About the Parkour diamonds

I’m not sure I want to log on and see what some players have created on their plots...
This idea is a good, but another one I think would be more Meep-friendly is to just make levels, meaning that there are several maps, and the more diamonds you have, the more maps, new maps perhaps, you can play on. This idea isn’t entirely mine, I can’t remember where I’ve heard of this but I think this would be a better alternative to making use of these fancy diamonds.

 

maybe make one map that's extraordinarily difficult and you need all 7 other diamonds to "unlock" that course? Have someone who knows parkour stuff make it so it can be really really hard but still fun and have a variety of good jumps. Maybe even have the current top players like creepers playtest the map to make sure it's good. This system makes a lot of hype for players to unlock the course, there would actually be a reason to beat chillroom and countryside, plus harder is *always* better.
*inconsistent and harder are different*

 

i like the idea of using them for something, i definitely think it will be something for the parkour team to think about.

 

As a top GD player, it's kinda my job to point out people would rather unlock courses with their total (if you have 5+ diamonds you can play Stronghold, if you have 8+ diamonds you can play Hushed Halls or whatever) than "spend" them. It's more fun to show off your 8 diamonds than your 2 unlocked courses. As long as the courses were fun I'd love this, an ultimate challenge to show who's the best. maybe a community contest to see who could design the greatest course to be added? (and maybe stronghold since it's a blast to play)

 

Like mentioned, I think it’d be really cool if having diamonds could unlock additional maps/prizes. Maybe around the parkour spawn there could be treasure chests that say “Requires 3 diamonds to open” or something along those lines. Opening the treasure chests could open small bonus maps or prizes such as

• Additional Meebles
• Buffs
• Cosmetic Prizes

I think this is a really good idea and would especially make meep’s parkour truly out of the ordinary.

Those are just some of my ideas and I’m excited to read others.

 

Maybe a leaderboard with the players with the most diamonds would be cool. Like, even if you would spend them it would still show how many you had/have.

 

but it's more work to do "spending" and just generally a worse way to go about it (explained below) (also since there's 7 courses, the leaderboard toppers would all have 7 so sorry but that won't really work out) but what do I know?

as far as cosmetics/buffs/additional meebles, these would be cool! a unique idea that makes me think of is this:
you beat all the current courses, get 7 diamonds, unlock stronghold and whatever other course gets added, beat stronghold and get 8, then beat the new insanely hard course (worth 2 diamonds?) and maybe get a gold helmet to wear in parkour world (like a crown because you have 10 diamonds maybe) this is just an example, but this way you don't feel like you're wasting money on cosmetics instead of courses, you just naturally get goodies as you beat courses. Maybe if you got 1 diamond you'd get leather boots? this is an example, but I truly do think this is the best way to go about it. @creepersareokay what's your opinion on this as the #1 parkour player right now?

 

Of course, the idea of using the diamonds (or really anything earned from completing courses) to unlock something is great, but I don't really agree with having to unlock player-made courses. Ideally, I'd support the idea of a completely open "Parkour Creative" with no restrictions of any kind, and perhaps some "approved maps" designated to their own area of the player-made world after being confirmed by staff (to avoid any too short/low quality maps giving a reward). Maybe some of these maps which receive praise from the playerbase or whose quality matches the standards of maps in the normal world could be added to the parkour hub world, with a real meeble prize, checkpoint system, etc.
bring back planet parkour
However, in reality, I can't see anything above being added due to lack of interest and the amount of effort that would need to be put in to a "low priority" area of the server by the staff and techs.

A better, and more realistic idea, in my opinion, is Zamos' first suggestion,

This could reward effort and encourage players to go through all the maps, with the big challenging course acting as a sort of "boss", giving a sense of accomplishment and completion. Obviously, it'd have a pretty big prize for increased incentive, but honestly, it'd just be really cool to see a portal labeled with, "You must obtain X diamonds in order to advance!" or something along those lines, it almost invokes a sense mystery or wonder. However, I would prefer having the diamonds spent rather than a certain number unlocking the map permanently (no, Zamos, you don't max out at 7 diamonds, you get one every time the timer refreshes and you get the prize). I think after paying 7 (or however many) diamonds, the map should be available to the player either on a timer or until that player dies a certain amount of times. After this, the map is locked again until the player reaches the specified amount of diamonds.
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Spending the diamonds instead of keeping them also leaves room to incorporate Alex's suggestion,

I do disagree with "buffs" though, since people who had been playing for a longer time would accumulate more diamonds and they shouldn't be given an easier time because of that.

 

Yeah, agreed now.

 

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