Most problems are solved and the server is running as smooth as ever, but there's still some balancing to do, since armour values and potion effects/enchantments have been rebalanced in normal Minecraft. The game may be a bit unbalanced for a while, but will return to normal as soon as possible!
Any new features?
Not many yet! But we're working on many new things. You can currently duel wield as Balrog, Archer, Spearman or other classes of that like, but we have not yet added the new shields.
What does this mean for me?
Overall Minecraft 1.9 is a very good update. It reduces lag on your client side a lot, and opens a gateway for us for many new awesome features. This also means, classes like shieldmen will finally have real shields!
PVP Ruined, Minecraft ruined, server ruined?!?!!?#1312/!?!?!
Yeah.. no. We'll do our best to keep the server mechanics as well as possible, but this may involve accepting some of Minecraft's new features and disabling some others.
I can't read all of this information
Fine, then watch a video about it.
I found a bug
Good! Now tell us what it is so we can solve it as soon as possible. And definitely don't abuse the bug, which can lead to a ban.
But I don't want to...
Well.. F**k you.
I hope this posts clears up what you need to know about the 1.9 update. We will be trying to keep the server updated as much as possible. Please be patient, as we're working on a lot of new things, including a complete map revamp for Isengard... But more about that later, as we'll be getting onto that soon!