What Raid Needs

Raid
Raid is one of Brawl's biggest assets and is currently one of few gamemodes on Brawl that has a somewhat consistent playerbase. However, in recent times Raid is seeing fewer and fewer players with the numbers dwindling down every new map. Raid is in need of some changes and I have decided to throw around some of the ideas I had from years ago and recently with my semi-return to Minecraft.

Major Change:
For one, Raid needs to update to the latest version of Minecraft. With the recent resurgence of popularity to Minecraft as a whole there has been an influx of new players and older players returning. However, most of these players are coming back to the newest version to see what has been added in their absence, and the new players will automatically join in the latest version. Raid does not need to stay on 1.8 for another 4 years, a change needs to happen. The majority of the PvP community has moved on and are definitely not sticking to Brawl if they are still here. When broken down Raid is a Survival Multiplayer Server with a lot of really interesting plugins that make the playing dynamic fun and interesting. Now, the players that are currently playing have been playing for the past multiple maps, it is evident that they are going to stay no matter the playercount or changes made to the server. What we need are new players who bring a whole other level to the playing dynamic. No longer does Raid need to be a gamemode ran by veterans who know what they're doing because they've played the same thing for years, but it'll become a server ran by whoever is willing and able to make it to the top with a clean slate. Veterans will be just as intrigued by the new things added from updates and will need time to adjust and figure out what to do with it all. Newer players will be able to start on a more even playing field and will be able to step up to the plate and create competition that has since disappeared from the server. Yes, the playerbase will need time to adjust and the plugins need to be made compatible and technical changes will need to be made, but in the long run this is what needs to be done.

Minor/Immediate Changes:
Custom terrain needs to be added. Again, the same formula raid uses every map is getting old and redundant. No one wants to play the same thing every single map. Custom terrain will bring a fresh breath of air and allow players to explore the world like never before.

Better incentives for ranked players. Ex. allowing ranked players to change the color of their team chat to their liking. Whether it be the OG blue, lime, or pink. Or allowing ranked players to issue a command that would teleport them from the overworld to the nether equivalent or vice versa.

Changes to staff. When I was staff SMod+ were allowed to have creative mode. However, they are not always actively playing. Moderators need to have access to creative mode so they can better deal with bugs/glitches/player abuse and have small events run smoother and more frequently. Also please moderate staff abusing /tp to see players when they're at their bases so they can track, this was a problem when I was staff and should be kept under better check.

Please, do not reuse the dragon spawn. My thoughts copied from Discord:
The dragon spawn does not need to be reused. It wasn’t popular to begin with the first time it was used. It was pretty and it was big but the majority of the excitement is below spawn and no one really wants to travel down there. Spawn is the first thing new players see and they shouldn’t have to travel underneath it to find players. On top of that, the top is, imo, dark and bland colored so it’s not very vibrant or exciting which is what raid should feel like. In contrast, the bottom is very bright and pretty but no one should have to parkour or go there to see that. I would suggest building an entirely new spawn that expresses and portrays what Raid is about. Adding on to that, the dwindling player base will not be enough to make the spawn feel full. It’ll feel empty and boring if half of the people at spawn are under it and the other half is above. And if I remember correctly the nether portal was in the dragons mouth, which meant parkouring underneath spawn to get to the dragons mouth. I can’t remember so forgive me if I’m wrong, but I’m not a big fan of that. Nether portal should be easier to access

Events also need to be done a lot smoother. Brawl has a terrible history of making events run late, resetting the map late, and generally pissing off the community with the same comments every time something goes wrong. Make sure everything is in place and ready for the new map and the eotw event, thanks.

At the start of the world give players 32 steak so they don't have to camp the pig spawner or venture out for food - let them jump straight into the action.

Another way of helping players learn tracking. Add a command like /trackhelp or something which would teleport players to the build server or equivalent and have the different types of trackers already built with a tutorial of sorts set up, or signs that would tell players what to do. It would be like a minigame where it would tell players what to do in chat and how to narrow and player and once completed give them x amount of gold.

Spawn
Spawn does not need to be the dragon spawn. It was unpopular when we last used it and it will probably be even worse now considering the playerbase is even smaller than it was then. It's simply too elaborate on the bottom and too dark on the top. My ideas for an ideal spawn and spawn themes would be as follows:​

• Parkour around the top of spawn or related - could lead to nether or end portal
• Village themed w/ bubbly N, E, S, W letters
• Futuristic themed
• Ocean themed
• Space themed
• Brawl/Soup related - make it look similar to the kitpvp map or lobby
• Giant Forest spawn with massive dark oak trees encompassing spawn

I will add onto this when I have more time but these were things off the top of my head.
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Going along with what SoCool said - the pvp cooldown can be completely removed for the server. It would be the same PvP except there would be access to a shield. There's also rumors of more PvP changes coming to Minecraft which will hopefully be a step in the right direction unlike the 1.9 combat update.

Change isn't a negative thing, in order for progress to be made change needs to happen. We cannot stay on the same version for another 5 years hoping that Mojang will revert the PvP changes. More and more things are being added to the game, but we are staying on a five year old update because of PvP, which again, can be made to feel the same on 1.14. I also can't imagine how hard it is for the devs to constantly have to get support for the latest version of minecraft to be able to run alongside 1.8 players.

 

There are a few additions that may need tweaking, but there’s definitely way more things that would improve the experience than ruin it. I cannot think of anything over the top that would need to be redone to the point where it’s essentially still 1.8 or ruins the experience the latest versions give. There’s also the beauty of experiencing all the new things that people on Raid have not yet experienced due to the fact they have not upgraded. It’s like experiencing the game for the first time again. So, no, these additions would not be so gamebreaking/changing to the point where it’d be reverted back to how 1.8 is, if I understood correctly. The few items that may need tweaking or removal would not take much work either.

 

Please name the technical issues. As far as I know there are no serious additions that cannot be fixed relatively simply. It seems like it's just an excuse not to update.

Not sure if I'm understanding properly, but downgrading to 1.7 is no longer feasible for Brawl afaik and staying on 1.8 or downgrading would be a step in the wrong direction. Things are not working now and a change needs to happen, Raid should not stay on 1.8 for 5 more years.