In Game Name:

UnknownRider​

What part of EcoCityCraft is this suggestion for:

SG Server​

Short title for your suggestion:

Removal of Tridents/Grenadier Kit Change​

What are you suggesting:

The removal of tridents from the Grenadier kit and SG entirely.​

Why is this a good addition for EcoCityCraft?:

Currently through the grenadier kit you can obtain tridents. The idea is that you can consistently throw tridents at people to give that same effect that the grenadier kit had before. However, when tridents were introduced to Minecraft they were balanced around the *attack speed* mechanic in 1.9 PvP and do a total of 4.5 hearts of damage per MELEE attack (as tridents can both be thrown AND melee attack). Thus with the removal of the *attack speed* mechanic from 1.9 PvP and reverting it to 1.8 PvP, a trident is dealing 4.5 hearts of damage per swing while a diamond sword is dealing 3.5 hearts of damage per swing.

With this setup in place, this means that the strongest weapon possible to obtain is only available from the Grenadier Kit and can potentially cause problems in SG balance. Removing the tridents would restore the said PvP balance that existed in basic 1.8 PvP standards.

There is of course the idea of including tridents in SG chests, but this would not be based around 1.8 PvP balancing and would make combat more bursty in nature and not so much a sustained battle as it is intended to be through 1.8 PvP balancing.​

Other information:

N/A​

Plugin or custom addition:

N/A​

One suggestion per form:

I Understand.​

 

The idea of comparing the implementation of tridents to buffer is misguided for many reasons. The first of these is that the damage output of tridents is permanent whereas the damage output of buffer is temporary. I understand where you are coming from in this, but that would have to pertain to a different suggestion entirely. The focus I'm on is the balancing of basic 1.8 PvP combat which strength potions are calculated into this matter, but I have another suggestion for that as well later.

If the trident damage could be modified to be equal to that of an iron sword then I would be satisfied. However, I do not believe that is physically possible in minecraft.

Whereas your intention for buying the kit may not have been to reap the overpowered melee attacks, it still does not justify the existence of said overpowered damage output.