So, a lot of you noticed that Huaxu was down for a while today after the latest update. And yeah, it took me a bit to get things back up.

I joked Huaxu had overslept in the banner on top of this site, which honestly isn't that far from the truth. A few of you worriedly asked if Huaxu was shutting down, but that's definitely not the case. I just completely failed to plan for this month's update properly, which led to roughly a day of downtime.

That's on me. I'm sorry.

About Huaxu's progress

Did you know? Huaxu has been around for almost 3 years¹ now! When it does, it will almost match the amount of years I have played PGR myself! Though if we'd measure playtime instead... Huaxu probably wins from most players! Its accounts are some of the most chronically online PGR players, logging in at least every 30 minutes without fail².

The thing is, I don't really play PGR anymore, which makes it harder to keep track of everything happening on the game side. Add to that that my life's been pretty busy the last couple of years, and I just haven't had the time to really move the project forward much.

Every time the game updates, though, I jump back into the codebase, fix everything that broke (thanks Kuro, love you ❤️) and keep things running fairly smoohtly. I built Huaxu with this in mind, and I'm glad that it's held up as well as it has! And I'll keep doing this, don't worry.

New features though? That's where things get tricky. I don't really have the time for bigger additions these days.

That said, I am releasing a bit of something I've been cooking up:

A bit of a Wiki

Huaxu has had a story reader for a while now. It's not the prettiest, I give you that, but it's almost always up-to-date. Usually (when I don't oversleep), it's even ready before the game updates!

But there's a lot more in the game, so the first step is some wiki pages for constructs. This just contains the usual things you're used to from sites like Gray Ravens, including info, trivia, skills (with accurate stats for each level), and voice lines (in all languages).

There's also a system in place for displaying builds and recommended equipment, but that falls into actual content creation. Given everything above, that's not a commitment I can really take on right now.

If that is something you’d like to help with, though, reach out! Maybe we can get a small team together and push it forward.

~ nova

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