Server Announcement
I figured I should give you all a heads up that
Energy Collectors and
Water Strainers will be completely disabled soon™. If you have any setups that make use of these machines they will not suddenly disappear but I would like to kindly ask you to get rid of them when this change goes live.
As for why, Energy Collectors are fun for single player no doubt, but have no place in a survival multiplayer server. With a MK3 collector generating 40 EMC per second, it just makes the game WAY too easy when you reach the point where you can afford these. A second reason is Glitch's economy idea. Trading of services and goods only works properly if there is a limited amount of base currency (EMC). Without the collectors that base limit would essentially be all the combined EMC of all blocks in the world (that have an EMC value). This makes extreme builds a little more interesting and challenging and keeps the server fun for longer.
Strainers, as Darkhoodness has graciously proven, are currently glitched beyond repair and capable of corrupting the map. Please remove any strainers you are currently using and look for an alternative powersource.
This change will go live somewhere next week, probably Monday.