With the huge success of Factions Ice which is our largest Faction server yet (peaking over 340+ players at some points). We feel confident in our ability to continue to make these and push them to new heights. So with Mystic, we've decided to change how we handle these servers. Mystic will be the new permanent name of the current Factions server and will remain so. We'll be using map numbers instead for resets to keep a track of them. Therefore this is the first map of Factions Mystic.

We plan to launch extra Factions servers as time goes on with different rule sets for cannons, economy types, and pvp mechanics (So removing mcMMO and weakening custom enchantments for a raw vanilla pvp'ing experience for example). Anything is possible now....

Before continuing on with the post, I'd like to mention what happened with Factions Oriental and why the map had an abrupt ending. During the course of Factions Oriental, one faction had access to a 100% off coupon which allowed them to get anything on the store for free. We weren't aware of this because we assumed they were using their F-Top gift cards, however we were wrong... badly wrong. Once we realized the situation, we immediately deactivated all of their coupon codes, disabled them from being ever made again, and stopped the server to end the map early.

We choose to end the map as we felt it was wrong for our players to play on a map where we can't guarantee that a faction didn't abuse. To counteract this, all f-power purchases, all sell wands, and all chunk busters that were purchased during Factions Oriental will be returned to those who actually spent money for them. And we're implementing a new policy that all consumables (excluding crate keys) will...