Saltpigeon wrote:

i think we need /op for all it would be better you kno

Remind me why you’re still here?

The server’s PvP mechanics haven’t changed much in the last few years. I think any decline in PvP is due to changes in peoples behaviour.

Unic0rnjunk101 wrote:

Oktacraft wrote:

Volpex_ wrote:

<p>Joshua, if you were a skilled pvper you’d have made a godset right after 2hrs of playtime

Joshua wrote:

A new player might have skill but not the gear. I am a skilled PvPer but when i first came on i was completely destroyed bye guys in god gear. I do see your point though.

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That is very interesting Volpex. Maybe you could write up a quick tutorial to show new players how to get form zero to god gear production in 2 hours. That would certainly be very helpful to them and many experienced players alike. Thanks.

@oktacraft how long do you think it was till i had my first set :I (like an hour and 45 minutes) I’m just lazy xD

How can you go from newbie to god armour in that time?

It’s also really really easy on here to bait a vet player into a pvp fight as a newer guy talking trash to them. If you’re smart you can quick drop god gear fairly easily with pots or cannons

Flea wrote:

why do we have to make life easier for the players?

I would say that is counter intuitive there.

Every time people bring these sort of arguments up about changing gameplay massively, it is often in the favour of their own playstyle’s, and can somewhat disregard another playstyle in the playerbase.

Although, I do see your point, victory in sight and then poof, your quarry is gone and all your hard work and time at getting them down to those last pixelated hearts and they remove that opportunity of you conquering them.

However these sort of events happen in long winded PVP fights, that are taking at the least 3 minutes to finish from the videos I have seen, when two OP Miniature Jaegers smash themselves together like action figures and either end in one making a mistake and dying or the other one as you have said, ‘ender pearling’ away and logging or teleporting.

However, I would propose that the longer the battle takes or how many times your combat tagged, the longer the ender pearl cooldown gets and gradually you find yourself in a battle of skill and preparation, rather than instant teleport. Not only would these battles be shorter, but would also mean people would be more likely to fight more in groups, as the more you are tagged, the harder it is for you to ‘ender pearl’ away to safety, giving groups a strategic advantage- although this could see the unprecedented rise of more ‘harassment’ stories or bullying on the forums- I don’t know.

I for one wouldn’t mind that, its not like I carry around important gear anyway in game- neither do I carry enderpearls often (probably shouldn’t have said that but heyho), but I would like to see these battles take place, with people knowing that if they focus on lets say one player in one of these groups, they can take each one out at a time, and if another one in said team wants to escape, they can then be labelled a coward or whatever, although it could be a ‘strategic’ retreat. Either way, just a proposition.

I wouldn’t mind seeing blocks like that added as it would make perfect sense, though builders may like it less as it means they could be more easily griefed, to which we would have to then add in the policing duty of common sense and having siegers only destroy what is blocking their path to something which is worth something, rather than just ruining someone else’s hardwork for the sake of it.

My take anyway.

I think what a lot of people don’t understand is that we do try and keep game mechanics as similar to Vanilla as we can, so anyone that joins knows what to expect an they don’t have to learn all the custom servers PvP, so anything people recommend need to keep to vanilla mechanics as possible, so things like pearl cooldown are completely fine and im happy to re-test this, we did have pearl cooldowns before, but we decided that they were just an inconvenience to players. I am happy to add it again for a test, but things like this cannot be bundled with a bunch of other changes or else its hard to diagnose issues, we test 1 thing at a time so we can see if it works or not.