Hello. PvP is a mess, and nothing is really getting done about the existing problems, so I thought I'd make a thread listing all the ones I can name off the top of my head. I'll start with the arena.
Terrarium
This isn't supposed to be an art piece, terrarium should be flat, little obstructions, in order to provide the most mobility and movement. Artistic design is something that is an add-on, after you've created a functional terrarium
No's of Terrarium
- No grass/minimal
- No water
- No lava
- No mountains
- No ice
- No block that isn't a full block/slab (ex: Snow, carpet etc)
Yes's of Terrarium
- Flat terrain
- Fire on the ground
- Long ladders
- Square shape
Also, ladders should be a minimum of 10 blocks tall, with NO OBSTRUCTIONS. You don't know how annoying it is for someone to get away because you can't hit them off the ladder.
A friend and I built the ideal terrarium. Check it out
http://imgur.com/a/OQdLk
We're no builders, and obviously this can be tweaked to look a little nicer, but I built that from the ideals of almost all competitive pvpers.
Combat
There are many things wrong with the combat and gameplay of terrarium right now. There are some things that need to be removed/added
Invincibility - This is the most annoying one of all IMO. Players have 10 seconds of invincibility upon jumping into terrarium. This is annoying for players that just run around and you need to wait to hit them, but it's most annoying for when you kill a god armored person and you're sifting through their stuff, and someone picks it up, but they have the invincibility, and escape with all your hard earned loot. Fix : Remove it, or lower it to 2 or 3 seconds.
Lag - This is a major issue, where hits don't always register and the serious lack of FPS among the majority of people with normal household computers. It's too central, move terrarium into it's own world or far away from where players need to load the ENTIRE spawn while fighting. It's seriously annoying. I average 60-120 fps in most places, but as soon as I start fighting I drop to 20. It's unplayable at times and it's incredibly annoying.
Potions - ADD SPLASH BACK DAMMIT
Plugin
The killstreak plugin and bounty plugin is actually pretty cool. There's just one problem with it. It's broken. After killstreak #65, it stops annoucing it cross server, and it negates the bounty from the player and no longer gives a reward for the killing of said player. Fix : Fix the plugin, lol.
Conclusion
I took advice from most pvpers and this is a summary of the things gone wrong so far with terrarium.
Don't add this is to trello, get it done.
~ @legendcaleb
Although I do agree that things need to be done. What I don't agree is how your bashing peoples creativeness.
''This isn't supposed to be an art piece, terrarium should be flat, little obstructions, in order to provide the most mobility and movement. Artistic design is something that is an add-on, after you've created a functional terrarium''
Mate if you want a flat area to pvp then go to the wild and dig out a mountain, or find a plains. Other wise get over it. If you're a pvper then obstacles shouldn't be a problem for you? What fun is it when you're swinging your sword randomly at a player in hopes to hit them in an flat area. The idea is to chase then through trees, forest, water, caves etc.
Artistic Design although isn't crucial to an arena, is just as important. If you're regarding the Terrarium located in MeepCrafts current and past spawns this is definitely a key factor. This Arena is located inside of our server's spawn. It's not going to be this flat, characterless area. Fuzzlr is going to request something unique and eye catching.
Please don't try give ''Advice'' to Architects of any server when you yourself don't know how to build.
''after you've created a functional terrarium.'' This statement alone is ludicrous.
I've seen the debate about ladders ever since I started to play on this server. Ladders are a semi big deal, but do you really care? If you're trying to kill someone for 5+ minutes in a pvp match and they ''get away'' Then the fault falls onto the players. You're blaming the server for your problems, and your inability to do accomplish something. In this case killing another player.
Again the issue with lag, You do have to realize the Terrarium is located in the center of every Spawn we've ever had, this isn't going to change anytime soon. Like above, my suggestion is to go into the wild, or make your own pvp arena in your town etc.
Suggestion - Perhaps add the terrarium arena away from the spawn to reduce lag?
I will not comment on potions, but all that I know is that when you disable one, you disable them all. It's extremely difficult to comprehend the magnitude of coding it goes into even the simplest of things. And demanding dblosven do something about it right now is childish. DB Has given more to this server in 1 month than you probably have your entire time playing on this server.
Dblosven deserves a tremendous more amount of respect than anybody gives him.
All in all, this was a rushed thread, with little to no detail and any real meaning. All this thread is stating ''Fix pvp, Fix terrarium.''
You're yelling to the wind my friend, They've been trying to fix pvp and terrarium, but every time they take your guy's advice and incorporate them into games, coding, maps etc all you do is back lash at them. This is a huge deterrent to anyone that puts huge amounts of hard work and time into doing things for you guys, and all you do is scold them.
