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EttaDreamfeather

Re: Latest Update
« Reply #25 on: 13 Apr 2012, 21:43:25 »
I call lie on that about it taking several days.

I have easily managed to get to level 50 in just a few hours using a mob grinder that I have in our town. And that was while killing mobs there with TidalMewMew so I was only getting at least half the experience over the maybe just 4 hours.

AlbatrosV5

Re: Latest Update
« Reply #26 on: 14 Apr 2012, 07:02:19 »
For me personally Xp grinders spoil the fun out of the "survival" aspect. If I want to get xp I want to go out there and hunt it down, giving the game a fair chance to hunt me down instead (sneaky creepers).
Of course it takes longer and you can die easier, but it`s a survival server and it`s not at the "peacefull" difficulty.


If I had to change anything at that I would add a smaller new world with one fortress at the spawn and the rest of the world is full of mobs (no building/mining outside the Spawnfortress). There you could hunt down tons of mobs, as long as you are in a good party and know what you are doing. Something like a "heroic" mobhunt world.
Or maybe several spawns close to each other for each bigger city (with a portal to that city), allowing each city to build it`s own little fortress there. But that might not be technically possible.
« Last Edit: 14 Apr 2012, 07:04:36 by AlbatrosV5 »

JackMinty

Re: Latest Update
« Reply #27 on: 14 Apr 2012, 07:41:04 »
We feel spawner's should be used for farming purposes, it's hard to keep animals around your pens due to the multi player bugs and this is the fix for that, your own personal spawning farm animals.

Problem with adding monsters spawner's:

1. The world has a 2000 Mob limit having these mobs spawning at the mob machines will completely kill of the survival aspect of the server. Basically you would rarely see mobs around the wilderness or when mining in caves.

2. Easy farm-able exp, people spend enough of their time gathering exp from these machines it takes the fun out of killing dragons or working your way up to getting the best enchants. I have witnessed on one or more occasions of players stood AFK below a mob machine gathering exp.

Just as a note Joe, Killing the dragon really sucks now :/ Since only 1 player gets the XP only.

tyja

Re: Latest Update
« Reply #28 on: 14 Apr 2012, 16:03:46 »
I call lie on that about it taking several days.

I have easily managed to get to level 50 in just a few hours using a mob grinder that I have in our town. And that was while killing mobs there with TidalMewMew so I was only getting at least half the experience over the maybe just 4 hours.

2 days, i have a life so i cant sit at my computer.  But even so i kill the mobs in my trap when there are 250 in there.  It gives me about 10 levels.  So i have to kill a little over 1000 mobs to get to level 50.

EttaDreamfeather

Re: Latest Update
« Reply #29 on: 14 Apr 2012, 23:47:28 »
I dislike the idea of it being incredibly easy to get exp. Enchantments are rare right now, which makes them worthwhile. People who put the effort in to get their levels up are then rewarded by being able to sell the enchantments they get for nearly 10k (Depending on each enchantment), or they can use the enchantment for themselves. It's a sense of accomplishment and pride.

It's already incredibly easy to get diamond for diamond tools. We've already nixxed the accomplished pride one feels in owning diamond tools, we now want to nix the pride we have in having great enchantments?

If anything I'd say just make it so you get better chances for enchantments that you want so all the time put into getting levels isn't a waste.

Like I said. Good mob grinder can take perhaps at least 4 hours of dedication to get to level 50. It's something to work for. And even those with a life can do it, as I have a life myself yet I manage to get the time together to have gotten to level 50 twice.

Twice only because I haven't really put my time towards it that much, I was content with the pick enchantment I got.

tyja

Re: Latest Update
« Reply #30 on: 15 Apr 2012, 00:51:01 »
Level 50 enchant and i get only Knockback II 3 times.  Its furstrating to spend multiple hours grinding to get an enchant i can get at lvl 12.  And the people on the server dont realize the value of the enchants so selling becomes point less.  People tried to buy my silktouch pick (diamond) for 1250... The diamonds in the pick are worth more that that, i told them, yet they didnt believe me.

EttaDreamfeather

Re: Latest Update
« Reply #31 on: 15 Apr 2012, 01:01:21 »
Like I said, we could just add something so the chances to get specific enchantments are extremely high, making it less waste of levels for us. I'm sure there's a plugin where you can choose enchantments that you really want and if you have the levels for it it'll give you it. Not sure how it would work if you wanted to put multiple enchantments on it though.

And you must not be selling to the right people. I'd say instead try to put something up on the forum's marketplace about the pick. Usually people who look at the forums are intelligent enough to understand something's worth, especially if you explain it out. You can also explain better on a forum post than in the regular chat.

tyja

Re: Latest Update
« Reply #32 on: 15 Apr 2012, 01:11:43 »
Im not looking to sell, im just saying.  And thats not entirely true because people are saying theyll buy spawn eggs for the reasonable price (around 6000) but they dont have half that. Its annoying.