Skywars Suggestions Thread

Discussion in 'SkyWars' started by Herps4Me, Nov 4, 2014.

  1. Herps4Me

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    Hello all!
    Now, learning that I cannot help the server by applying for staff, as I am too young, I still have some suggestions to help people enjoy the Skywars server even more than they do.
    These suggestions fall into a few categories.

    1. Kit rebalances:
    Some of the kits in Skywars are somewhat unbalanced, some of them becoming overpowered and some of them becoming underpowered. I suggest rebalancing many of the kits, as to make most kits balanced.
    There are two reasons for doing this. One, it makes Skywars more fun for people without the overpowered kits and and more fun for people with the underpowered kit. Two, it follows the Minecraft EULA by giving all players a true equal chance to win.

    Here is what I would suggest to solve this:
    One by one, rebalance many of the unbalanced kits and test various configurations. I would suggest balancing these around Archer, which seems to be the perfect kit as it helps the player but does not guarantee a win or even a kill depending on the game. It's also the most used kit, suggesting something.

    For example, perhaps try changing Enderman kit. My suggestion for this kit in particular would be 1 enderpearl, 16 endstone, 1 iron chestplate, and 1 iron sword. This change would allow the player to successfully make a single kill, which is also the norm for the Archer kit, but other players would also have a reasonable defense.

    2. Kit changes:
    Some changes in the kits system may also be necessary, both for EULA purposes and just to provide more fun to player who are not able to donate.

    Here is my suggestion for this:
    Enable all players to be able to buy all VIP kits ingame. Each rank would get its kits free and unlock those of the rank above it. Depending on the rank of the kit, players could also permanently buy access to a kit, for a charge which depends on the rank. For example, VIP kits could cost 1000 to fully unlock, while a Elite kit would cost a steeper price of 3-5k to fully unlock.
    This would enable all players to have a similar chance of winning, would create a better use for points, and would provide even more of a reward for donating.

    If possible, I would also suggest creating some additional kits, falling into three categories:
    Kits which all player have unlocked, even non-donators. These could be relatively weak.
    Interesting kits which can be unlocked by a donation specifically for that kit, not just through a rank.
    Kits which no player have unlocked, and even Sponsors would have to use points to unlock.

    3. More maps!:
    Adding more maps seems to be one of the best, if not the best way to spice the game up. We have many players who would be willing and able to create maps for this server, including myself.

    Replacing some of the older maps with more interesting maps would help many players to enjoy the server even more, and could even cause new players to join the server.


    The reason I make these suggestions is not because of huge flaws in AEM Skywars. It is in fact one of the top Skywars servers, at least in my opinion. I simply would like to suggest a few changes to make it even more fun, and more EULA compliant.
     
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    Not playing for a long time, just logging on in pure boredom I noticed some major changes in the skywars-lobby... Some leaves and trapdoors. Amazing new feature, and I'm sure there was a lot of time and effort put into it. I'm definitely considering playing again.
     
  3. Herps4Me

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    Thanks for the post.
    Now, knowing that you had made maps in the past, if staff decided to implement some of these changes, would you want to make some maps to submit?
     
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    I definitely agree with some of the stuff in here, but i do see it bringing in a lot of chaos as well, for example when everyone has access to all the kits .-., maybe a few of the super op kits a bit, make sure to keep the purpose the same though, like the ender kit would instead get a gold chest plate , otherwise donating wouldn't really have a purpose, and instead make a second kit menu where theres all the donated kits, but with half or a quarter of the contents of the originals, which people can permanently unlock, however i would advise against putting a kit like, lets say slasher on there, people would get a diamond sword and a god apple with 3 diamonds xP. but i definitely think non-donors should get a chance to try the donor kits as well. But don't get me wrong, i like the idea a lot :)
     
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    I already uploaded my maps, so if they want to use em they can. But im sure they got builders making their own maps already. Problem seems to be that skywars isn't a priority, or staff is just happy with the way things are. :)

    Im not seeing alot of players online recently though, so hopefully they could change something. Anything that adds something new into the game is good.

    Edit, actually I think that if they wanted em, they would have uploaded a long time ago. xD I know that the owners are aware of the maps, and they haven't even been bothered to reply, so I guess it's a big "NO". : - )
     
  6. Herps4Me

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    Flames I think you misunderstand the idea. All players would have access to some kits, and then would be able to permanently buy any kits of the tier up. So hypothetically, a normal player could get a VIP kit, such as Archer, which is 1 rank up. But a VIP like me still couldn't get the Enderman kit for any price, as Elite is 2 ranks up from VIP.

    Believe me, I'm all for keeping some things exclusive for donators. However, I also hate pay-to-win.

    And another thing people have said that I would like to talk about.
    AEM is a great server network, and it does well on a lot of servers. But Skywars is the only server on AEM where AEM excels compared to other servers. Survival, Creative, and Skyblock, the three most common played server are still less than stellar compared to other servers of those types. However, it's Skywars is amazing and could be the best if some changes are made.
     
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    Ah i see, i misread it then, however, there have been posts about having a "free-kit-friday" or something like that which was frowned upon from what i could tell, i do agree that skyward stands out from the rest but I'm not sure if this will be implemented, maybe make a poll to see who agrees?
     
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    My suggestions for the kits are that anyone can buy any kit for a price and donators could get credits for kits, and some kits cost more than others Like vips would get like 15 credits per day and depending on the rank you have you get more credits, so like 150 for sponsor.

    if thats not a good idea the kits should get moved around as far as rank