Direction
This week, Direction focused on the upcoming Springtime direction.

• LumosJared focused on Individual Direction and HR, Staff Applications, New Server Data Collection, and processing.
• MonMarty did a host of Lore Updates that can be read below, as well as overhauling the World System for the Spring term.

Game
We welcomed a new aspirant to the Game Department this week, Sweet_Dreams! Check out all we have accomplished in 2020 and where we are going from here: https://forums.massivecraft.com/threads/2020-year-in-review-for-factions-survival.90026/

This week, while TPS issues are present, Game Staff focused on work outside of the server. We have begun updating guides on the forums, website pages, and the wiki. We worked with Tech to test our plugins in 1.16.4 to discover existing bugs in preparation for the update. The faction event, Road Racing, has been postponed to Friday, January 15th (https://forums.massivecraft.com/threads/road-racing-event.89928/). 43 player tickets, mythic mob creation, numerous help chats, world cleanup and restoration, and naughty player investigations were completed. We hosted KOTH and Spleef events this week! You can vote on which events we host next week here: https://www.massivecraft.com/discord-factions

• BlueChaos aided players in game, balanced mythic mobs, hosted events, updated forum guides, and tested 1.16 plugins.
• QGMK aided players, handled reports & appeals, wrote a 2020: Year in Review post, updated rules, tested 1.16 plugins, and trained aspirants.
• Notchyherobrine aided players, hosted events, and handled war declarations.
• AzureShoyru answered help chats, learned how to run events, and tested 1.16 plugins.
• Sweet_Dreams answered help chats.
• TakeDown__ aided players, hosted events, performed market maintenance, and trained aspirants.

Lore
Lore Updates

• Major Race Expansions & Changes
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Kathar
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Varrantest
• Minor Lore Changes
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Whimsy_Sorcery#Mage_Empower
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Arcane_Sorcery#Mage_Empower
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Puretek
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Avanthar#Summary_of_Racial_Abilities
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Mutations
• Language Changes
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Languages#Nelfin_Languages Wyld Altalar and Kathar Altalar now a thing. Also @Altalar @Cielothar @Isldar @Avanthar @Sihndar All language suffixes are now X Altalar, mainly because the term “Elven” is a derogatory Ailor word, and they should all be Sulvaley Altalar, Plains Altalar, etc, even if the language is not spoken by the Altalar.
• Ranged Weapons Overhaul
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Ranged_Combat_Category
• Knight Updates
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Lion_Pelt_Order
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Viridian_Order#The_Shieldmaidens
• Minor Lore Changes
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Whimsy_Sorcery#Mage_Empower
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Arcane_Sorcery#Mage_Empowe
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Puretek
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Avanthar#Summary_of_Racial_Abilities
  https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Mutations

World System Updates:

• Major Overhaul of World System, more details coming soon https://forums.massivecraft.com/thr…gression-24-4-last-boring-finance-data.90040/

Event Updates:

• The Candlelight Memorial in memory of Camilla di Caitanga, who has been consigned to death in the Marayan Vault has occurred. May she be remembered, lost in service in the protection of Regalia. https://forums.massivecraft.com/threads/knights-quests-shadows-of-the-past-epilogue.89888/

Roleplay Updates:

• A Proclamation from the Lord Chancellor! https://forums.massivecraft.com/threads/bancroft-chancellery-309-after-cataclysm.89909/
• https://forums.massivecraft.com/threads/mercenary-commissioner-new-year-decree-1-6-309.89978/

Quest
A relatively quiet week for the quest department after the business of the holidays. Everybody has gone back to working on their own projects. As we are the smallest staff department we are always looking to grow our team, consider applying here: https://forums.massivecraft.com/forums/staff-applications.11/create-thread You can also have a look at our methods on this page: https://www.massivecraft.com/massivequest-author

• Lazzulai worked on resource gathering quests for Regalia.
• The_Fluorspar Did tickets, wrote 3 bounty hunting quests to be released in Silverwind and made a vertical gauntlet level.
• Vegemiite brainstormed for his rank 2 project.

Tech
This week, tech has been attempting to resolve issues with our server for what is causing the lag particularly on S2 and S4.

• CS_Birb has been diagnosing and completing tests on our end to check that our configurations are good and not being the cause of the lag. He has also been liaising with our hosting provider to complete their requested tests.
• FourThirteen has been testing MCombat to attempt to resolve an issue currently present with weakness potions not working.
• ItsLateKnight has been fixing various bugs within Factions, MassiveRaces and also was developing MassiveVillagers.
• XxXYaJrAbXxX has been assisting CS_Birb trying to identify the cause of the lag on S2 and S4.
• Ghirko has been adding a command to be able to see how long you have left until you could use your player ultimate without activating the ultimate.