I would love to help you.
I made a server like this with a spawn and a imperial city, but ran into money trouble with hosting.
A nice plugin would be the clans plugin : HERE
I would reccomend changing the config to disable area claiming and just about everything apart from clan chat prefixs and the ranking system.
Config I used:
Hm. This might work, but I think I'll leave the configuring up to someone who knows what they're doing. We definitely want some sort of chat plugin, but not any area protection. Clan tags might be handy, but I don't think we should use the rank thing. Friendly fire should be allowed, for training, at least. But that's all if we decide to use this plugin. It's just as likely that we won't. I'll look up advanced chat, and see what comes with that.
'General' - Stuff like ban/kick and other stuff that doesn't crash as much(Or at all, I've never had a crash) as essentials does
'Herosneak' - Allows you to sneak without having to hold shift.
'Herochat' - The chat plugin from cavera, you remember what it does xD
'General' - Stuff like ban/kick and other stuff that doesn't crash as much(Or at all, I've never had a crash) as essentials does
'Herosneak' - Allows you to sneak without having to hold shift.
'Herochat' - The chat plugin from cavera, you remember what it does xD
I did like Cavera's choice of plugins, and I've always wanted to try herosneak.
Please note If I posted something the same or similar to you it is because I haven't read all of all of the posts.
Problems/Issues/Questions to discuss:
-What should the server be called? Come on, give me your best idea. I have no good ones.-
I do not know but I called my previous server Empirecraft and you are free to use that name for this server. Variants could be: clancraft, kingdomcraft, Warriorcraft, Swordcraft, weaponcraft, etc. To be honest I really don't know.
-Should there be any roleplaying? If so, to what extent? Should we consider factions/clans as nations but not have character roleplay?-
I think that clans/factions/nations/empires should each choose there own extent of roleplay but it should be respected by other players and encouraged by admins/mods/staff/other players. I personally will choose to have light roleplay in my clan. e.g. ranks, a chain of command, jobs for people, buildings that look medieval ish, etc.
-Should there be any server-wide events (i.e. Olympics or other competitions, Arena matches, etc.)?-
yes
Game examples:
-spleef.
-snowball fight - could have podiums and knock each other off them with the knockback from snowballs.
-sprinting/obstacle course
-duels - just an excuse to fight in a arena with a cheering crowd
-Should we use any plugins/mods?-
yes but only for showing who's in which team and anti hackers. Keep a as near to vanilla as possible experience.
-Should factions be able to set their own spawn point by means of a plugin?-
Yes but If /spawn or other teleports were added people would tp out of a fight, lava, etc yes to setting groupspawns, no to ALL teleports (except for admin/mods of course).
-How far away should factions/clans be located from each other and the spawn point? I've never really gotten used to large measurements in Minecraft.- as far or close as they want. I will make my base 5000 or so coords away but if someone only wants to travel 500 blocks from spawn I don't think anyone should stop them. They will learn when they return from mining and find players from their enemys clan standing by a crater at the spot their house used to be at... :biggrin.gif:
-Would you be willing to donate to the server?-
I don't have the money as I'm only 13 (though I am mature for my age so don't get a impression that just because I am a kid I will be immature and don't take Minecraft war and roleplay seriously enough)
You're right about no teleports. I'll add that in.
I guess it makes sense to let factions build wherever they want.
I don't plan on having any age restrictions for this server, but we'll see if immaturity becomes an issue. Anyway, I'm glad that you understand the idea behind the server. Thanks for being mature!
:biggrin.gif:
Another thing is: griefing - should it be allowed?, how heavily and how should any rules be enforced?
I personnally think you should be allowed to grief and steal from enemies as it is a great -n cost to them and it weakens morale alot. Griefing allys won't keep you allys for long and griefing neutrals will provoke war. Greifing and stealing should be allowed but it should not be allowed to pour lava or make a drop to bedrock at ANYBODYS groupspawn (if we use groupspawns instead of one spawnpoint). This however would be hard to enforce so for these reasons I think that you should have a village or barn or palace or city or something at a spawnpoint protected by a plugin like alerter or worldguard so nobody can place lava at someones spawn point. Less incentive to die really - you have to walk 5000 - 15000 blocks to get back to base.
And lastly: zaneris minimap? - should it be allowed?
If you have to walk 5000 coords It will help and is a amazing tool. I don't know. Is there a way to stop people using it on a server?
Griefing will be allowed. Of course, griefing for griefing's sake is discouraged by the consequences of everyone being part of a faction and not constantly at war. And factions should defend against griefers.
