We are happy to announce that we will be running the RackMC Factions Playtest starting next Saturday, April 11th at 6PM EST!! It will run from April 11th - May 9th, lasting 30 days total.
What to Expect?
The Objective
The Factions server will be up for 30 days. In that time, your goal is to create a faction, invite your friends, and become the top faction on the server. You do this by raiding other bases, collecting money and spawners, and defending your base. Top factions are determined by total faction value shown in /f top at the end of the playtest on May 9th at 6PM EST.
Pay to Win?
One thing we pride ourselves on is being 100% not pay to win. We will never offer any feature that will give any sort of advantage to players that purchase them on any of our servers. Our planned ranks are meant to be a donation to the server with some perks instead of a way to buy a competitive edge against other players.
Factions Basics
Our Factions server features a 15k x 15k world border, an 800x800 warzone, and a safe zone at spawn.
Basic commands to know are the following:
/f create <faction name> - creates a faction/f invite <player> - invites a player to your faction/f kick <player> - kicks a player from your faction/f join <faction name> - lets you join a faction you are invited to/f claim - claims land for your faction/f sethome - lets you set your faction spawn/f unclaim - unclaims land
Go to the factions wiki to view more commands.
Other Features
We have some other commands that may be useful:
/kits - allows you to view the available kits/sell hand - allows you to sell any sellable items you are holding/sell all - allows you to sell any sellable items in your inventory/shop - lets you view the shop/ah - allows you to view or create listings on the auction house/rtp - lets you randomly teleport within a 5k x 5k area/tpa <playername> - sends a tp request to a player/tpaccept - accepts a tp request
Prizes
Since this version of the server is bound to have some bugs and issues, we will not be offering a monetary prize for the top factions at the end of the 30 days like we plan to for the full release. Instead we will be offering a special tag for the top 3 factions and Netherite Rank for the #1 faction (players who already purchased the Netherite Rank will recieve a code to give to a friend).
Note: Since the server is still an Open Beta, ranks may not have all features that we plan to release at launch. You may receive a rank with little to no perks at this time, but they will be added later.
Why a Playtest?
We feel the server is in a pretty good state in terms of features and balancing, so this playtest is primarily meant to help stress test the server and make sure everything functions properly with a decent playerbase. We want to make sure that the server is in a good state at launch so it is fair and fun for everyone.
What's Next?
After the playtest, we plan on finalizing Factions and then making sure the rest of the servers are up to the same level of polish. We still have a bit to go in terms of implementing all the features we want to the server, but its getting close. We don't want to promise dates just yet, but we are likely looking at just a couple more months of work once the playtest is over. While we want to make sure that RackMC is up to our level of standard, we realize that is not as important as following through with our promises and getting the server out for you all to play on.
Important Disclaimers
Rules
We have our rules listed on our website. Any players not following the rules will be punished accordingly. Players cheating in the form of x-ray, wallhack, tracers, kill aura, or any other hack that gives an unfair advantage will be permanently banned from RackMC.
Wipes
At the end of the 30 days the Factions server will close until the server officially launches. We will do a full wipe before the launch of Season 1.
Bugs
While we believe the server is in very good shape for this playtest, it is still a playtest. There are bound to be bugs, exploits, downtime, and other issues over the course of the 30 days. Features may be added or removed at any time. If you find any bugs, exploits, or other issues, make sure to open a ticket in our discord.
TLDR
Factions Season 0 playtest will run from April 10th at 6pm to May 8th at 6pm. The goal is to create a faction and work your way to /f top by the end of the playtest. Top 3 factions will recieve a tag and each member of the #1 faction will get a code for Netherite Rank to redeem on our store. The server is close to bug free and balanced, but there may still be issues and downtime. At the end of the playtest, there will be a wipe and Season 1 will start when RackMC officially launches.
