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Version 8.2 Patch notes

Written by obit on April 23, 2017

8.2.0 Patch Notes 1. Bot AI adjustments, more classes 2. Ship balance and economy fine tuning 3. Refined ship upgrade process 4. Re-enabled “who[...]

Happy Holidays!

Written by obit on December 24, 2016

Santa came a little early this year! To celebrate, the bots are in a festive mood and they’re spreading cheer with some extra Gold! Merry Christmas! -obit [...]

Version 7 is Live

Written by mtrek.com on July 20, 2016

Apologies for this abrupt change in direction and for the delay in posting a proper announcement. There has been a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes[...]

mtrek.com is the Reddit r/MUD July winner!

Written by obit on July 15, 2016

Welcome, Redditors! To the non-Redditors in our community, check out https://www.reddit.com/r/MUD/ It’s a community of gamers and admin who share[...]

6.2.5 BR1K/BR2K, AVG-IX, * Robot AI

Written by obit on July 10, 2016

[edit 11 jul: “.001” tweaked the bot spawning. hopefully better variety now] The 45 sec cloak was a little bit much for the BR-1000 &[...]

6.2.0 (major ship-balance revision)

Written by obit on July 6, 2016

After gathering inputs from players and collecting data from the past 90 days of gameplay, our most significant ship-balance patch since the 6.0 Beta is[...]

6.1.4 (Bot Names)

Written by obit on July 4, 2016

The only change for 6.1.4 is an adjustment to robot ship names. Some of you will notice the return of class-specific naming, as we had in the past 2 major[...]

Branching Out in Retro Gaming

Written by obit on June 26, 2016

With all the buzz surrounding us in social media, one common theme, is folks asking about their own favorite games from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Netrek,[...]

6.1.3 Patch Notes

Written by obit on June 14, 2016

Updated the website’s ship specs table; corrected a few minor inaccuracies–green/red highlighting now reflects change vs previous game versions,[...]

FLEET ADMIRAL X

Written by obit on June 12, 2016

I’ve recently been considering when I should reset the Scoreboard- whether to base it on a calendar day, an anniversary, or some particular milestone[...]