Homecoming Server

Statement released earlier from GM's that are currently running the server:



Hey folks!

Hope you’ve all been enjoying yourselves thus far, it’s been a pretty incredible 24 hours!

Before we get started, we’d like to share a couple of stats. So as of a couple of hours ago:

Peak player count was just over 3,300
16,839 accounts have been created
26,262 characters have been made
255,685,139 XP has been earned
293,306,562 influence held by characters
The highest level player is Dacaleos, a level 39 Brute
Origins:
7,475 Magic
5,647 Mutation
4,712 Natural
4,204 Science
4,136 Technology
Archetypes:
3,482 Blasters
3,435 Brutes
3,350 Masterminds
3,123 Scrappers
2,263 Controllers
2,129 Tankers
1,823 Defenders
1,625 Corruptors
1,334 Sentinels
1,212 Dominators
935 Stalkers
436 Peacebringers
401 Warshades
394 Arachnos Soldiers
246 Arachnos Widows


The Homecoming Team
Who exactly is behind this server has been one of the biggest questions we’ve received. The project is being headed up by Cipher and Rigo, with assistance from Leo. There are several others involved in actually keeping the server online and running, but they all wish to remain behind the scenes at this time. We would like to clarify again, however, that the Homecoming team is not controlled by or affiliated with any current Discord server or The Titan Network.

Leandro
There have been many questions about Leandro’s involvement with this server. We want to make it clear that Leo is not directly involved in the administration/moderation of the server, he is only providing technical support. Without a lot of hard work from Leo there is no way this server would be online right now - he has been an incredible help to the team.

GameMasters
We’ve recruited a couple of GameMasters to ensure everyone is able to continue enjoying the game in a clean, respectful, and welcoming environment. What does that mean? Well, we are currently working on both a player and a GameMaster code of conduct, which we will hopefully be able to share with you soon.

In the meantime, a general rule of thumb should be “Would I have been able to get away with this on the live server?” If not, then don’t do it!

We would like to thank our GM team for all of the work they have put in so far; they have done a fantastic job and we look forward to continuing to work with them.

GM ArachnosPhobia
GM-Naysmith
GM Widower
GM Reliquary
GM Jimmy
GM Bio
GM Dredd
GM Xellx

If you see any of them around, please feel free to say hi! Please be aware that they’re still currently learning how to use their powers, and are awaiting the admins to unlock further powers when everything calms down.

If you see anyone else sporting a ‘GM’ name, they are not actual GMs. Please shun them and report them to an online GM. We are working on a solution to allow players to anonymously report false GMs and problematic players.

Donations
We’re currently investigating how the community is able to financially support this server in a way that doesn’t put us in any legal jeopardy. The server is currently costing around $2100 per month, but there’s a reasonable chance we may have to scale up further for stability. In order to sustain the load from last night without major issues, the cost would likely go up to around $2700 a month.

Can’t say much more on this right now though, so stay tuned!

Permanence
Many of you have been asking how long this server will be around, and if there will be a character wipe at some point. The short answer to both of those questions is that we do not know yet.

Our primary long-term goal is to ensure that the community has a stable server that we can all enjoy together in perpetuity. Right now we cannot say if his server will be that, but we are not closed off to that possibility. If for whatever reason that primary goal requires us to shut this server down or wipe the character database, then we will do that.

Outside of fulfilling that goal, we don’t foresee any reason why a character wipe would need to occur.

Stability
The amount of load on the servers means that we’ll probably need to restart the server regularly and sometimes unexpectedly. Crashes and short rollbacks are likely to happen in the event of an unexpected restart or problem. We are actively working to address this but it does take time. In the meantime we will continue to communicate when we’re aware of ongoing problems and impending restarts.

Going Forwards
We’ll continue to post updates every couple of days until things calm down. We’re going to work on improving our communication channels as well in order to get news and information out to all of you in a much smoother manner.

In the meantime… Go. Hunt. Kill Skuls.


- The Homecoming Team

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