Warfare switch will be delayed slightly, we're going to be trialing a new map design. More news will follow as we begin to get it ready.

In the interest of transparency, Scott has been removed from his position as Lead Voluntary Helper and will be removed from the game entirely (as per his request) in the following days.

Without going in to too much detail, items and credits were gifted to some players to the detriment of the game's economy in actions deemed not befitting of his trusted position. As such, he will be leaving the community and these items / credits will be tracked down and recalled.

While this is a poor end to his 8 years of service to the game, it will not be forgotten. Congratulations to Will in his promotion to Lead Voluntary Helper.

Furthermore, Scott asked me to extend his thanks to the community and tell you all that it was a pleasure to work for. We wish everyone the best as we part ways.

The Hive Gatekeepers require roughly half the number of credits to hunt for the next 24-48 hours (starting Dec 23, 6:30am EST). However, hunting rank points awarded are also roughly halved. Sorry for the double post spam, please read the previous post! I forgot to mention this in the main body of the last post.

The Hive Gatekeepers now have new drops that are sure to help you in your hunting pursuits. They realized that some of the medicine they had on hand did not really help their levels of power so they've borrowed something brand new from the Brotherhood. To be absolutely clear here, the majority of their older drops have remained unchanged. We've just swapped out a couple of items for some brand new ones and added 1-2 brand new items as well

In other news, there's been a break-in at Joe's Merchandise in Sector 3. Reports state that the Journal of a Shadow Hunter that continues to be sold from Joe no longer gives blueprints as someone has stolen all of them. Will we ever see blueprints in the book again? Probably not. The book still seems to carry valuable information that still unlocks some interesting new things for those who have never read it before!

Speaking of the Shadow Hunters, earlier today we received a transmission from them stating that their Elite Hunters tried crafting the item in Special Blueprint 3 using a high-powered Prime Amulet but it did not seem to work, contrary to recent reports. They even tried using other types of specific/special high-powered Amulets but those did not seem to work either... seems like none of those work. Their Elites have chalked it up to some kind of unexplained energy interfering with the use of an amulet like the Prime in crafting the blueprint. Sigh, just what does it need?!

Happy hunting!