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Non premiums will be allowed anywhere on the map, including by boat, but there is a very large no-spawn zone for them near HoTA.

UPDATE 13:33 CEST Many people have been asking about what will happen with portals from home servers once the new map is released. The plan right now is for premium players to be able to choose which of the two starter deeds they want to spawn at for their kingdom. Non-premium players will only be able to choose the outer start deed.

http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/121799-elevation-reset-day-live-updates/

My own views / speculation in the past has been transformed into rumours and spread as an announcement within the game so I can't speculate on this anymore to be honest. Not so close to the time anyway.

I have not been given a specific ETA for that yet sorry.

Elevation is not being reset just because it has been around for three years so there is no link to be made in the way you are suggesting. The reset is for reasons published in previous news posts and in response to feedback.

There are no plans to reset whichever map replaces Elevation.

My post was to set out what would happen if the map was re-designed and I was probing whether the community would be ok with that. It was hypothetical. But I also said that there is no confirmation that it was going to happen because I had not heard back from Rolf. Retrograde's post clarified this by saying until it is formally announced (by myself or Rolf) there is no official change of plans - the map is to be released as described in the news post unless Rolf or I make a further announcement which says something different in no uncertain terms.

Applications closing Wednesday 15th April! (for now)

I'm a multimillionaire on that game, or I was like 12 years ago...

Whoops thanks for reminding me!

Thanks for the feedback so far everyone. It sounds like there is some work that may need to be done to improve the map. However that would, if it happens, cause some delays to the release of the new Elevation map. Would a week or so be acceptable in that case? Nothing confirmed or anything yet as I would have to speak to Rolf but it would be the only way at this point.

Hey Everyone! We are quickly approaching the release of our Spring Update which will be in two parts. First off, the current Elevation server on the Epic cluster is going to be shut down next Monday on April 13th and after a day or so will be replaced by an all-new and much bigger map which is revealed below! We plan to introduce bridges to all servers roughly a week after the Elevation reset, providing that there are no serious bugs or issues found over the next week or so. Here's the news in full, Elevation Reset and New Map Reveal EDIT 13/04/2015: THE MAP BELOW IS NO LONGER THE MAP FOR NEW ELEVATION. SEE HERE FOR THE UPDATED VERSION The current Elevation server is on schedule to be shut down on Monday 13th April. We will then need a couple of days to set up the new map and connect it to the Desertion, Affliction and Serenity home servers. We expect that you will be able to travel or log in to the new map by Wednesday 15th April. I know a lot of people have been eager to find out what the new map looks like, so I have included a sample of it below. We will be releasing a full quality version soon and the in-game map version with accurate start deed locations. Note: The dots represent approximate start deed locations and the North and far South dots on the central Island are the Altar of Three and Bone Altar respectively. This is a unique style of server which is unseen in Wurm until now. An island themed map with a central PvP / HoTA (Hunt of the Ancients) area and further surrounding continents which should make great home bases for kingdoms, with plenty of room for a few player-made custom Kingdoms thrown into the mix! In response to feedback regarding free to play accounts, the central island is fully covered by a no-spawn zone for free accounts to prevent people abusing them to interfere with HoTA. Each of the three template kingdoms has a balanced start deed near to the HoTA zone so that people can return to the action quickly if they die in a fight. Overall the map has plenty of good flat land to build upon with a few mountains here and there. This is so players can move around quickly and have the maximum amount of space to build settlements without having to worry about terrain features getting in the way too much. However there are lots of little islands dotted around the place for people to explore, gather resources, or even build sea-forts should they wish! Some coastal areas have shallow waters, perfect for building harbours and docks. I think this Map has a lot of potential, with some adapted play styles, but we are eager to hear your feedback too! We have also refunded at least 80% of traders on the existing Elevation server now so we are glad that the vast majority have been claimed and reimbursed. Bridges Bridges are now very close to completion and we expect they will be released approximately a week after the Elevation reset. There are still a couple of little bugs that we are working on. Overall the major focus for the team this week, as it has been for several weeks, is to ensure bridges are as stable as possible for release. There are no new visuals to announce related to them, however we have been working on the way rope bridges hang! So snazzy! Map Dumps We have found a way to host the map dumps with a googlemaps style interface for Chaos and Xanadu, and we are in the process of adapting map dumps for Independence and Deliverance. I have also received offers to help seed torrents so that option will be available and hopefully pretty fast downloads too. I expect the map dumps will be released within the next week or so. New Weapon Models Continuing on from the small maul I showed you a couple of weeks ago, the art developers are happy to reveal the new (WIP) model for the medium maul and three axe types. So shiny! If all goes to plan we should see them in game soon! New Deity After a few short weeks as a demigod, Tosiek has ascended to become Wurm's first ever player deity. Their religion will have a relatively random mix of spells which should hopefully bring out a fun and interesting combination which is not considered overpowered versus the other deities. For now we are going to keep quiet about what those spells are and allow followers of Tosiek to discover that over the coming weeks and months. We look forward to hearing how it turns out! That's all for this week. Until next time, Happy Wurming!

We are still looking into the root cause of the lag.

Our server admins are looking into this problem and narrowing down the cause. Once we know the cause we can fix it but until then we are trying our best! Sorry for any inconvenience related to this.

Check your emails. The problem is, being a volunteer myself, having too many PRA could end up being a little bit chaotic and unmanageable. I would prefer a small, tight, effective team than a huge chaotic and inefficient one.

3 - 5 perhaps. I haven't 100% decided how many yet.

We have now sorted the payment situation. No new errors have occurred since the restart around noon today. We have processed the failed payments manually and everyone should have received what they ordered. Thank you for your patience everyone!

Hey Everyone, We are currently experiencing an unknown problem with PayPal which made a lot of recent payments fail. We are trying to process these manually and figuring out what the problem is but it may take a while until things are sorted out and we have cleared the payment queue and identified the problem. Sorry for any inconvenience! UPDATE: This issue has now been resolved.

Dealing with problems related to the Code of Conduct would often take days or weeks to piece together everything that happened and in the end it very often came down to a "he said she said" kind of deal about issues where GM were being used to push certain agendas and so on. It was also pretty regular that FCC cases involved GMs picking up the pieces for silly mistakes players had made. It was taking GMs away from being able to respond to support tickets and instances where people broke the proper game rules.

I should also add that I have had a number of excellent applications already and thank you to everyone who has applied so far. I will still be accepting applications until otherwise stated in the first post.

I have heard some issues about this role being voluntary. Honestly, if I was paid and I had a budget to hire PRAs, I would much prefer to do that, but that is not the situation we are in. As others have said, and this is also one of the major reasons I do what I do here on a voluntary basis, is the reward of experience. In today's world experience of any kind can be an excellent starting point for young people who want to get their first entry into particular professions. Public Relations / Communications and even basic customer service jobs are no exception. This may seem at odds with the age restriction but that is necessary due to the nature of the role unfortunately. It would be ideal as some voluntary experience in PR for people at university / college / training to work in this field or where skills gained would be useful.