Uhs Suggestions

UHS, or Ultra Hardcore Survival has no players in it but has lots of potential. I found that it could be a more fun (but a lot harder) version of factions, but is missing some key factors. There is no suspense, competition, or reward/purpose. Here are some things I believe we should add to make the game more popular (I know some of these are already on trello).

Competition: I believe we should add a leaderboard like we had in kit for most kills, and longest survival. More players will want to play just to see their names on the leaderboard. Also maybe there could be a supply drop (like wild) except there will be lots more mobs around it. Multiple people might go after the supply drop, or it might make a tricky adventure.

Suspense: If you have ever played factions on a big server, you would understand. You walk outside your base, knowing there is a chance that someone is going to come and attack you. It makes the game more fun though. I suggest that we make the map smaller, because it's way to big to come across anybody or make a UHS spawn and add /random. The Spawn could tell people how to play and what UHS is about and maybe contain a small starter kit. Some people will chose to find a place for their base near spawn which will make it harder. Also we just need more players. I think it will grow, if we implement these suggestions as people will invite their friends to play, so they can get a tpahere back if needed.

Reward/Purpose: Currently there are barely any ways to make money off UHS. This is a reason why a lot of people won't play. I suggest we add the auction plugin that we have in skyblock, to UHS.

Commands that should be added:

All jobs (jobs don't work in UHS)
/bal
/pay
/server
/tcb & /tca
/ach and create achievements

 

I'd like to get into UHS, but don't for the very reasons you're mentioning. +1

Except on one count: is there currently PvP in UHS? I'm more of a PvE person. If I want PvP (never), then I'll go to KitPvP. I get what you're saying about the suspense in Factions because I have played on many and do find them enjoyable for that suspense alone (I transitioned to Towny because I hated having to make ugly, hidden bases) but I'd rather create suspense through PvE features rather than danger from other players. How can I ever trust "friends" if they could really just be infiltrators (the type of thing you see on Faction servers). If everyone on the UHS server can be a team player and maybe go to fight the Ender Dragon or Wither together for meebles and defend your base against mob invasions together, then COUNT ME IN.

I do second making the map smaller though to induce more player interaction as I personally think this would be beneficial and important for a PvE-focused world.

-MD

 

I find uhs fun, but it's stupid that things like seen and bal dont work. This in addition to those suggestions would be helpful, maybe implementing a way of having a team to prevent accidental fights

 

I suggested the addition of a parties plugin a while back, but is was denied due to "remember to trust no one."

 

Eh, some of these things make sense while others don't. I'll organize this idea into a breakup over the idea. Red header means I disagree with the idea, black is neutral/change is needed, and green is completely agree with it.

Leaderboard:

The idea of a leaderboard is great but I don't think it should display the kills. The leaderboard should show something like the most diamonds mined, most Withers fought, most time survived, etc. As it currently is, the player killing will become easy for people using /tpahere to kill players over and over again. I personally have about 50 /tpahere's rn and it will be excessively easy to get to the top with that amount of killing.​

Supplydrop:

Spongeystar has asked me in the past about what ideas will be good for UHS. (Google Doc Link is on Trello under UHS suggestions here https://trello.com/c/qpSKXYLI/760-uhs-suggestions) This was one of them. Rather, a variation. I suggested that a wither would spawn and upon death, the players who killed it can obtain loot. I think that would be a greater variation of it.​

Spawn:

I will just say no to this. There should be no safe zone in UHS. Rather, a tutorial or a command like /help should be mentioned in chat so players know how to play. Also, if staff are lazy, they can just link players to my forum post here: http://meepcraft.com/threads/a-non-official-guide-to-ultra-hardcore-survival-uhs.57454/​

Smaller Map:

The map is a giant circle with a 20k block radius. I tested this myself. I disagree with the fact of a smaller map. I've actually ran into a lot of players already and /tpahere'd more. The idea of a big map is to build suspense over not knowing what's over that mountain. This isn't UHC but rather basic survival, just a harder version. PVP isn't the main point of UHS but just a small aspect of it.​

Rewards:

Last I checked, they were working on implementing achievements for UHS so this is already in the works.​

Auction House:

Why? The entire idea of UHS is that it isn't safe. It is allowed to grief, /tpahere lure, etc. There is no idea of being safe but rather always in danger. Auction house will remove the unsafe nature of trading. I'd personally love to have an auction house but it just doesn't fit with the game type.​

Commands:

All of these are currently in the work. Just be patient.​

 

We have decided to add the leaderboard and the smaller map to Trello: https://trello.com/c/qpSKXYLI/760-uhs-suggestions