Greifing has to be allowed for Minecraft war to be capable. Used properly, it won't be called griefing, because it will only be done strategically. Remember what the AoW thread says about not destroying what you want to capture.
I don't like protected areas, because it changes the whole idea of warfare, but I see what you mean about setting a trap at the spawn point. Maybe we won't have spawn points for the factions.
I don't think we'll use the minimap. It makes it too easy to give away secret locations. There is an ingame map already, so players can use that if they want to. Of course, by "use," I mean "allow."
Tech people are always good to have around, but I think Kevin is going to be running the server. We could use a banner, if you're willing to try. It's a good way to raise awareness. I don't plan on having a protected spawn area. Your building skills would be best used in the service of a faction. Nothing will be built specifically for aesthetic purposes, except for simple pride. Having giant beautiful structures is an invitation for career griefers.
We are now looking for more factions to join the server. If you know of any serious warfare factions, please refer them to this thread, and make sure they post to let me know whether they're interested or not. If your faction is already interested, please let me know as well.
I'm going to add a poll to try to get an estimate of numbers.
Remember guys; Vanilla as possible = better PVP experience compared to the AoW thread.
That means:
-No Factions mod
-No mcMMO
-No 'movecraft' 'Minecart mania' 'other gameplay mechanic mods'
-No /home that makes it to hard for people to win offensive battles.
And even worse the ATTACKERS having infinite tps to you.
You kill him get his iron armour and d sword and think yay I beat of the attack!
2 minutes later he comes back and shoots you with a bow and arrow.
EVEN EVEN worse would be the /tpahere /tpaccept /tpdeny /tpcancel and /tpa commands being allowed because people could set their in your base type /home then type /tpahere PLAYER2 and their friend pops up aswell.
On another note:
What's your opinion on my banners Kevin?
I like them, but there's no official name for the server yet so we're going to have to redo them eventually(Unless Project: Art of War Reborn is chosen)
Edit
OIN will obviously be playing on the server.
Name Suggestions: (One or more for every letter of the alphabet)
Art of War: Empires
Battles PVP
Conflicts PVP
Dawn of War
Empires of War
Empires of Fate
Empires
Fightcraft (Lmao at how terrible this one is)
Gods of War
Hades' Empire
Infinite Realm PVP
Just PVP
Killcraft (Again, it's terrible lmao.)
Kevincraft ;D
Lost Souls PVP
Moments of War
Nero's Fiddle PVP (Rome Reference, I'm trying to hard to get every letter)
Optimum Warfare
Posterity
Quarrycraft (Lmao, terrible again)
RunecraftIsNotaPluginWeRunOnThisServerCraft (R is a stupidly hard letter)
Serpent's of Majesty
Tigratia (Possible name of the 'continent' the PVP happens on?)
Undying Conflict
Viable Warfare
Warfare Unlimited
Xtreme PVP
YourPVPServer
ZetaCraft
I like the first one best so far. My only suggestion would be to make them a little more advertisey. So you can tell it's a server.
@Mazer:
I took down the questions/problems because I reached a decision for all of them (more or less). Also, they tend to distract people from the rest of the post in their reply. You'll notice now that people are discussing things, instead of just posting their answers to the questions.
@Kevin:
That's quite a selection! I'm leaning away from most -craft names and all RP-style names. My favorite so far, though it needs tweaking first, is YourPvPServer. I want the name to be descriptive, like Project: Art of War was, but I don't want the same one. My next best would be Art of War: Empires, but that could use some adjustment, too.
I also think that Art of War: Empires is probably the best name. I think that if you were to include a plug-in, like /sethome and /home, that there should be at least a 1 minute delay.
I would hate to see this turn into a generic factions server with lots of little rules in place. I like the idea, but I would prefer if it was more like PPU. BTW, anyone know what happened to PPU and Phoenix?
Hm. This might work, but I think I'll leave the configuring up to someone who knows what they're doing. We definitely want some sort of chat plugin, but not any area protection. Clan tags might be handy, but I don't think we should use the rank thing. Friendly fire should be allowed, for training, at least. But that's all if we decide to use this plugin. It's just as likely that we won't. I'll look up advanced chat, and see what comes with that.
'General' - Stuff like ban/kick and other stuff that doesn't crash as much(Or at all, I've never had a crash) as essentials does
'Herosneak' - Allows you to sneak without having to hold shift.
'Herochat' - The chat plugin from cavera, you remember what it does xD
Imperator - Augustus
I did like Cavera's choice of plugins, and I've always wanted to try herosneak.
