Joe wrote:

Will the current map be expanded, and if so when?

From the 1.9 mater-thread http://piratemc.com/topic/piratecraft-minecraft-1-9-master-thread/

Will the map Expand?

Again, there is no terrain changes, but I do plan on expanding the map, we have a tradition of expanding the map at each major upgrade in MC version.

Our current overworld border is set to 7000 from spawn, Im considering pumping this to 10,000. With expansion comes greater world sizes, which means greater backups, which all adds up, so I may have to bump it over time to see what space it takes up.

But don’t sweat this, as Very future plans include another world to be added (Not up for discussion in this thread)

If I expand from 7000 blocks to 10,000 blocks radius from spawn, it will look absolutely minuscule on the live map, If you are expecting me to double the size of the map, you will be very disappointed. I made this mistake with earlier versions of the server, and then terrain changes happened and we had no room for expansion. So I could expand to what I want to expand to, but it wont make much difference at all that is visible from the map and people will be like, “what’s the point”. Bigger map, bigger backups are also to be kept in mind.

At present, no Im not planning on expanding the map, as I don’t think the expansion I would be happy with, the community would even validate as an expansion. I may do a before and after graphic from the map to demonstrate this visually. I do want to add new world to trial though.

koi0001 wrote:

Will you ever do a world wide event (something like no tp, special mobs spawning, x2 amount of claim blocks per min or even a treasure hunt)

We have done all these things in the past (Minus no TP) Keep an eye on the forums for events.

michty wrote:

Q1: Is there going to be a way to obtain more elytra then the few that spawned on the end ships? If so, how is that going to be and when do you approximate it will be implemented? Q2: What specific behavior is considered /back abuse and what is with the accordance to the rules?

From the 1.9 master-thread http://piratemc.com/topic/piratecraft-minecraft-1-9-master-thread/

Elytra Wings?

Im not sure how we are going to deal with these yet, obviously if they are only generated in The End in the “End Ships” we are going to have to figure out another really hard way to obtain them, im sure there will be a flood on plugins to deal with this issue on servers.

There have been a lot of ideas, Im still unsettled on a method, I think it will boil down to these two outcomes:

• Selling at £10,000 in-game currency at the cove
• Special rare drops for some custom mobs we have in mind for the future, really rare, they have to be rare.

This /back abuse question is not a simple yes/no answer, and is a very bad question for this FAQ, I have answered in detail on PauLOnFire’s /back thread. Warning this is a very long, thought out reply, please do me the courtesy of reading it in detail, as I put time into writing it. http://piratemc.com/topic/back-in-pvp-clarification/page/2/#post-33972

Astrobolt wrote:

Why do we keep banned players’ claims?

1. We don’t, not all of them.
2. It takes time and effort to go around and remove claims and regenerate claims.
3. They are kept for history of the server, they may be a banned player for being an asshole, but that does not mean they were never part of the server
4. You are only asking this because you want the opportunity to loot a banned players base, that is a different question that you did not ask.
   1. No you can not have special dibs on stealing a banned players loot.

The Queen wrote:

When will there be another major crew update? Will there be a server shop? We miss shops!

1. yes! been waiting on the dev for 6+ months, im considering changing crew plugins if he doesn’t get his ass in gear.
2. yes! Its actually something we are suppose to be working on as our main priority, but other things keep popping up disrupting the process.