Hello everyone, First, this announcement is something we intend on making into a recurring theme on the Network, where we will post monthly with updates from in and around the Network. These updates can range from huge additions, to simple removals and such. Our goal is to become as transparent as we possibly can with you all in regards to the management of this Network, and as such, these announcements were born. These updates will help you keep up to date with what we have done to the Network over the prior month, and what we are planning to do in the future. Content Updates Achievements Although they have been around for a few weeks, we have not officially announced the release of achievements. Now, your hard work can turn into a rewarding objective simply by playing the game! For completing certain tasks, you will earn a nifty amount of Tokens for each achievement you complete, and fireworks are thrown around in celebration! This is the baseline beginning of the achievements list, and it will only grow over time. At this moment, there are 7 achievements per server, and all reward you with a good amount of Tokens, which can be spent in the lobby on anything from arrow trails, to chests! In order to view your achievements, simply do any of the following commands on the Network: /achievements /achieve /goals Any of these commands will bring up the achievements interface, which is listed by each server, and shows your progress of every achievement if you hover over it! Spoiler: Achievements We currently have a lot planned for the achievements interface, but will reveal more at a later date! Currently, achievements can be completed on the following servers: Survival Creative Plots We plan on launching achievements on SkyBlock at a later date. Chat Filter We have begun testing out a more robust chat filter on the Network. We have done this in the hopes of reducing the amount of swearing, disrespect and advertising that happens across the Network. As this is currently in its testing phase, please be warned that it can produce false positives and may accidentally censor words that should not be censored, or block what it believes to be a URL or IP. Simply put, we will do what we can to iron out these issues as soon as we spot them. Chat Reaction We have recently added a new content feature to Plots called “Chat Reaction”. This new addition to the server allows you to compete against others to be the first to type a word into chat. Every seven minutes, a new word will appear, and may be scrambled; the first person to unscramble and type it into the chat will win! The winner will receive a small reward which can range from 10 tokens, to $100, to $1,000! We hope you enjoy this new addition to the server as it is quite addictive to play and compete in! Staffing Quality Assurance With our ongoing effort to bring you as bug-free gameplay as we possibly can, we have introduced a new team to the Noble Network Staffing Teams -- QA. The QA team’s job is to go around the Network testing games for bugs and glitches that we may have missed or that may have broken over time due to updates and such. You can identify a member of the QA team by the pink “QA” suffix in their names. Currently, the following members are part of the QA team, and lead the tasks in ensuring any bugs are caught and fixed: Necrai ZOID Ryder As a member of QA, you will test out new games before their official release dates to ensure that they are as bug-free as we can make them before public release/beta release. Servers 1.8 Fly Mode We are excited to announce that on both Survival and Plots, Fly Mode has been tweaked to work with 1.8 sprint flying! This now means you will no longer be pulled back when you sprint in Fly Mode! If you do not have Fly Mode, now is the best time to get it! We recently changed Fly Mode so that when you purchase it, you will keep it permanently! If you would like to purchase Fly Mode for either Survival or Plots, simply click here! Creative A lot of you have wondered what happened to Creative for a while now. Several weeks ago, we took Creative offline to revitalise it and change it into something that is up to our standards, and that is what we have been doing for you all! With the introduction of global ranks, we had to make a tough decision to remove both play time-based ranks and money-gained ranks in favour of having one rank throughout, and that is what we did. However, Creative was initially designed with those ranks in mind, and with the removal of such content, lead to the vast majority of the server being inaccessible to people due to those ranks with the content being unobtainable. So now, we have made it so everyone will have direct access to everything again, meaning you will be able to add your friends to your plots, and much more! We also decided that it would be best in this situation to not reset the server, so instead, we have worked around that and preserved everyone’s plots just as they were before the server was taken down! So you can pick up exactly where you left off! KitPvP Open Beta Since the announcement of the long-awaited KitPvP, a lot of people have been asking us when the public open beta will be happening. Although we do not have a definite date yet as to when, we