The game has been gaining traction faster than I ever thought possible, but that also means it's using up more data than anyone could've predicted.
As of when this update has released the servers now 24 hours into launch have used up 20% of their monthly capacity and projections show that even more people will be playing making that number go up even faster.
At this rate, the servers could get shut down sometime in the next 2~4 days couple of weeks (I upgraded the servers with my personal savings, but it won't last forever). I was hoping to upgrade before this became a problem but after 24 hours and thousands of players only two people had bought the DLC, the upgrade for the servers is $1,000 at least, and with the game's growth it may end up being more expensive than that.
If this money isn't raised by then the game servers will be forced to shut down entirely stopping everyone from playing.
I can't say just how happy I am that everyone is having so much fun, I mean over a 90% approval rating? That's insane! I never could've dreamed that the game would grow this big, especially this fast. But that also means the servers were never meant to handle this many people.
I had intended all aspects of the game to remain free 24/7 but I was discussing it and I believe that the best incentive for people to get the DLC would be if it had exclusive content, so I'm announcing here that the Supporter Edition will in the next content update now come with an exclusive new attacker class & brand new map!
I'm so insanely happy that people are having fun, but this is a serious concern. Please consider helping keep the game alive otherwise no one may be able to play it again.
Sincerely,
Blake Gillman
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Edit:
I've taken money out of my personal savings to put into the servers to keep them going for longer, but please consider getting the DLC because I can't afford to dig into my life savings forever.