Brainstorming: Player Retention

Teams is definitely something we could try and implement into Party... the only issue is how exactly we would have it work on the servers. Would we implement team based game modes so the server is split in to two teams before the game begins and any players you have in your /friend list is automatically on the same team? Or we could try to work a dedicated team system into the Party servers although i'd have to do more thinking on this before suggesting a reasonable idea xD

 

My bad, I dont think I was clear enough. They would be picked teams. (like ones on wild west or raid) You would be allowed to invite a number of people into your team and try to accumulate as many coins as possible which could lead to something greater? (I haven't really gone that far in the thought process...)

 

Do you mean like competitive party like with CTF teams?

 

I like part of @GoToBed 's idea with the 10 second part before the game. With this you could implement cosmetics for the players with the coins they already have. It would mean more stuff to buy, and allow players to interact more. Because at the moment you can't interact with others without dying.

 

Personally, I love these two ideas. Starting with @GoToBed s ideas with Pre-Games, this one is probably my favorite for many reasons. First off there are a lot of games that some people just hate, some I know that practically no one likes, and voting would definitely eliminate the more unpopular games. I'd like to build on that idea however and I think Party itself needs a bit of an overhaul, maybe the forums community and the more engaged party players can vote on some new game ideas, like you mentioned, but also some games that we could have removed due to their unpopularity. Giving the game-modes new maps is also another great idea just to change a somewhat stale game-mode. Not sure if it's possible or even favorable, that decision would have to go by @GreenPeas first.
Second, feather's idea is something I like a lot, but in a different context. But when I was addicted to the Hive, which is full of very repetitive gamemodes, the one thing that kept me playing was the ranks. Kind of like feather's idea, but more in depth, the better, or the more you play, the higher rank you get. Like with one in the chamber depending on how many kills you get your rank would increase.

• 1-100: Archer
• 101-250: Marksmen
• 251-500: Sharpshooter
• 501-1000: Soldier
• 1001-1500: Sniper
• 1501+: Deadshot

Yes, ik those are terrible, just an example. This might not even be possible with 40+ games on 1 gamemode, but it would definitely retain some players that really wanna rank up and beat everyone else. That, in my opinion, is one of the better ways to retain players.

I'm not sure how well the teams would work out in games such as Paintballer, or how kits would work, so I don't feel comfortable discussing those, but I do think Party is an essential gamemode, and increasing player competitiveness sounds like the best way to keep players from leaving after a day or two.

That's just my ideas, and hey if y'all like it maybe I'll post a more in-depth, detailed, and less sloppy version under server ideas​

 

Maybe its should do a min ffa pvp on Minecraftparty Also buy a kits, and colored armors like Ranks
and ect... ..

 

Point system and also coins to buy things with effects and other cool things.

 

I think you could make it so its not just minigame after minigame, have a sequence of minigames, for example 10, and at the end of the 10 the player with the most points wins some coins or a type of reward, i believe it would make the game more competitive. You could also add a bigger variety of games and i know this is not an easy thing to do but to be honest there are not enough games.