Exciting news: we're upgrading to a new server! Yes, that's right -- we're going to be moving to a better server here in the next few days. The transfer process will be very simple and will result in minimal downtime that will take place in the early morning hours (~ 04:30 server time).


New server specs:

- Processor: Intel Xeon E3 1245v2 3.4GHz quad (0.2GHz improvement)
- RAM: 32GB (up from 16)
- Storage: 240GB SSD (change from HDD to SSD for HUGE speed boost!)
- Connection: 200Mbp/s (up from 100)
- DDoS Protection (info)
- Traffic: Unlimited (up from 4TB/month)
- Location: Northern France (change from Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Noteworthy things: Our GMs in Europe noticed a 15-20 ms improvement in their ping! This is likely due to the much better network provided by OVH using newer fiber optic technologies over our old host. Be prepared for an decrease in latency!

Additionally, from our testing using a character database from February to test on, our server booted in a record speed of 6 seconds. Normally a restart (this includes crashes) takes around 3-5 minutes to fully reboot. The speed of Solid State Drives is insane!

We will move to the new server on Monday morning (19 May) at 04:30 server time.

You may have noticed the presence of a new NPC in the mall! We now have a NPC that rotates between all of the heroic dungeons (except for Black Morass at this time) and offers great rewards upon completion. Honor, badges, and your choice between Sunmote, Heart of Darkness, Fel Armament, or Arcane Tome! You can do a new heroic every day!

It's March 22nd! 6 years ago in 2008 we opened Smolderforge to the public as a small, relatively unknown server and slowly over time we grew from there. It's been an amazing experience throughout all the years and unbelievably humbling to know we've been around for this long in the server community.

Thanks to everyone who has been a part of our history, and helped make Smolderforge what it is. We could never have done it without you!

Congrats to those who have placed in Season 19! The finalists in 2v2 are listed below. Season 20 will begin tomorrow!

1st Place: asdrshammageisbest (tied)
1st Place: waeasdzxcsadqweasdzxc (tied)
2nd Place: priest
3rd Place: dont rage
4th Place: Hard to Kill
5th Place: dont rage TWO
6th Place: SWAPPED CLASES