Hey guys,

I know it's old news now, but the developers are still hard at work with 1.9 for Shotbow. In fact, public in-game testing will be beginning sometime this month. We will need to gather lots of feedback from the 1.9 testing so hopefully this thread will be used much more. Until then, listed below are a few other points that should be noted.

Staff Applications

Amazingly, we recieved a total of 84 applications for the MineZ Admin position. Of that, we narrowed it down to 30 people who then underwent discussion until we came out with about 14 accepted individuals. Seven were contacted, trained, and are now official members of the MineZ Admin Team . The other seven will be contacted this week. Anyway, applications are now closed. Thanks to everyone who applied and good luck to those who were not contacted yet.

Purchasing Houses

For $15, you can now purchase a sign in MineZ with your name on it. This sign will go on a house or grave in MineZ to mark it as your own. We will be giving out the best houses to those who order first. Visit our buy craft page as if you were to get xp , but instead look under the "Shotbow Swag" section.

Origins

Work is continuing and you can view much in regard to it here . You will begin to see changes after the 1.9 testing is finished and an updated map is rolled out.

Dungeon Specific Legendaries

It has been complained enough that the random legendary system had some major flaws, and we are going to move over to a dungeon specific legendary system. Every dungeon, with the exception of the five elites, will receive either one or two unique legendaries that match its difficulty and style as best we can. While I cannot release the exact legendaries we will be using, I can tell you that they will include a mix of some current random dispenser legendaries, old removed legendaries, and never before released legendaries. Be prepared for the change!

Quick Points:

Work on 1.9 has continued.

Public testing for 1.9 will begin sometime this month.

Seven people have joined the MineZ admin team and more have yet to be contacted.

Staff applications are now closed.

You can now purchase houses in MineZ.

Work with MineZ Origins has continued.

Some old dungeons are getting updates.

Some new dungeons will be released.

Dungeons are getting legendaries that are specific to them.

There will be a few chest placement changes around the map.

Continue to post suggestions and feedback.