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What do you want from a server?

  • 07-03-2011 06:09PM
    #1
    Korvanica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭


    what would a server need to keep you playing on it?

    For me it would be:

    Mobs ON - They make the game more fun, fair enough they ruin buildings and kill you but that just makes it more interesting.

    Group projects & Events - seen a few of these and they've been great fun. Huge games of spleef and building competitions etc. Also when a group of people work together on a big building its amazing how fast it goes up.

    No/Limited item spawning - Same as mobs - it makes the game more fun.. I love mining in minecraft, but nay server that i have been on that allowed me to spawn items drained away any fun that mining has because there would be no point to it.

    Mods - Theres some really excellent and useful mods out there. iConomy, Craftbook and mcMMO to name a few. They add so much more to the game and give you so much more to do.

    So what would you like to see on a server?


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  • #2
    DeVore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    I agree with you regarding the mining... I think things like kits of tools should be allowed and masybe basic items/blocks but I like mining too and would prefer if it was a real reward for mining out a mountain and getting a load of red-ore etc.

    DeV.


  • #3
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    I like the idea of Mobs too as well as mining for resources rather than spawning kits with maybe the exception of a "basics" like the diamond tools. I've played enough single player to know how long it takes to get these things and whilst they should be valued, I think the trade off between being able to get busy mining out resources and giant under-cities and going through a hundred stone picks just to get enough iron to go through 20 of them to find diamond and redstone is warranted. :)


  • #4
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    We gad great pvp server idea. Cherry got some more info on that. I wount be repeating myself.

    I think cherry will post up the idea we had.

    I actually would love kits to be removed so we work for our stuff, we can trade materials etc. Anyway cherry should have more info on it if he decides to go that way


  • #5
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Kharn wrote: »
    I like the idea of Mobs too as well as mining for resources rather than spawning kits with maybe the exception of a "basics" like the diamond tools. I've played enough single player to know how long it takes to get these things and whilst they should be valued, I think the trade off between being able to get busy mining out resources and giant under-cities and going through a hundred stone picks just to get enough iron to go through 20 of them to find diamond and redstone is warranted. :)

    Screw diamond tools. Iron tools then 'earn' yourself some diamond tools :P


  • #6
    Blowfish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,112 ✭✭✭Blowfish


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    I actually would love kits to be removed so we work for our stuff, we can trade materials etc.
    I can imagine it now: "WTT 10 Diamond ore for 100 iron ore PST". Done properly we could almost kick off a mini economy in the same vein as most MMO's.

    I'd go along with the consensus of the thread in any case. While being able to show off what you can do with unlimited obsidian/diamond/gold is fun, actually working towards getting the materials you need in the first place can make it even more worthwhile. Adding in mobs and nighttime would be good too.

    I'd be slightly wary of a pvp server as you'll inevitably end up with the 'was it really necessary to use 20 TNT and obliterate an entire village to kill me?' situations. It would make life interesting having to watch out for traps though.


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  • #7
    Grim.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,855 ✭✭✭Grim.


    cherryghost wrote: »
    Screw diamond tools. Iron tools then 'earn' yourself some diamond tools :P

    FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU


    mobs on
    diamond tools
    pvp off
    huge fort made of obsidian as the spawn then its up to you to find your own stuff


  • #8
    Cossax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭Cossax


    I was a bit late into all this talk of 2 servers/not allowing the original to be copied to a Boards/DeV server etc. In fact, I only really knew about it when I got onto the game a while ago and saw the discussion in-game.
    Regardless of all that, I've had a little think about the new server and wanted to throw some ideas out there.

    Seeing as there's some talk about it being single-player writ large, maybe some guidelines/planning should be done before everyone jumps in.

    Firstly, how about a planned town with a bunch of identical houses where people can get immediate shelter/everyone can hang out/trade etc.? It can be as simple as a single-storey, 5x5 house of dirt/cobblestone in a grid pattern around a square. Maybe wall in the settlement and light it up in order to allow safe night-time movement.

    Establish some communal resources where we all contribute a few stacks of stone/dirt/sand in case someone wants to start a big project? Esp. useful if we create links between settlements/bases/want something like the Cathedral.

    Not sure about the story with mines - communal ones could be tetchy!

    Maybe projects/houses outside the settlement should be a certain distance away in order to allow future expansion of the central town?


  • #9
    DOC09UNAM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,305 ✭✭✭DOC09UNAM


    Grim. wrote: »
    FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU


    mobs on
    diamond tools
    pvp off
    huge fort made of obsidian as the spawn then its up to you to find your own stuff
    Pvp should be on tbh.

    Would make it far more interesting.

    Everyone would have to hide there items etc, strategic play :P


  • #10
    DOC09UNAM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,305 ✭✭✭DOC09UNAM


    Good ideas actually.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056201856

    :P


  • #11
    Cossax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭Cossax


    DOC09UNAM wrote: »
    Good ideas actually.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056201856

    :P

    Apologies, I thought it was a more general question rather than specifically about the Boards one.
    Mods can feel free to close/merge/whatever.


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  • #12
    dre_jspeed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 216 ✭✭dre_jspeed


    Mods: off
    animals: on
    Tools : Iron (cherryghost idea of having to work for alittle for the diamonds is a good one),
    PVP : on


  • #13
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,558 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    I have only began to play Minecraft in the last week, and coincidentally the one thing I want from a server is simply to be new. I had a wander around the old server, and enjoyed taking in the sights, but I also felt a little out of place, the size of the accomplishment you guys had achieved somewhat intimidating! I don't know enough about the specifics of big builds to decide what exactly it is I want, but I am excited that it looks like I'll be able to jump into a new world and hopefully participate in the community and see it begin to build up. I'll have my (iron) tools ready ;)


  • #14
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    In general: To have fun.

