Maintenance

Hello to all.

On the Tuesday, 12th of August the server will undergo some maintenance time.

This is expected to last roughly 2-4 days, given everything goes as planned, but should not last too long.

During this maintenance, a few things will be tested, done and changed.
A few of those things includes;
The return of a higher render distance,
Further optimisations and improvements across the server,
A few fixes and support for other features that are to come,
Preparation for bigger updates that are also to come,
As well as much much more.

Mostly this is all preparation and testing. We figured the only suitable way of doing this was by entering maintenance mode, instead of the other option of having random restarts and unscheduled downtimes. It also gives us much more freedom of testing without worry of things breaking.
Of course this may seem inconvenient, but we assure you it will be worth it in due time.
EDIT: Also it goes without saying - any operations or anything you may have on a "timer", will not be effected in this time.

In the meantime, enjoy some of the summer time remaining.

Maintenance is expected to start early Tuesday morning. The server status will appear as maintenance, and joining the server will not be prohibited. 
If anything changes, we will keep everybody updated, or will change the MOTD.