It’s time to prove yourself to the grounds! …wait, that doesn’t make sense. What..? Oh, wait! Pax Dei is building grounds to prove yourself on with the release of the Proving Grounds update today!
Mainframe Industries has spent the better part of a month talking up this launch, as we’ve chronicled before: The patch will bring a rebuilt map (and necessitate players to rebuild their structures), merge the game’s servers, and revamp the PvE experience, among other changes.
The update was scheduled to release earlier this morning but a critical bug that allowed players to build on roads has delayed the launch significantly, forcing it to come online at 2:00 p.m. EST instead. In the meantime, fans can busy themselves with an infographic full of trivia, like how over 10,000 players were slaughtered by badgers.
We, unfortunately, encountered a major bug while testing the build before pushing the servers live that allowed players to build on roads, and we need to absolutely fix it before getting the servers back online. As such, we have to extend the maintenance by at least 6 hours, we…
— Pax Dei (@PlayPaxDei) November 5, 2024