Boards.ie Factions Server 1.3

Can we go back to a standard map yet? I can't be alone in thinking that factions has been a failure.

Roorah wrote: »

I have a habit of exploring mineshafts. If I find a chest with more items than usual I'll give ya a shout

Thanks for the help! But the good news is I have now found the stash and am building the base!

Kenno90 wrote: »

It has separated the boards community all right, but alot of people put time and money diamonds into their bases. They are not going to want a reset

So have I, But after the disastrous attempt at overthrowing MnC people have either quit or moved to neutral factions.

I am proud to announce The Celts now have a faction base yay everybody celebrate!

Also How do you set your spawn point on this server?

ps. To celebrate I made a cake everyone can have a slice

Completionist wrote: »

Find me 1 person who still enjoys factions, That is a non neutral and has actually played on the server actively for more than a few days.

I've played for a couple of months now, am not neutral and enjoy factions!

Xenon560 wrote: »

I can honestly say, I have been on this server a lot more often since factions

But you also were looking to get into a neutral faction yesterday.

A lot of people are focusing on resits right now.

Like Xenon, I would be on the server less often if it wasn't for factions right now. It is unfortunate that there are neutral factions but I guess that is coming from my point of view, as an active faction player. However I understand why that feature exists.

Granted the server is slow, but that is how it was always going to be. Large lull periods where people gather their materials and then an influx of activity as one faction (or a group of factions) come under attack. Looking at it that way, it is quite realistic. You can't expect there to be wars going on left right and centre every afternoon. Because of the nature of this game, there will be periods of calm.

I was pondering joining a neutral faction but that's the great thing. We can play factions one minute then switch to neutral and just play survival all on the same server

rashersandbean wrote: »

Can AWE get switched to a neutral faction?

What?!

rashersandbean wrote: »

Me, Kronnn, Mrs_Rashers and Aodhon are all sick of the factions rules being changed. if it was default factions it would be fine, but these tweaks to the rules just aren't a good idea in our opinions.

Which tweaks in particular?

I would also agree on getting rid of neutral factions and instead having an area as neutral. That way people can continue to enjoy their survival experience but if they leave that area, they become faction targets.

gavmcg92 wrote: »

Which tweaks in particular?

I would also agree on getting rid of neutral factions and instead having an area as neutral. That way people can continue to enjoy their survival experience but if they leave that area, they become faction targets.

Mostly the whole breaking blocks on faction land was the main one. It should not be that easy to raid factions. The whole point of factions is to have sieges and battles to reduce faction power before even considering getting to get the loot. The only way to get into a factions base is to claim there land after getting there power down.

A server reset to rebalance everything and implement changes.

A large safe zone, Maybe 500x500(Might need to be larger) which anyone can build in but pvp is disabled. This should include a central town where trading can be done. This means if people want factions, They go out into the wilderness and fight however if they just want a few hours of peace they can walk into the safe zone and be free from the violence.

TNT/Fire/Creeper damage disabled. Is it possible to still have TNT damage while disabling its block damage?(To allow for TNT traps).

Doors/Levers may be used by anyone. This encourages elaborate entrances and traps while also preventing impenetrable strongholds.

Blocks may only be destroyed by faction members. This, Along with disabling TNT/Creepers will make obsidian bases redundant, And allow for people to build their strongholds from anything and look as pretty as they want.

Raiding may not be done within X and Y times, For example raiding may only be done from 6pm to 12pm. This prevents people from destroying bases over night or while people are at work.

Power is lost when offline. Perhaps when a user is offline for more than 2 days their power begins to drop at a rate of 1 per 2 days. This encourages factions to drop their inactive power padding players.

Some form of ruleset needs to be drawn up with regards to raiding etiquette and what can and can not be done as no matter how many times I have asked no one seems to know how to raid correctly:rolleyes:

Is it possible to have it annouced over chat when a door or lever is used within your territory? That would work wonders as well.

These suggestions are coming from someone who will benefit the least from them but knows they will help the server as a whole. Please just consider them as AWE's change to neutrality highlights my concerns voiced in previous posts:/

Completionist wrote: »

A server reset to rebalance everything and implement changes.

A large safe zone, Maybe 500x500(Might need to be larger) which anyone can build in but pvp is disabled. This should include a central town where trading can be done. This means if people want factions, They go out into the wilderness and fight however if they just want a few hours of peace they can walk into the safe zone and be free from the violence.

TNT/Fire/Creeper damage disabled. Is it possible to still have TNT damage while disabling its block damage?(To allow for TNT traps).

Doors/Levers may be used by anyone. This encourages elaborate entrances and traps while also preventing impenetrable strongholds.

Blocks may only be destroyed by faction members. This, Along with disabling TNT/Creepers will make obsidian bases redundant, And allow for people to build their strongholds from anything and look as pretty as they want.

Raiding may not be done within X and Y times, For example raiding may only be done from 6pm to 12pm. This prevents people from destroying bases over night or while people are at work.

Power is lost when offline. Perhaps when a user is offline for more than 2 days their power begins to drop at a rate of 1 per 2 days. This encourages factions to drop their inactive power padding players.

Some form of ruleset needs to be drawn up with regards to raiding etiquette and what can and can not be done as no matter how many times I have asked no one seems to know how to raid correctly:rolleyes:

Is it possible to have it annouced over chat when a door or lever is used within your territory? That would work wonders as well.

These suggestions are coming from someone who will benefit the least from them but knows they will help the server as a whole. Please just consider them as AWE's change to neutrality highlights my concerns voiced in previous posts:/

This sounds very reasonable bar the creeper and TNT damage.
Creeper damage just adds to survival in a way so why remove it.

Now with the TNT, as annoying as it can be due to people then making obsidian bases to prevent it, I still personally think it would be far more interesting if we ban obsidian (yes this has been suggested to death). This would mean people make bases pretty and how they want as it would make no difference to an extent what material they use, while allowing for interesting raids by making cannons which has not been done yet due to obsidian bases.

The only problem now is still the underwater aspect. Maybe a way to stop water/lava preventing TNT damage. This would also make cannons more interesting as they would need to be rebuilt each time and make them more of a one shot then raid kinda thing.

So it seems AWE decided to lock me in prison and then proceed to chase me around country meadows, only to kill me!

All I can say is "War is declared".