Hello,
Today we're opening up a test server that will be in operation for a few weeks, in order to test some in-development features. Characters and houses have been copied to the test server from Finvarra's Fortress as of May 11th. There are no gameplay related changes between the servers. From the game launcher, if you select Finvarra's Fortress, you'll be able to select the test server at the server selection screen within the game.
There was a fair amount of server infrastructure code that needed to be cleaned up for this to work right, so we're hoping that you are all able to assist in testing this out before we push it to the live server.
Please let us know in the test server forum if you see any issues.
Thanks!
-Mike aka rdragon
We've reworked the way melee weapons work a bit, and fixed some bugs in the process.
Today we implemented some changes targeting server stability. We're working diligently to keep the game server up 100% of the time!
In addition to system updates you'll notice that your characters prestige levels are displayed in the game chat.
We've also enabled passive damage buffs based on your characters prestige level:
Until next time,
Redbeard