Hello!

As many of you already know, Four, myself, and our developers have been hard at work on relaunching the Factions Realm on the PR Network! I’m going to keep this post short for the sake of concision, so feel free to comment below, post in one of the channels on Discord, or shoot myself or Four a DM if you have any questions!

One of the key design factors considered when creating Season II of Factions has been to make the server fulfill its function adequately, and in this case, we needed to realize and understand the importance of designing a server for a smaller community, not a massive network that Pure Realms will hopefully be one day. The best way for the network to grow is to adapt and grow each server’s infrastructure as the player base grows, not make an empty shell and hope that we one day fill the gaps. 

Phase I and II of PR Factions was a huge trial period for us and it helped us learn a lot about the community we have, current interests, and overall get back into the groove of things for what makes a quality minecraft server. Although delivery of those releases fell short, we are confident that the launch of Season II will pull through and provide a classic factions server for all of us to play on.

Season II of Factions will be something more familiar to our veteran players, as well as something more interesting for our newer ones. We’ve combined the classic feel of legacy PR with newer Quality of Life and fun improvements found in modern factions gameplay. We’ve aimed to strike a balance between the old and the new to appeal to all types of players. 

A few of the features you can expect to see on Season II are:

    A Balanced, Spawner-centric economy

        Now the economy is based around spawners. This allows us to really standardize what in-game money is used

        for, how it is obtained, and design other aspects of the network around a common objective.

     Legacy Style Factions Claiming

        We are reverting back to the old style claiming that we previously had running on Phase 1. This includes death

        powerloss and overclaiming land. New players will individually join with +20 power. Factions player limits are

        capped at 10 members per faction with the opportunity to upgrade to 15.

    New Automated Events

        We’ve added a couple new events to Season II of Factions! These include KoTHs, Care Packages (envoys)

        and some competitions. There are unique prizes for winning these competitive events as well!

    Improved Pure, Legendary, and a new KOTH Crate

        We’ve revised the Pure Crate, Legendary Crate, and added a new KOTH Crate! These rewards have been

        balanced to reflect the new spawner-centric economy and provide fair benefits for voting and supporting Pure

        Realms.

    We’ve simplified the Factions Map to be a vanilla generated world with a 5,000 block radius border

        This decision has allowed us to squeeze our smaller player base into a region that promotes combat and

        raiding. As I previously mentioned, we are designing the server for our current community, then expanding it as

        we grow and see fit. As a result, decreasing the world border was a significant step in ensuring that activity will

        always be around, and that you can enjoy raiding, fighting, and defending regardless of the server’s player

        count. 

    Removed Faction Top Paypal Payouts

        This was a difficult decision for the network since we understand that nearly every server pays their players for

        coming out on top. We’ve decided to take the risk and remove the paypal payouts for several reasons. Firstly,

        we strongly believe it ruins the game. It forced us to create a ton of rules to protect the authenticity of the

        payouts. Many of the rules that payouts require ultimately make Factions less fun, as many of you experienced

        during Phase 2. Additionally, we feel that Payouts take away from the genuine intention behind playing

        minecraft. We’ve seen players join our community, play for the payout, and leave, which is not an uncommon

        occurrence. We want to grow a community here at PR and to do so, we feel that it is absolutely necessary to

        base that community on the people in it, not the money they’ll receive if they win. 

        We will still be rewarding the top factions with Buycraft gift cards as well as SOTW bonuses!

    Stripped Back Gameplay Rules

        We’ve stripped back the rules immensely, which we hope will provide a more free and natural style of gameplay.

        Be sure to read them in Discord or on the server by typing /rules.

    Added a Duel Arena

        Another feature we’ve added is a Duel Arena! This is a place where you and your friends can fight each other

        with provided gear. This arena will provide a place to test your skills and prove who’s best if that’s what you’re

        into. It is important to note that although you won't lose any of your own gear in the battle arena, you also won't

        gain any either. The risks and benefits of pvp still only apply to pvp with your own gear.

    Tons of Bug Fixes

        We’ve fixed a ton of bugs. For the launch of Season II, we’ve also beta tested the server, but there will always

        be things we can’t catch. We ask that you report every issue you find via /modreq or in Discord. We appreciate

        your patience, but overall, we’re pretty confident that most of the bugs have already been squashed :) 

With all of that being said, the only thing left to announce is the release date! Join us

This Friday, December 18th at 6PM EST for the official launch of
Pure Realms Factions: Season II 

 

Thank you all for your patience and understanding. I know that the course of Pure Realms has been a bumpy road, but we are still in it for the long haul. Four and I are going to keep trying until it works, and we simply ask that you don’t give up hope when things seem doubtful.

See you Friday!

Park