    In specific with regards to the new boards.ie server: To be a completely different experience to Tallon's ie. kits and item spawning off, people work for what they get/achieve, mobs on, possibly some abilities like the /sethome command but nothing too fancy.

    I agree with Cherry and the iron tools but maybe there could be a limit to the number of times those kits could be spawned, something like once a day.

    Maybe a basic home starter kit that everyone gets when they first enter the server, x amount of wood, a chest, a workbench and a furnace.


  • #15
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    Edit: Double post


  • #16
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,924 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    I loved cossax idea.

    I know I gave idea of pvp server before, but we can do something similar with no pvp.

    One big safe town with plots that can be bought out. So we can do our own cities.

    I really would love community be near each ather and notvspreaded all over the shop.

    I really would love to see mobs on, normal day night cycle. No spowning v
    and working for materials.

    Give basic tools is quite good idea. But I would suggest to give free stone tools not iron. As iron will be useless :(.

    Trust me, when you will get few moments in to game you will have loads of iron. It's not as hard to have stuff then it sounds.


  • #17
    Teg Veece
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 550 ✭✭✭Teg Veece


    I think you should definitely have to "earn" the tools.

    If you get diamond tools as a starter kit, it destroys any chance of setting up an economy really.


  • #18
    Morag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭Morag


    Stabilty
    Anti griefing/asshat rules
    mobs on
    pvp off
    iron tools
    Town for rpg mucking about
    Safe zones
    mining for resources
    Group builds
    Monster hunts.
    Canals for traveling


  • #19
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    I love the idea of a PVP and Survival server. It certainly would make things a lot more intersting and fun

    This sounds like a runner...

    I've only started the single palyer, and it's fun actually crafting :)


  • #20
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    I'll be doing a bit of testing with all the ideas taken into consideration before I pass the ideas on with you folk :)


  • #21
    humanji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    I was going to say hookers and coke, but Tallon's server already has a strip club and I don't think I want to know if someone's built a drugs lab there.


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  • #22
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Still allowing the ability to set your own home point, yay or nay?


  • #23
    DOC09UNAM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,305 ✭✭✭DOC09UNAM


    Yay


  • #24
    humanji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    Definite Yay!


  • #25
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Right, I'll put forward the current status and ideas.

    Safe Zones: Before the server goes live, 5 randomly placed safe towns will be built. Spawn point will not be near these
    Economy: Economy will have everyone starting with 100 gold coins to kick start it.
    Shops: Users can set up shops in safe zones (or not if you like to live on the dangerous side!), selling their finds for whatever they desire.
    NPCs: NPCs will be stationed in safe zones, providing users information about the safe zones.
    Quests: If you wish quests can be given out and rewards will be random.
    Kit: A basic iron tool kit can be spawned twice a day.
    Mobs: Are on
    PvP: Undecided yet. Kinda 50/50 here so I have it disabled at the moment
    Guest Preservation/Anti-Grief: All people whitelisted but not added to a second Preservation list can only walk around the server, and do NOTHING ELSE.
    Canals: Might be a bit messy to get sorted but could be part of a group project, linking safe zones together maybe?

    And above all, community involvement and feedback! I'll upload a copy of the world weekly to anyone wanting to muck around on single player.

    Opinions?


  • #26
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    Actually, if no one objects, I'll start a new thread specifically for the Boards server and will list the potential features and get people to thank the posts with features. Let me talk to Cherry first folks :)


  • #27
    Cossax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭Cossax


    cherryghost wrote: »
    Right, I'll put forward the current status and ideas.

    Safe Zones: Before the server goes live, 5 randomly placed safe towns will be built. Spawn point will not be near these
    Economy: Economy will have everyone starting with 100 gold coins to kick start it.
    Shops: Users can set up shops in safe zones (or not if you like to live on the dangerous side!), selling their finds for whatever they desire.
    NPCs: NPCs will be stationed in safe zones, providing users information about the safe zones.
    Quests: If you wish quests can be given out and rewards will be random.
    Kit: A basic iron tool kit can be spawned twice a day.
    Mobs: Are on
    PvP: Undecided yet. Kinda 50/50 here so I have it disabled at the moment
    Guest Preservation/Anti-Grief: All people whitelisted but not added to a second Preservation list can only walk around the server, and do NOTHING ELSE.
    Canals: Might be a bit messy to get sorted but could be part of a group project, linking safe zones together maybe?

    And above all, community involvement and feedback! I'll upload a copy of the world weekly to anyone wanting to muck around on single player.

    Opinions?

    If we're only spawning iron kits, I don't think there's any need for the kits TBH.

    5 safe towns? :eek:

    Not a fan of PvP.


  • #28
    DOC09UNAM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,305 ✭✭✭DOC09UNAM


    Cossax wrote: »
    If we're only spawning iron kits, I don't think there's any need for the kits TBH.

    5 safe towns? :eek:

    Not a fan of PvP.
    Iron kits would come in handy, especially if you are down deep and your current shovel/axe breaks :)


  • #29
    DeVore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Sounds like fun!

    DeV.


  • #30
    Cossax
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭Cossax


    When would we go live? End of the week or so?


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  • #31
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Cossax wrote: »
    When would we go live? End of the week or so?

    We have a launch window for friday, just need everyones opinion first, then adjust and test the server accordingly :)


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