Welcome to a New Era of Live To CraftLive To Craft? I never liked that name... If you have a better idea, throw it down in the comments As it's been known, I'm the new Head Administrator of LTC, and I'll try to be just as good as Nxck and Nick at this job.
But LTC is not what a single person decides of it, it's most importantly a community, and I'll try to make that aspect as important as it should be.
If you've been on the server recently while I was also around, you might have seen me ask various questions about the future of the server to our most active members.
With their help, I've made a list of things that are bound to change in the nearby future, some of which have already changed.
If you have other suggestions that you wish to express, feel free to comment this post, or to PM me or any staff (or anyone really) and get their view on it.
Anyway, here's a brief changelog, I'll go into more details on certain aspects in a different post at a later date.
Ranks*Town Ownerthis color is for multis, town owners are very light blueThe
Town Owner rank is arguably the most difficult and time consuming rank to get.
It's a rank made to give more power to town owners (duh), by letting them set up their own basic protections, rentable and buyable plots, etc.
This rank also inherits from
Legend, which I'll explain in more details later in this post.
It is a
DYNAMIC RANK, meaning that it is not connected to your account in any way, and you can lose it at any point if you don't match the criterias anymore.
This also means that you can be both
Town Owner and
Builder, for example.
Players with the
Town Owner rank get a light blue star (*) next to their nickname in game.
If you wish to get more information on how to get this rank, and what are the perks associated with it, please check out the Town Owner post, in the Ranks section of the forums.
LegendThe real color is gray, but that's unreadable on the forumsVIPs have always been an important part of LTC, but with all the recent drama around the EULA, that rank has been bringing more and more trouble...
Recent? Who am I kidding, it's been 2 years damnitThe
Legend rank is essentially a replacement for what
VIPs used to get, meaning that old donators can keep most of their perks.
It is also a rank that will be given to the older members of our community.
Builders,
Redstoners,
Pixel Artists,
Specialists and
Town Owners inherit from Legend, meaning that they also get those perks that everyone's been wanting for so long.
In order to get this rank, you have to either be a pre-EULA
VIP (in which case you already are a
$Legend), or a player whose Forums account is older than 2 years old.
Why am I checking the date of the forums account you might ask?
It simply is the most precise date measurement that we have access to, and means that you've likely been an active member of the community for at least around 2 years.
If you're one of the less lucky old members that do not own a forums account... Come see me ingame and we'll see what we can do
.
Finally, you can bypass those conditions by getting one of the ranks mentioned above, which inherit from
Legends anyway.
For more information about this rank, check the Legend post in the ranks section of the forums.
$VIPNo, that's not the admin color.But now that all old
$VIPs are
$Legends, what happens with the real
$VIP rank?
Well, in order to enable donations again, we have to make it so that you don't get any ingame advantage from donating, meaning that things like /fly, /feed, /repair or even just having more /homes can't be given for a donation..
However, we can let
Everyone have an ingame perk for a little while when we get a donation
.
So, the
$VIP rank is now a lot more community-oriented.
Not only will you be able to look fancy with a bunch of cosmetic perks, but you can also bring a global buff for the server for a certain time!
Here's a quick list of things that you'd be able to unlock for some time after donating.
Of course, if you have a better idea in mind, let us know and we might add it if it's a good idea
.. and I also have some other things in mind, but I'll wait to see if it's even possible before I talk about it - /fly for everyone
- Global potion effect for everyone
- Global money buff from mobs for everyone
- Daily (or weekly) kit for everyone
- Event hosted (UHC, Dragon fight, Treasure hunt, etc)
- .. or anything that could be enjoyable and would benefit everyone
And that's without saying that you help us keep the server online with the least lag possible, which we're all very thankful for!
For more information about this rank, check the VIP post on the forums.
PluginsLive To Craft currently has a LOT of plugins, most of which are barely used, broken or mostly disabled. It's time to clean this up. And that's where I need your opinion
RandomLocationTeleporterThe thing that gives /rlt go, and the random tp signs in spawnThis plugin essentially acts as a replacement for what /warp wild used to be, to avoid having a cluttered mess.
However, it very often sends players in the same general area, where a lot of other players have already been.
Is it worth keeping, should we go back to /warp wild (and maybe /warp wild-north, /warp wild-south, etc), or should we just increase its range?
CustomEnchantshttps://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/custom-enchantments/pages/all-enchantments/This plugin adds a bunch of fancy enchantements to various items in minecraft, rune crafting (to add those enchants to your items), and some custom items.
For instance, it adds Haste picks, Jump boost boots, Night vision helmets, Freezing swords, etc.
However, in order to keep things semi-balanced in a survival server, most of the plugin has been disabled, and it still makes surviving extremely easy.
Should it stay on LTC? Should some parts stay and some others be disabled? Should it only be used for custom events and not be part of survival?
MyPetTameable zombies and chicken!MyPet allows you to catch and train various mobs and animals to help you out in your survival experience.
It's been on LTC for quite some time, but it also makes a lot of people join LTC only for its presence, and then leave because of how limited it is.
It is also mostly only used by new members, and quickly abandoned once they're decently geared.
Do you think MyPet should stay on LTC? If not, would you change something about it?
Skyblock, and other minigamesLTC/BC/SC has always mainly been a survival server, and I think that's what it should stay focused on.
Of course, having minigames can bring some fun, but such minigames are usually only used for a couple days before being completely ignored and/or forgotten.
Then, much like with MyPet, new players join because they see that we have, for instance, Prop Hunt, and leave disappointed.
Should we even bother having minigames while some other servers specialize into hosting minigames?
Please leave your opinion on those plugins below, or any other plugin that you feel should change.
Remember to keep your comments civilized, everyone can have their opinion and you're free to disagree, but insulting or attacking other players will only bring you trouble.
Once I get a good view on what yall want to see with LTC, I'll make a new post about "What to expect in the near future".