Factions Season 18

Factions Season 18
Saturday the 10th of April @ 3PM EST
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Hey guys!

Thanks for the patience while we worked on this update!

The factions RULES thread has been updated. Please review these and posts questions/feedback here in this thread. These rule changes include many things, so if you plan on competing, read them thoroughly. There were many rule updates this season.


General
+ New Pirate themed world (Credit to the Feedback team for theming the season).
+ Builds (spawn, warzone, outpost) designed by the IJAH Build Team
+ Migrated to a new Spigot Core (WineSpigot) with improved cannon features and functionality
+ Grace period will last 7 days. Season will last 3 weeks.
+ /ftop now updated to perform /f who on click of faction. /f top should also now work for /ftop (works either way)
+ /f waypoint added as an alternate command of /f show
+ /f upgrades have seen some tweaks to make all upgrades beneficial/worthwhile (and fix some typos).
+ /f tntbank max capacity lowered by 500 mil (new tnt bank upgrades part of above update)
+ Faction size now set to 10 players (down from 25) with /f upgrades to bring it to a max of 15.
+ You can no longer change your faction name after grace ends, so be sure you finalize it before it's too late!
+ Faction leaders now get notified when they log in if their faction does not have a shield set up
+ Faction Shields now last for 10 hours. As a reminder, ALL faction shields are disabled between 12:00 and 16:00 EST every day (you cannot choose a shield time that offers coverage for these hours).
+ Max Faction Power increased to 2.5k
+ Roam no longer tracks y axis, just x and z.
+ Sandbots should now despawn properly at server close, but if not, should also be able to right-click them and make them despawn.
+ Sandbots now take money from faction bank instead of needing to input money to the bot itself
+ Sandbots now despawn if they get moved from their spawned location (for example, if they fall)
+ Server store packages have been reworked (Credit to Feedback team for helping finalize shop changes)
+ Collector Beacons increased in /shop price to $75k
+ TNT Wands now work with Collector Beacons
+ Middle-Clicking TNT from inside the Collector Beacon menu now sends tnt to the factions tnt bank
+ Cactus no longer produces after grace ends (so all cactus farms will only work during grace, only while in claimed land, and only if a collector beacon is present).
+ Mob drop prices in /shop were doubled to make spawner-grinders twice as productive as last season.
+ Spawners can now only be placed within a 10 chunk radius of your most valuable chunk. Value can no longer be split into multiple locations.
+ Spawners cannot be placed in raiding outpost world.
+ Mining Spawners now gives the spawners back but costs 80% of the spawners value
+ Raiding Outpost world now fully resets every day AND every time the outpost is breached. Faction claims remain, but all builds/destruction will be wiped and everyone on the world will be teleported to spawn until the wipe is complete.
+ KOTH now happens 5x per day and gives 3 keys per event.
+ World3 has been removed.
+ World2 border moved to 1k blocks (from 1.5k)
+ World 2 block height set to 30 (from 65)
+ Overworld border moved to 5k blocks (from 7.5k)
+ Both Overworld and World2 borders end at full chunks, so no partial chunk claims for facs!
+ Added a 4x4 chunk Straight-Line Cane Schematic to the Schematic Generators

Rules
+ New Rule about Rev cannons. Rev Cannons that can be fired at any y level and still nuke up to 255 (makes patching impossible) are not allowed.
+ New Rule about Outpost World. Raiding Outpost is an event world. It cannot be used for base claims or farms.
+ Rule change about spawner boxes and limitations
+ Corner claims and Oceaning rules now only apply during grace period (to match bitch claim rules)
+ Rule change about raid claims (limitations in place for claim sizes and amount of claims)
+ Cannon Speed to 3s (down from 4s)
+ Lockdown Abuse/Protection rules have been clarified. Protection works similar to shields. Can prep to raid during protection but cannot fire.

Payout
Payout will take place after the season as ended.
Season will close on the 1st of May.
Winners will be announced in a reply to this thread.
Prize must be redeemed by following the instructions announced in this thread.
Buycraft prizes must be redeemed within 60 days.
1. $100 Paypal or $200 Buycraft
2. $100 Buycraft
3. $50 Buycraft​

The grace period during which TNT is disabled will end on Saturday the 17th of April @ 3PM EST.

As usual, please post any bugs you find in the Report Bugs section on the forums.

-ITSJERRYANDHARRY​

 

Fireeeeeee, amazing map. I am definitely playing!

 

Be sure to double check rules before season starts. 1-2 changes have been made since the announcement has gone live (for improved wording on spawners boxes)