With 1.9 nearing, there has been recent discussion about things to do in the remaining days of the current 1.8 map as far as keeping things more interesting and doing things just for the fun of it in ways.
A few points I'd like to discuss include
- Map difficulty
- The nether
- The end
Difficulty
The server difficulty has been
changed from easy to normal as of today. Mobs now have a more noticeable but still small chance of spawning with armor and perhaps a low-level enchantment.
For more info on how difficulty affects gameplay, see
http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Difficulty#Effects_which_increase_in_response_to_various_difficulty_conditions
While I think that is makes things more interesting in some ways, I am a fan of hard difficulty. However, I know this is not the opinion of everyone. What thoughts does everyone else have on this? And if hard difficulty seems a bit intimidating, would it possibly sway any opinions if the server had a day or two that it was hard difficulty as a trial period-- would anyone be open to it? Of course, this all being after we see how normal difficulty is.
The Nether
This is an idea originally proposed by tifreak8x--
tifreak8x wrote:
<CemetecMC> (M) [tifreak8x] You know, I'd love to go explore the nether for this world before the closing of the map
<CemetecMC> (M) [tifreak8x] Think of all the fortresses not explored
I think it would generate more interest in coming online to bring back more activity, since having the nether has been a long-lost feature that everyone has wanted to have, but couldn't have for economical and travel-related reasons. But as the map comes to a close and these things begin to potentially loosen up, I believe it would be great fun to explore the nether, shoot some ghasts, find and raid some fortresses, and fight some wither skeletons and blazes. Thoughts?
The End
It is more well-known that one of the main features that will be upgraded in 1.9 is the ender dragon fight to be made more difficult. This means that this will be the last chance to do a 'classic' style ender dragon fight. I think it would be cool to use this as another reason to bring people on the server together as we start to close out this map. We could arrange a certain time that best fits many peoples' schedules, and all do the dragon fight.
►Discussion for 1.9
Of course, these are all also simultaneously relevant topics for 1.9 that should be discussed here, and in the other topics linked in that topic by Comic.