You're right about no teleports. I'll add that in.
I guess it makes sense to let factions build wherever they want.
I don't plan on having any age restrictions for this server, but we'll see if immaturity becomes an issue. Anyway, I'm glad that you understand the idea behind the server. Thanks for being mature!
Griefing will be allowed. Of course, griefing for griefing's sake is discouraged by the consequences of everyone being part of a faction and not constantly at war. And factions should defend against griefers.
Greifing has to be allowed for Minecraft war to be capable. Used properly, it won't be called griefing, because it will only be done strategically. Remember what the AoW thread says about not destroying what you want to capture.
I don't like protected areas, because it changes the whole idea of warfare, but I see what you mean about setting a trap at the spawn point. Maybe we won't have spawn points for the factions.
I don't think we'll use the minimap. It makes it too easy to give away secret locations. There is an ingame map already, so players can use that if they want to. Of course, by "use," I mean "allow."
@Whoever felt the need to report this thread:
What's your problem?
@Whoever reopened the thread:
Thank you!
@Daniel:
Meh, if they want to use the minimap, let them.
Tech people are always good to have around, but I think Kevin is going to be running the server. We could use a banner, if you're willing to try. It's a good way to raise awareness. I don't plan on having a protected spawn area. Your building skills would be best used in the service of a faction. Nothing will be built specifically for aesthetic purposes, except for simple pride. Having giant beautiful structures is an invitation for career griefers.
We are now looking for more factions to join the server. If you know of any serious warfare factions, please refer them to this thread, and make sure they post to let me know whether they're interested or not. If your faction is already interested, please let me know as well.
I'm going to add a poll to try to get an estimate of numbers.
That means:
-No Factions mod
-No mcMMO
-No 'movecraft' 'Minecart mania' 'other gameplay mechanic mods'
-No /home that makes it to hard for people to win offensive battles.
Imperator - Augustus
Infinite TPs to your base vs. An Attacker who can't tp there at all
Who would win that battle? The defender obviously, and that's not something that makes PVP fun.
Imperator - Augustus
I like them, but there's no official name for the server yet so we're going to have to redo them eventually(Unless Project: Art of War Reborn is chosen)
Edit
OIN will obviously be playing on the server.
Name Suggestions: (One or more for every letter of the alphabet)
Art of War: Empires
Battles PVP
Conflicts PVP
Dawn of War
Empires of War
Empires of Fate
Empires
Fightcraft (Lmao at how terrible this one is)
Gods of War
Hades' Empire
Infinite Realm PVP
Just PVP
Killcraft (Again, it's terrible lmao.)
Kevincraft ;D
Lost Souls PVP
Moments of War
Nero's Fiddle PVP (Rome Reference, I'm trying to hard to get every letter)
Optimum Warfare
Posterity
Quarrycraft (Lmao, terrible again)
RunecraftIsNotaPluginWeRunOnThisServerCraft (R is a stupidly hard letter)
Serpent's of Majesty
Tigratia (Possible name of the 'continent' the PVP happens on?)
Undying Conflict
Viable Warfare
Warfare Unlimited
Xtreme PVP
YourPVPServer
ZetaCraft
Imperator - Augustus
I like the first one best so far. My only suggestion would be to make them a little more advertisey. So you can tell it's a server.
@Mazer:
I took down the questions/problems because I reached a decision for all of them (more or less). Also, they tend to distract people from the rest of the post in their reply. You'll notice now that people are discussing things, instead of just posting their answers to the questions.
@Kevin:
That's quite a selection! I'm leaning away from most -craft names and all RP-style names. My favorite so far, though it needs tweaking first, is YourPvPServer. I want the name to be descriptive, like Project: Art of War was, but I don't want the same one. My next best would be Art of War: Empires, but that could use some adjustment, too.
Empires: Art of War
it sounds a little bit better in My opinion.
Imperator - Augustus
-Edit-
Oh... Minecraft Achievement... I get it.
A-Z would be so much harder if it wasn't
Imperator - Augustus
now.
I'll be making a website so we can accept donations and get us running soon!
And for the person making signatures;
May I recommend some different fonts?:
http://www.dafont.com/chopin-script.font
Is what I use in my signature (Possibly for the: Empires will rise.... Empires will fall)
http://www.dafont.com/coolvetica.font
Is a nice sans font (Possibly for the Art of War: Empires)
Imperator - Augustus
Go here to donate: http://artofwarempires.ucoz.com/
Imperator - Augustus