Pandion Knights

The Pandion Knights BC2 server has been up and running for the past few days now and has had every slot filled on average 16 hours every day with numbers dropping off during the late night hours.  PK players both old and new are advancing quickly through the game ranks and are showing the team spirit and tactical gameplay that we became reknowned for during the BF2 heyday. 

The BC2 server has been a huge success and we aim to start recruiting from the public players that frequent the server regularly.  A  recruitment message will be added and displayed on entry to the server in the near future.

During the next few weeks, we will be fine tuning the server settings to find a happy medium that appeals to all our players, be they hardcore or vanilla fans.  Paying member preferences will be taken above non-paying members for obivious reasons.  At present the server is set up in a hybrid mode with crosshairs and minimap set to off but without the extra damage that basically voids the medic and engineer classes, this is a problem that has arisen in the full hardcore mode that is known and acknowledged by Dice and is something which they are addressing. The admin team will be happy to hear any ideas that members may have regarding the server.

We also aim to run special Battlefield weekends from time to time as the server is bundled with all the previous BF games so dust off all the old BF games you have lying around, be it BF1942, BF Vietnam, BF2 and 2142 and join us every so often for a trip down memory lane. 

Its finally up.  The PK Battlefield Server details are as follows:

Multiplay.co.uk :: Pandion Knights | 85.236.102..67:21167

This is a fully public servers however there are some member priorities.

PK Members : PK Members have priority over public members for access to the server.  If a PK Member wishes to join a randome person will be removed at the end of the current match.

Paid PK Members : As above however the public member will be removed immediately.  Paid members can be seen in TS with their rank next to their name.

Another week, another try.

We have had the first 3 bosses in Icecrown Citadel on farm for the last few weeks - straight through, first attempt, no wipes - but have been getting stuck on Saurfang the Deathbringer, although getting to 5-10%.

Tonight we tried again. Welcoming back Lyselle to raiding for her first time in ICC, we cleared through the first 3 bosses with relative ease (a double group pull before Lady Deathwhisper aside) and no wipes. And here we were again facing the Orc pain.

A little change was required for some CC and experience, so Tayark swapped in for Lyselle, and off we went.

Well what do you know! First attempt and he's down, with only Wattersy dying at 8% due to the Mark of the Fallen. And not only do we get our first succesful wing clear [Storming the Citadel], we did it with achievement [I've Gone and Made a Mess].

So, off into the relative unknown of the next wing. We swapped Tayark back out for Lyselle and wearily made our way through the corridors and...WTF?! No one bothered to say about the gas pipes, and dead bodies appear across the floor.

Any way, on we went fighting through the trash (ooh these are harder) until we found the 'puppies'. We chose to take Stinky and ignore Precious for now and make our way towards Festergut.

Puppy hurt lots! After a failed first attempt, we figured out what to do and left his carcass on the floor, fought the rest of the trash in the corridor and prepared for our new boss.

First go started off well and seemed quite simple, but then a quick change saw our first wipe (well, excluding the Stinky one ). Straight back in and kicked his ass 2nd go ready for raid end.

Was a good night with some nice shineys for people and another achievement for Gordaa. Well done to all and lets make this a regular venture.

Well here we are folks with another great patch for League of Legends, there's alot of great additions this time around (except still no new maps :P) but we have more champions and skins and also alot more fixes to the current system. Please read on for a list of all the changes :)

The guys over at STO have released an update answering questions from people.  It looks like our very own Alphadelta got a mention?

Welcome to the 20th installment of Ask Cryptic, where we put the questions you ask to our development team. In this issue we are focusing our discussion on Skills. Read more to learn about Star Trek Online!

alphadelta: Given that a focused build will be as powerful as any build available with no skill point cap how does the skill point cap ensure that content is not trivial?

The skill point cap is actually set low enough that players will not be able to max out every skill on their way to Admiral. There will be gaps. For instance, you will not be able to spend all the skill points in the Starship Deflectors and Emitters trees. Additionally, this allows for a clean leveling curve. When we release new content, and raise the skill point cap, we can balance this content for both old and new players alike, making sure that it's fun for everyone. This also puts us in a position where we're not forcing new players to grind out a bunch of skill points in order to see newer content, or releasing content that older players will breeze through with no challenge due to how many skill points they have in order to maintain a clean leveling curve.

 Well folks, it's nearly time for the full release of Bad Company 2 and Pandion Knights have preordered a 32 player ranked server based in the UK.

We aim to vary the maps and game modes as much as possible, 2 rounds per map,  a number of reserved slots for PK members,  friendly fire will be turned off, TK'ing for vehicles will result in a ban, anyone caught using a Bagdad taxi will also result in a ban and admin's decision is final.

With 8 maps and 4 game modes to choose from we should be kept busy for quite awhile.  Map rotation and game modes will be an ongoing process for the first few months, until we find a set that is popular with all members and the general public.

Many off the old school PK FPS'ers have returned to join the new breed in battle.  We can expect many hard and long fights when the server is up and running. 

So polish up on your FPS skills on the numerous BC2 Beta servers and come join us on release day for merry mayhem, sneaky sniping, nasty knifing and dangerous driving.

Any non-PK members wishing to join us, may do so by registering and leaving a post our forum

Star Trek Online has Officially now been out for just over a week and the PK Fleet has been running since the Early Access time.  As with any MMO the developers tend to do a “State of the Game address” to let people know how the game is going ..etc

Well what better time that to do one about the PK Fleet.

Recruitment
Well what can I say about recruitment apart from it has gone very very well indeed.  We have well over 60 members now with approx. 75% of them been brand new members to PK.

As an EU Fleet it’s great to have so many people from all over the EU join us on our STO mission and perhaps other games.  However we cannot call ourselves EU anymore.  Nope it is official that PK are now a Global force.

Abair is one of our latest members and hails from the USA.  He spoke to me the other day and wants to recruit more fellow Americans in to the PK Fleet.  So watch this space for more news across the pond.

Admin Team
I am proud to announce that we have finalised part one of our Admin Team in STO.

We would like to welcome new Warrant Officers Sinhealer, Jackolas and iAnime.  They will be working heavily in game to ensure you are all happy Fleet members.

Please see the following Forum post and which them well.

Fleet Uniform
The Fleet Uniform has been picked and full details can be found here.

Gratz to Mr Fuzms who was the winner of our design a uniform competition judged by Myself, CHAOS and Tayark.

We recently had a Fleet Photo night which was a good night and I will post images soon.

Events and “Raids”
We do have many events planned soon however the nature of the game it has proven to be difficult to arrange any large scale Fleet type events.  We hope this will change soon however please get used to grouping up in 5 mans.

Here at PK Starfleet HQ we feel it is important to look the best whilst commanding your Starship or indeed dealing with Klingons in some ground missions.

So we put it to you, our intrepid Fleet, to help us design a costume that will be recognised through the galaxy and beyond.

All you need to do is create the uniform in game and take a screenshot (possibly with details as to how you created it).

Then reply to this forum post which we will then collate the entries and have a vote.

The winner will get a forum title should they so wish.
 

I am please to announce that our ranking structure in our PK fleet has now been finalised.

For a full list of what ranks means what please check out the STO Section of our site.

Its now time to open up request for anyone who wants to be considered for a more senior role in the fleet.  If you wish to become a Warrant Officer or above please register your interest with Aldor or CHAOS.