013

Archwar Server will restart at Tue Apr 16 12:00:00 2013. Armageddon is scheduled to begin at Wed Jun 12 16:00:00 2013. Changes from previous set Changes: Enlarge Animal changed: Rank increased to complex (from average) Research cost doubled (to 3 000) Upkeep cost increased by 100% (to 300 mana/turn)...
by Laanders
Apr 12th 2013 17:55
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: Solo Server New Reset - Apr 16, 2013
Replies: 4
Views: 88196

Re: Solo Server New Reset - Apr 12, 2013

As keen observers will have noted, the announced return of solo server earlier today did not happen. The reason is straightforward: with a lot of effort going into recovering the situation caused by hardware failure on the physical server hosting blitz, guild and archwar, I quite simply forgot to re...
by Laanders
Apr 11th 2013 07:06
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: Blitz, guild and archwar down
Replies: 5
Views: 90431

Re: Blitz, guild and archwar down

Unfortunately we have been ultimately unable to recover any data relevant to the sets that were in progress when the server went down Tuesday evening game time. We therefore have no way of continuing those sets, meaning once the game servers are back up they will each start a new set. We are sorry.
by Laanders
Apr 10th 2013 15:46
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: Blitz, guild and archwar down
Replies: 5
Views: 90431

Re: Blitz, guild and archwar down

We have concluded that the problem with the physical server running blitz, guild and archwar stems from fatal disk failure. Most of the day has been spent trying to recover data from the bad drive, with so far moderate success. Unfortunately we uncovered at the same time that our redundancy system h...
by Laanders
Apr 09th 2013 22:51
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: Blitz, guild and archwar down
Replies: 5
Views: 90431

Re: Blitz, guild and archwar down

To give an update, however vague... We have so far been unable to fix or even accurately determine the cause of the problem. Best guess is bad hardware, not unlikely the storage, but the server is in such a state that it is very difficult to troubleshoot; most commands simply fail with various unusu...
by Laanders
Apr 09th 2013 20:00
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: Blitz, guild and archwar down
Replies: 5
Views: 90431

Blitz, guild and archwar down

Just as a heads up for those wondering: the server hosting blitz, guild and archwar started experiencing some rather erratic behaviour at around 21:13 game time. As a result those three game servers are unavailable until further notice. We are working to determine the problem and solve it as soon as...
by Laanders
Apr 09th 2013 15:35
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: Solo Server New Reset - Apr 16, 2013
Replies: 4
Views: 88196

Solo Server New Reset - Apr 16, 2013

Solo Server will restart at Tue Apr 16 06:00:00 2013. Armageddon is scheduled to begin at Sat Jun 8 15:00:00 2013. Changes from previous set Changes: Gravity Pull casting cost lowered to 30k (base) Flame Blade AP boost for Eradication raised by 37.844%, no boost for other colors Scry unit informatio...
by Laanders
Mar 10th 2013 19:59
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: Blitz Server New Reset - Feb 27, 2013
Replies: 4
Views: 137689

Re: Blitz Server New Reset - Feb 27, 2013

A bug was found and fixed today. Serenity had accidentally been changed to the recently removed beta version. The fix was executed 15 minutes ago.
by Laanders
Mar 06th 2013 12:22
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: Arch Server New Reset - Mar 7, 2013
Replies: 0
Views: 104249

Arch Server New Reset - Mar 7, 2013

Arch Server will restart at Thu Mar 7 16:00:00 2013. Armageddon is scheduled to begin at Wed May 8 15:00:00 2013. Changes from previous set Changes: Assassin hero added Status report sharing enabled Mages cannot leave their guild after the 7th seal breaks Chronicle icons added to highlight own/guild...
by Laanders
Feb 27th 2013 00:16
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: Blitz Server New Reset - Feb 27, 2013
Replies: 4
Views: 137689

Re: Blitz Server New Reset - Feb 27, 2013

The mechanics team has decided to try and share some of the underlying thinking and goals on which changes are based. As a first, the team has agreed on the following comments to the current changes: Enlarge Animal and Griffons have been updated to provide Green more reliable stacking options to hel...
by Laanders
Feb 07th 2013 22:57
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: Guild Server New Reset - Feb 9, 2013
Replies: 0
Views: 105500

Guild Server New Reset - Feb 9, 2013

Guild Server will restart at Sat Feb 9 04:00:00 2013.
Armageddon is scheduled to begin at Sat Apr 13 18:00:00 2013.

Changes:
  • none

NB. Set ended prematurely due to hardware failure on April 10th.
by Laanders
Feb 04th 2013 23:36
Forum: General Announcements
Topic: ArchWar Server New Reset - Feb 6, 2013
Replies: 0
Views: 102897

ArchWar Server New Reset - Feb 6, 2013

Archwar Server will restart at Wed Feb 6 15:00:00 2013. Armageddon is scheduled to begin at Tue Apr 10 15:00:00 2013. Changes: Battle Chant reduces unit gold upkeep at high land for red mages Dark Elf Magician holy resistance dropped to 0% (from 45%) High Elf holy resistance dropped to 35% (from 70%...