The modern day survival gamemode...

[Blizzards]

Hey! So I've been looking at what the survival gamemode has been turned into and it's completely different from what I remember back in the old days and wanted to know what other people thought.

Do you like the modern survival or the old style? Do you think modern plugins ruined the feel of survival? Do you feel like it made it WAY too easy to play and get end-game loot? What made you want to play survival?

Let me know what you think!

 

[Gunny]

Hey! So I've been looking at what the survival gamemode has been turned into and it's completely different from what I remember back in the old days and wanted to know what other people thought.

Do you like the modern survival or the old style? Do you think modern plugins ruined the feel of survival? Do you feel like it made it WAY too easy to play and get end-game loot? What made you want to play survival?

Let me know what you think!

I personally dislike making the game easier through plugins and such. I'm not sure what exactly is "modern" vs "old" but definitely sticking to either completely vanilla or completely modified is how I play. A middle ground just ruins it imo. For the most part, when I play survival, it needs to be with friends/family and it needs to be difficult with objectives. I need constant tasks to do, even if grindy to keep myself occupied. Especially since I'm not the best builder.

 

[Blizzards]

I personally dislike making the game easier through plugins and such. I'm not sure what exactly is "modern" vs "old" but definitely sticking to either completely vanilla or completely modified is how I play. A middle ground just ruins it imo. For the most part, when I play survival, it needs to be with friends/family and it needs to be difficult with objectives. I need constant tasks to do, even if grindy to keep myself occupied. Especially since I'm not the best builder.

What I am talking about is "Old" being vanilla before everyone started adding tons of plugins like /fly, /god, crates, etc.

 

[Gunny]

What I am talking about is "Old" being vanilla before everyone started adding tons of plugins like /fly, /god, crates, etc.

Yeah, those completely ruin it imo. Go play Towny or something if you want that

 

[Andrew]

Hey there,

I agree that plugins do take away from the Survival aspect slightly however I think some servers have done a fantastic job at balancing those features to ensure that the main aim of the gamemode is not lost, so I do think it's possible to keep it a grind. I think if you're not careful doing it with little to no plugin you'll struggle to compete with the larger servers that offer more features. For example my Survival server that's currently being built lots of my plugins pertain to cosmetics, or custom currency. These things just provide a deeper level to the gamemode because I do still think it's important to be unique.

Interesting thread, I will be looking out for responses to see other opinions.

Lolli |

 

[Blizzards]

Hey there,

I agree that plugins do take away from the Survival aspect slightly however I think some servers have done a fantastic job at balancing those features to ensure that the main aim of the gamemode is not lost, so I do think it's possible to keep it a grind. I think if you're not careful doing it with little to no plugin you'll struggle to compete with the larger servers that offer more features. For example my Survival server that's currently being built lots of my plugins pertain to cosmetics, or custom currency. These things just provide a deeper level to the gamemode because I do still think it's important to be unique.

Interesting thread, I will be looking out for responses to see other opinions.

Lolli |

Yeah I see what you're saying, finding that balance is something I am kinda struggling with at the moment with my server, just trying to find ways to keep it about building and gathering stuff while having other activities/events to do along side that. I mainly wanted to see what others thought about this, I am thinking about doing a couple more threads like this one to see how people feel about "modern" gamemodes with plugins rather then vanilla stuff