Yesterday I signed the contract for the servers co-location. Just need them to provision the space and get back to me than I'll go put it in its new home. Most likely Monday ;D
NOTE: We are going to go just straight Interlude. After a couple days of doing test upgrades between our Interlude files and HB files the problems are just too many. While I really wanted to bring a server that allowed people to play through the Evolution of L2 at this time it is just not possible. So we will start and stay Interlude. The rates will stay X25 I will update later today with a more complete feature list.
Features
Chronicle: Interlude (OFF)
Anti Bot: Full protection against every known bot.
Anti Hack/Dupe protection: Complete trade system rewrite to kill all know dupes.
DDOS Protection: Server hosted on DDOS protected network.
Spirit System: Spirit system allows players to collect spirits during PvP. Each time player kills someone in PvP who match requirements specified (min level and diff level range), he collects 1 spirit, player who died in that PvP will lose 1 spirit (if he had more than 0 spirits). Collected spirits can be used to instant restore hp/cp/mp with special Release Spirit skill. Player will acquire skill automatically when he'll get minimum required level. (more info later)
Town Buffer: There will be a Town Buffer that gives players basic buffs (no 3rd class).
GM Shop: You will be able to purchase Agrade Amour and weapons+SA in the GMShop. (It won't be cheap).
Misc: Epic spawn times windows are set to 4 hours. For ex. For example, Baium spawns every 5 days + 0 to 4 hours. This means he will spawn between 5 days and 5 days and 4 hours since he last died.
Server Hardware (Server is owned by me, not rented)
2x Dual Core AMD Opteron 2212s
2x SAS 15k RPM, 73GB HDDs
12 GB RAM, DDR2 667 MHZ
The server will hold 3k players with no lag.
Server Network
High quality network. The fastest routes.
100% network uptime guarantee
On iWeb's high quality network, the outgoing traffic travels via Tata Communications (formerly Teleglobe), Videotron, Peer1,TorIX, Level 3 and Deutsche Telekom using the shortest route. For inbound traffic, all available providers are used, Tata Communications, Videotron, Peer1,TorIX, Level 3, Deutsche Telekom and Cogent. During an outage affecting a high quality network provider, the unmetered network can be used to ensure service availability. All this in order to ensure 100% uptime of the network access and prevent saturation of certain access links.
Read more about the network we are on here http://iweb.com/about-us/networks/
Rates:
25x XP Rate
25x SP Rate
25x Adena Amount
25x Drops Rate (Chance)
5x Spoil Rate (Chance)
3x Epics
Donations Here is what we have decided on so far.
AIOs: They will be available for $50 CDN. They must stay in town at all times. Any AIOs caught out of town will be deleted. They will be easily visible with a Green Name. Buffs will last 40 minutes.
Noblesse: You will be able to donate for this but to complete it you will need Barakiel. $35 CDN
SubClass: You will be able to donate for this. $35 CDN
VIP System: VIPs will have the following benefits- 30X xp, 30X sp, 30x Drop and Spoil, VIP Chat Ingame, and slightly increased chance for enchant success (base 5%), ability to login when server is full. $100 CDN (Lifetime and per account)
Package Deals
Royale With Cheese: AIO + SubClass + Noblesse $120 dollar value for $95 CDN
Big Love: AIO + Subclass + Noblesse + VIP $220 Value for $180
These are subject to change at anytime before we open. If you have any ideas and or opinions about the severs please feel free to post. I understand that some people may not agree with these donations. Unfortunately it is impossible to make everybody happy. These donations we feel make things a little easier for people but not enough to cause an imbalance and make things unfair for those that do not donate.
DualBox of course is allowed for the purpose of using the AIOs. 1rst, second, and 3rd class quests will be free. There will be a NPC buffer in town that gives all basic buffs (No 3rd class buffs). Please tell your friends about us!! the most important thing for a fun server is the community. Help us spread the word!
I will post more updates as they come.
http://invictionl2.com/forum/index.php?topic=11.msg58#msg58