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#Post#: 8180--------------------------------------------------
LTC 1.10-1.11 Update - Pt.1
By: DorionQc Date: September 5, 2016, 12:44 pm
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[center]Welcome to a New Era of Live To Craft
[sub]Live To Craft? I never liked that name... If you have a
better idea, throw it down in the comments :D[/sub]
As it's been known, I'm the new Head Administrator of LTC, and
I'll try to be just as good as Nxck and Nick at this job.
But LTC is not what a single person decides of it, it's most
importantly a community, and I'll try to make that aspect as
important as it should be.
If you've been on the server recently while I was also around,
you might have seen me ask various questions about the future of
the server to our most active members.
With their help, I've made a list of things that are bound to
change in the nearby future, some of which have already changed.
If you have other suggestions that you wish to express, feel
free to comment this post, or to PM me or any staff (or anyone
really) and get their view on it.
Anyway, here's a brief changelog, I'll go into more details on
certain aspects in a different post at a later date.
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Ranks
*Town Owner
[sub]this color is for multis, town owners are very light
blue[/sub]
The Town Owner rank is arguably the most difficult and time
consuming rank to get.
It's a rank made to give more power to town owners (duh), by
letting them set up their own basic protections, rentable and
buyable plots, etc.
This rank also inherits from Legend, which I'll explain in more
details later in this post.
It is a DYNAMIC RANK, meaning that it is not connected to your
account in any way, and you can lose it at any point if you
don't match the criterias anymore.
This also means that you can be both Town Owner and Builder, for
example.
Players with the Town Owner rank get a light blue star (*) next
to their nickname in game.
If you wish to get more information on how to get this rank, and
what are the perks associated with it, please check out the Town
Owner post, in the Ranks section of the forums.
Legend
[sub]The real color is gray, but that's unreadable on the
forums[/sub]
VIPs have always been an important part of LTC, but with all the
recent drama around the EULA, that rank has been bringing more
and more trouble...
[sub]Recent? Who am I kidding, it's been 2 years damnit[/sub]
The Legend rank is essentially a replacement for what VIPs used
to get, meaning that old donators can keep most of their perks.
It is also a rank that will be given to the older members of our
community.
Builders, Redstoners, Pixel Artists, Specialists and Town Owners
inherit from Legend, meaning that they also get those perks that
everyone's been wanting for so long.
In order to get this rank, you have to either be a pre-EULA VIP
(in which case you already are a $Legend), or a player whose
Forums account is older than 2 years old.
Why am I checking the date of the forums account you might ask?
It simply is the most precise date measurement that we have
access to, and means that you've likely been an active member of
the community for at least around 2 years.
If you're one of the less lucky old members that do not own a
forums account... Come see me ingame and we'll see what we can
do :P.
Finally, you can bypass those conditions by getting one of the
ranks mentioned above, which inherit from Legends anyway.
For more information about this rank, check the Legend post in
the ranks section of the forums.
$VIP
[sub]No, that's not the admin color.[/sub]
But now that all old $VIPs are $Legends, what happens with the
real $VIP rank?
Well, in order to enable donations again, we have to make it so
that you don't get any ingame advantage from donating, meaning
that things like /fly, /feed, /repair or even just having more
/homes can't be given for a donation.. :(
However, we can let Everyone have an ingame perk for a little
while when we get a donation ;).
So, the $VIP rank is now a lot more community-oriented.
Not only will you be able to look fancy with a bunch of cosmetic
perks, but you can also bring a global buff for the server for a
certain time!
Here's a quick list of things that you'd be able to unlock for
some time after donating.
Of course, if you have a better idea in mind, let us know and we
might add it if it's a good idea :P
[sub].. and I also have some other things in mind, but I'll wait
to see if it's even possible before I talk about it >:D[/sub]
- /fly for everyone
- Global potion effect for everyone
- Global money buff from mobs for everyone
- Daily (or weekly) kit for everyone
- Event hosted (UHC, Dragon fight, Treasure hunt, etc)
- .. or anything that could be enjoyable and would benefit
everyone :D
And that's without saying that you help us keep the server
online with the least lag possible, which we're all very
thankful for!
For more information about this rank, check the VIP post on the
forums.
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Plugins
Live To Craft currently has a LOT of plugins, most of which are
barely used, broken or mostly disabled. It's time to clean this
up. And that's where I need your opinion :D
RandomLocationTeleporter
[sub]The thing that gives /rlt go, and the random tp signs in
spawn[/sub]
This plugin essentially acts as a replacement for what /warp
wild used to be, to avoid having a cluttered mess.
However, it very often sends players in the same general area,
where a lot of other players have already been.
Is it worth keeping, should we go back to /warp wild (and maybe
/warp wild-north, /warp wild-south, etc), or should we just
increase its range?
CustomEnchants
[sub]
HTML https://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/custom-enchantments/pages/all-enchantments/
HTML https://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/custom-enchantments/pages/all-enchantments/[/sub]
This plugin adds a bunch of fancy enchantements to various items
in minecraft, rune crafting (to add those enchants to your
items), and some custom items.
For instance, it adds Haste picks, Jump boost boots, Night
vision helmets, Freezing swords, etc.
However, in order to keep things semi-balanced in a survival
server, most of the plugin has been disabled, and it still makes
surviving extremely easy.
Should it stay on LTC? Should some parts stay and some others be
disabled? Should it only be used for custom events and not be
part of survival?
MyPet
[sub]Tameable zombies and chicken![/sub]
MyPet allows you to catch and train various mobs and animals to
help you out in your survival experience.
It's been on LTC for quite some time, but it also makes a lot of
people join LTC only for its presence, and then leave because of
how limited it is.
