Sounds great! What a great idea!

Ken wrote:

We just need to get rid of TPAHere and TPA. Then this would be brilliant. I think this would open up more opportunity for pvp as well as increase the community appeal. Having endless members in your crew is doable now seeing as anyone can tp to another making distances irrelevant. Getting rid of TPAhere and TPA will encourage communities and towns. Players will want to build close or nearby to their allies. Godsdead has already mentioned this however I think this would be a positive change. By no means should we rid tping all together as I think having /set homes is great. I can only imagine the fun pvp would be when you legit have to march your raiding party to another persons base to attack instead of letting one person go by themselves and then tp everyone in. I think this would solve a lot of problems having people kill others over and over again as once someone is killed they would have to walk all the way back to the base instead of tping to their friends. In addition, (I don’t know if this is possible) is there a way to eliminate /back when a player gets killed by another player? (Make /back nullified upon being pvp tagged?)

I completely agree but sadly the mass community is afraid of this idea and I know for a fact many would just give up instantly without giving it a try which is why I believe it should be more of a compromise e.g. only one tpahere and tpa for every player per week or lower

I like the idea Panda. I also agree with Chamberlain. It would make going out into the wild more necessary to do things; thus bringing about a different kind of PVP environment. There’s a roadway that I started awhile ago that I’m thinking I will start expanding now. More roadways would make travel for all of us SOOO much easier. Then I think the idea of travel to places wouldn’t seem as scary if you didn’t get lost all the time.

As a side note, it would also bring the use of horses, mules and donkeys to a higher level! <3

I’ve always thought of this idea. Having actual trade/mail routes between nations, settlements, etc. With the end to shop warps, this could connect the world in more ways than we could ever think possible. I agree with souldin’s idea of teleporting being a privilege to donating, but we can still make it work without completely getting rid of our ability to teleport. With proper roads and routes, we can have better trade possibilities, like transportation of objects that can not be carried, like livestock. And for those who feel like never settling down, they could form trading caravans and travel from city to city, selling goods along the way. So in my opinion, we should get something like this started, good thinking Mandarin.

Can we have and update on siege proof blocks then? I want wool!

I guess the biggest downside with this is the fact that players can always tp to cove and then trade there… Thus eliminating the whole purpose of trade routes. Unless Gods can eliminate players dropping/ putting items in chests at cove much like when you are pvp tagged. (may be a bad idea)

So I have a couple of comments:

1. Removal of TPA/TPAHERE commands would kill the server, nobody is going to visit your build and see what you are doing or to help for that matter. This has been done here and it failed, for a reason.

2. The abuse of TPA/TPAHERE/BACK/TOP etc are rampant. For example, you can’t sail a ship since any captain can just /top onto the deck and appear beside you. So I completely agree they are “A” problem, but perhaps not “THE” problem.

3. As to the original post, a “delivery service” would be an additional risk for a seller. Even without TP I’d stuff an enderchest, walk empty handed, and deliver it myself. As a buyer, I might be lazy enough to have someone pick something up for me If I could be sure it would not be stolen. As such the “service” would have to buy the item, deliver it, and only get paid on delivery.

4. Creating more opportunity for PvP can be far less disruptive than the recommendations here. If we had “other worlds” to explore that were more rich in materials, people would go. These other worlds can simple disable the ability to claim land, teleport, etc. Truly “peaceful” players may never go there, but a majority would risk it if the reward in materials is there. Another possibility would be another “dimension” in like a sky-islands setting where the only transport is flying ships. Instead of disabling TPA/TPAHERE/etc we could add 30s warm-up and 5 to 15-minute cool-downs in a new “dimension” without disrupting the current world or gameplay.

5. All of this skirts the “real” problem. IMHO, the root-cause is that I can build a stone box and I’m 100% safe from anyone. This is both good and bad. I can’t imagine not having a “safe” base unless I have some other storage that is safe from thieves.

Meh, just some thoughts, but I still like this server the way it is though 😉