Pardus News Update

Well, PNA is less of an "agency" these days!
Corbeau has retired from Pardus, so it is just me left.
Unfortunately I've had my issues in the real world that shifted my focus towards there, and the little time I could spend playing Pardus, I did so, but not for reporting the news.

I will try to get this blog going again!
A few short news bits:
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New Servers.
Recently, the developers have upgraded the Pardus servers. Many players from around the world are reporting a better connection for some reason. Placebo is one heck of a drug folks. Your speed is largely dependent on the ISP. The upgrade also could be a sign of further development taking place that would indeed require higher hardware specifications. (Pardus 2.0? No way.)

Feature poll conclusion.
The feature poll held in February was concluded, and players have voted for Alliance Tasks. These will be the focus of development after the new servers have now been installed.
The feature will largely focus on player-created missions. Although I personally hope that it will also come with a functionality to create chained story missions, possibly even allowing branching storylines created by players.

Removal of statistics.
In a questionable turn of events, most of the statistics related to online players in the past have been removed. Presumably, the new servers did not come with the functionality.
In addition, the obvious conclusion from these statistics are nothing to write home about. Ignorance is bliss, as they say, so perhaps it's better to have them gone anyway.
The only one who seems to be sorely disappointed is Mutated Math Mith, the player known for his self-crafted statistics. Sorry Mith!

Vyrex Outbreak ... again.
Both Artemis and Orion had another Vyrex outbreak. While Artemis seems to have their stuff in order and have exterminated the threat in a matter of weeks, Orion is once again battling an elevated threat of Vyrex.


That's all for now folks.