It is also mostly only used by new members, and quickly
abandoned once they're decently geared.
Do you think MyPet should stay on LTC? If not, would you change
something about it?
Skyblock, and other minigames
LTC/BC/SC has always mainly been a survival server, and I think
that's what it should stay focused on.
Of course, having minigames can bring some fun, but such
minigames are usually only used for a couple days before being
completely ignored and/or forgotten.
Then, much like with MyPet, new players join because they see
that we have, for instance, Prop Hunt, and leave disappointed.
Should we even bother having minigames while some other servers
specialize into hosting minigames?
Please leave your opinion on those plugins below, or any other
plugin that you feel should change.
Remember to keep your comments civilized, everyone can have
their opinion and you're free to disagree, but insulting or
attacking other players will only bring you trouble.
Once I get a good view on what yall want to see with LTC, I'll
make a new post about "What to expect in the near future".
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#Post#: 8181--------------------------------------------------
Re: LTC 1.10-1.11 Update - Pt.1
By: Rob458 Date: September 5, 2016, 12:58 pm
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Remove RandomLocationTeleporter & CustomEnchants, keep MyPet.
Mini-games should be introduced when we have a more "active"
playerbase. ;>
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Re: LTC 1.10-1.11 Update - Pt.1
By: rabidredneck Date: September 5, 2016, 1:54 pm
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Warp Wilds worked great when given an area of protection, and
allows the server builds to be represented elsewhere, /Ce is a
plugin players either live for or dont give a damn...it can go
in my opinion. dice furniture can go, find a replacement if
possible, maybe even a vip kit. Mini-games, why? as you said
Dori, we are a survival server, always have been. Mypet is a
cute lil plug in thats not resource demanding so sure why
not...maybe another vip perk. As for the server wide
perks...weve spoken fairly in depth, and I still stand by
keeping fly as a trusted+ perk, keeps players steered towards
the forums. vip perks should be things noone on the server has,
such as /feed n /fix soon. kits, well search my commands to see
when the last time I actually used one lol. If you dont have the
drive to go find jungle wood, then what the hell you need it for
that badly?? Ditch the kits n make em a vip perk as you were
saying
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Re: LTC 1.10-1.11 Update - Pt.1
By: MissPan Date: September 13, 2016, 10:44 pm
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Before I give my two cents, great job on the organization of the
ranks. :)
Random Location Teleporter
It has some use. Like I used it more then a few times to explore
what others are building, cause it teleports you within a short
distance of someones home 95% of the time I would say. Even long
time abandoned or forgotten homes. However seems an easy tool to
use to hunt down and grief any unprotected builds in that sense.
So for that reason I vote to remove RandomLocationTeleporter
CustomEnchants
I've never used them, only a few appealed to me and they weren't
made available. Fireworks. I also don't see how it is very fun,
unless you weren't on a survival based server, then you could go
wild with it all. Therefore I vote to remove Custom Enchants
MyPet
This one is alot of fun imo :) I wouldn't want to see it go. Yes
there has been alot of traffic for it specifically but we can
alter how we advertise the server, just don't let them know we
have it, its like a sweet surprise for anyone actually wanting
to join us. I vote to keep MyPet
Skyblock, and other minigames
I believe the best use of minigames for us would be special
events such as player run events, themed events, staff run
events, holiday events, for the hell of it events etc :P
ex.Skyblock semi-annual Event. A month long event to play
skyblock like its falling out of the sky, which it is, in a
month, then its gone for 6 months. Something like that. Limited
time makes something more intriguing.
They should be used on a as needed basis. Cause you know if you
really want to play minigames within minecraft there are a few
really well run servers for that already. Lets do us, lets try
an make a really good survival server with special events
specifically for community building. When a mini game gets a
good amount of interest say, we could introduce it for a a short
amount of time with prizes and competitions.
DiceFurniture
I do like the furniture plugin, just not how many entities it
uses, I'm guessing that there probably isn't anything better,
must look sometime I guess. I feel we will not be keeping that
right? :P I will miss you dice xoxo
Lottery
Hmm I don't know if I have anything good to say about the
lottery. Its gambling, it has some fun value yes but overall its
a bad thing. It breeds greed. Greed isn't a positive thing. We
can be better then that.
KK thats all. warlock out
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Re: LTC 1.10-1.11 Update - Pt.1
By: Iz102 Date: September 17, 2016, 11:38 pm
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Awesome job with the ranks! Now to rip apart the plugins... :P
RandomLocationTeleporter
I think this plugin was good while it lasted; however, it's time
to lay it to rest. With the upcoming focus on town building, I
don't really see the need for it anymore. Players should be
encouraged to venture farther from spawn to find that prime real
estate, and venture even farther from the towns they join.
CustomEnchants
I may be a little biased towards this plugin... because I hate
it. Perhaps during special events it could be fun. During normal
survival gameplay it has no place. Too many enchanted books go
to waste and it makes survival too easy.
MyPet
Personally, I've never used it but I do understand the appeal of
it. Who wouldn't want to have a cute little critter to follow
them around? I'm not sure how many people actually participate
in training their pets, though. Right now, I see it as purely a
cosmetic plugin.
Skyblock/Minigames
I think that with a bigger server population, some minigames
would be great. It encourages community! However, I don't see
much use of minigames with so few people. It would take quite a
bit of convincing to get all of the players on the server at one
time to play a (partially filled) round of Hunger Games, or what
have you.
DiceFurniture
I feel like this plugin causes more trouble than it's worth. It
was cool having candles, umbrellas, and skeletons but.. eh. I'd
rather see people working more with creativity and imagination.
To me, the mass amount of entities and the lag that follows is
not worth it.
- Bendy out ;D
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