Herocube, the first Cubeworld MMORPG server is now in ALPHA mode!

If we were to require a password to access the server, it wouldn't make it all that much harder for hackers and/or cheaters to join the game. As you currently cannot have per-user unique "secret codes" like Herocraft, all it would accomplish it to force users to visit the website. Which, in retrospect, might actually be a good way to both reduce the number of absolute randoms and drive more attention to the website as well.
The additional piece of software would add a fair bit of overhead though, unless it is bundled with kick-, ban- and tempban-features, all of which can be bundled in a wrapper by utilizing a dynamic non-reloading application firewall.

Going to work on something like that soon.

Thing is, on Herocraft every user has a unique "secret code" and therefore they can't just give it to others to bypass that part of the application process. Having one single password would just result in it getting spread all around the Internet rendering the whole thing useless.

Ahhh, we broke something, we're fixing it.

Yep, already making the move to private-ize it.