As you all may have noticed, Stratics has never really been particular fast, nor has it been very stable. This is all about to change as Stratics is going to get a massive overhaul in the form of a cluster of new powerful servers, all aimed to provide better service to you all :)
The servers will be taken down on Friday Morning and should hopefully be back online Saturday morning (could stretch into the day though).
Even though the sites, forums and boards will be down, the IRC server will not be. This is a great opportunity for you to pop in and chat with your fellow posters in a real time environment.
If you haven't used IRC yet, it's pretty simple.
To connect to Stratics IRC, first boot up your favorite IRC client. Trillian has an IRC client, as does Mozilla and Firefox, or you can download MIRC from Downloads.com
Once your client has been started, access one of the follow Stratics servers by typing /server irc.stratics.com:
stratics.frws.com - USA - Colorado
stratics.afraidyet.net - USA - Dallas
irc.glowfish.de - EU - Germany
irc.gamers-irc.org - USA - Colorado
irc.us.glowfish.de - USA - St. Louis
From there, you can join our Lineage II channel #lineage2 simply by typing in "/join #lineage2" without the ""
For more information on Stratics IRC, visit http://chat.stratics.com.
See you there!