can tell you that the game will be opening sometime this month! The open beta will include the majority of the content that will be in the final release of the game, but will only be a taster for what is to come! We have so many ideas planned for KitPvP, we just do not have the time to release them when we release the game! We cannot wait to share more with you about the game, but expect it to be extremely fun! Whilst we want you to have as much fun as possible, please be advised that this is a beta, and there will be bugs; some worse than others. But despite this, we do encourage you to have as much fun on there as you can, it really is a blast when playing and competing against friends! We are sure you will all enjoy it! Plots We are pleased to announce that the “/plot auto” command has now been fixed on the Plots Survival server! After a long period of time being broken, we have been working with the developer to fix the issue, and this has now been resolved! SkyBlock We have received large amounts of requests to do something about SkyBlock and its issues. We apologise for these issues not being addressed sooner, and this is to become our priority on the Network, to ensure it is the best we can make it. Within the next few weeks, we will be making changes and adding new content for you to enjoy on the server, which also include achievements and new challenges! We cannot guarantee when these changes will be made exactly, but please know, we will be working on these over time. If you happen to find any bugs on SkyBlock, please do not hesitate to report it on the Forums! If we do not know about a bug, then we cannot fix it! Survival Since the opening of Survival Beta, we have had a large amount of requests to open the player markets and add new content to the game, so this is exactly what we are doing! To start off with, we are in the process of having a brand new system developed by our own Lew_ for player markets! This new system will be a lot better than the previous system we had in place on the old Survival. The markets will vary in size and price depending on which plot you purchase. The best part about this new system is that it will automatically roll back markets that expire, meaning you will not have to clear it if you purchase it after someone else let’s it expire! The second major update to Survival is that we will be going back to the roots of it with this one! In this update, we will be adding both Spleef and Mob Arena to Survival; just like how it used to be in previous years, we are sure you will not want to miss this! The Spleef arena will be a multi-layered arena that up to 10 people can play simultaneously! There are no current specific for the Mob Arena as of this time, but we are sure you will love it! Store Updates There have been multiple changes made to the Store over the last month, most of which have been small changes, but that are welcomed by everyone! We have changed Fly Mode from a 90 day perk to be permanent again! The price has been changed back to its original $9.99 rather than $7.99 every 90 days! This is also the case for the “/buywarp” command on Survival -- This is now a permanent perk rather than 90 days! If you haven’t already purchased these perks, now is the time to get them! Thank You It has been nearly an entire month since JessiieeBae, Lew_ and I took charge of the Network. I have got to say, it has been a long ride, but I think we are finally where we need to be, and we can advance the Network even further! I would just like to give a big thank you to you all for all of the support you have shown us, and we hope that the work we are doing on the Network makes it more enjoyable for you all! I would also like to thank both JessiieeBae and Lew_ for dedicating their time to this amazing community. Without them, I know that I would not have returned. They have both contributed a lot of their time and effort towards this Network in the time they have been here, from committing to the management of the staff, to the management of the development towards the Network, I greatly appreciate what the both of you have done for this Network, and I am sure everyone can agree that you have both changed the Noble Network for the better. Thank you. Thank you all for reading, see you in the next update.
I always enjoyed the mob arena. I wonder if there is going to be a nobleproductions boss this time . Or any bosses at all...
I have to say, for someone who has been disinterested in minecraft for a couple months prior, I am quite excited for the new changes, especially KitPvP! Keep up the good work!
HALLELUJAH!!! Wooo creative is my favorite, glad it's coming back! I also like the idea of the monthly posting. It seems way more organized and easy to access. Thank you all for working SO hard to make the server enjoyable and very delightful to come on. With all this new stuff you dumped on us, 2015 is going to be heck of a ride!
The kit pvp does sound like a good individual to bring back, I do appreciate you not resetting creative. But I have some problems with my creative plot, every time I build something my plot seems to reset after I leave. I have no clue why, maybe this time it did not reset. I don't know, but do you know why that is happening?
