1.8.1 Tech Update - Upcoming Maintenance - 1.8.1

[Daisy 9735]

Greetings Denizens of Athera,

 

Just an update that the last few weeks I have done quite a bit of work in preparation for 1.8.1, and have gone through nearly every plugin. Sporadic and Telanir left me with a fair bit done but due to there abrupt departure things got set back a little, but either way we're almost ready to go. I've only a few more small things to address, but I believe almost all of the 1.8 content is working and ready to go.  The beta server has been up this last week and the testers are giving positive feedback and major bugs have already been fixed.

 

Cutting to the chase, the server will go down for scheduled maintenance at about 6 PM EST this Thursday while I transfer the content, which will be followed by systematic checks with help from the GM team to make sure everything is function, and other things that need to be reviewed by Tythus and myself. We should be up on 1.8.1 sometime into the night so the server will be ready for everyone this weekend.

A changelog will be available in /patchnotes when we update, and a more detailed one will be posted after finalization later this week. Nothing abruptly noticeable will be changed, but there are lots of small things here and there, like /persona time, the mining rebalence, a new mineworld, a full fishing update, many new recipes and more!

After we update the tech team will be shifting our focus towards adding new content, further profession rebalances, realeasing construct races, and more! I already have the J Devs working on some fun stuff :)

So, get to your launcher, make sure you have the correct version downloaded, and get ready for ALL the smileblock trampolines... funky doors... and banners!

Btw I'm first.

[Tirenas 677]

Not* First. I really like the sound of new recipes and a way to check how much time you've played a persona.

[mitto 2312]

It has finally come.

[Pureimp10 5691]

3rd, sounds good!

 

EDIT: Damn, got 4th ;-;

[Supah 334]

Banners! They're here!

[_Jandy_ 3519]

BANNERS!

[hearth_ 1023]

BANNERS!

[DrakeHaze. 2524]

A FULL FISHING UPDATE OMG JESUS ANSWERED MY PRAYERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM CONTENT!

[Readicti 902]

 

So excited! Good work techies.

[Sky 0]

SMILEBLOCKS!!!

[Etherealxx 232]

Does this mean we can finally sit in chairs again?

[L0rdLawyer 2272]

Yes, finally the goblins will get to eat rotten food, we get a race choice for ghosts and another one for necromancers! #JoshLeakedIt

 

But seriously, seeming we get 1.8, you promised Kowaman to fix the racial buffs but I have a question, how are banners going to work with nexus crafting? Haha, I got you there!

Slime too op for you!!!!

[Vesalian 62]

Sea Temple blocks!!!111! Oh, wait. They suck.

[lawnmowerman 3040]

[Vamoose 265]

Ayy redstone TNTcannons and arrow scatter bombs ayy!