Raid Reset - Map 5 (raid.mcpvp.com)

Hello Brawlers,

We are very proud to announce the Map 5 reset for Raid. This includes everything in 'the update' that has been a point of interest for the Raid community. We hope you like what is to follow.

☰ What

For the reset, the world you have PvPed in, made your bases in, tracked & raided in will be replaced by a fresh, new world, full of new possibilities. This means all bases, items, warps, teams and gold will be gone with the reset.

You will not keep anything but your player rank! In addition to this, some big changes are coming out in the new map - See below.

For those players who are new to Raid, or Hardcore Survival servers, here is a short list of Raid's features:

• The ability to track other players by building trackers
• A shop to sell any kind of item to other players
• Mob stacking to simplify experience farms and reduce lag
• A custom spawn with protection to provide an environment for players to meet and prepare for PvP
• The ability to capture mobs with eggs and levels
• Weekly KoTHs on custom platforms which change weekly
• A weekly End event where players complete for XP and a Dragon Egg
• The ability to change spawners to different mob types with dragon eggs

☰ When

Date: Saturday, 2nd February
Time: 7PM UTC / 7PM GMT / 11PM PT / 2PM ET / 8PM CEST
IP: raid.mcpvp.com / brawl.com

☰ What's New?

Due to a number of reasons, the current map didn't have the features originally intended. We can only apologise for this, and assure you that this update has everything you've been promised and more.

A lot of ideas and issues have been brought up on threads, and in-game. We've been listening carefully and a lot of discussion has taken place with both staff and players to find the best solutions and changes.

Here's a short list of all the changes:

• New backend for a much more stable play environment
• New custom End dimension with a weekly End event
• New repair NPC to replace the 'shop glitch' for removing the anvil repair cost in exchange for gold
• Re-designed KoTH platforms, and KoTH system including some interesting gear restricted KoTHs
• Spawner changing in exchange for a Dragon Egg and XP
• New custom spawn
• Numerous bug fixes including boats, fast soup hit delays, chat related issues and much more.

Spoiler: New Backend

New Backend

A new backend which introduces a far more stable play environment, and improvements in various areas that won't necessarily be visible to you players. Lag caused by large water/lava towers, and at KoTHs should be a thing of the past.

Spoiler: The End

The End

• Custom End dimension - While this was a feature this map, it wasn't used in the way planned (mentioned below). We hope for this to become a place for competition and PvP in the future.
• Weekly resets - The End will reset weekly. This ties in with the End event (below) and will make the battle for the dragon and egg something you won't want to miss.
• Weekly event - There will be an event held in the End every Sunday. Without giving too much away, it involves a dragon, and more importantly, the egg it drops.

Spoiler: Spawner Changing

Spawner Changing

• Spawners will be changeable, but not in the way they were on Survival PvP.
• To change a spawner, you need the spawn egg, XP, and a dragon egg, which is where the End event becomes important.
• Spawners that have been changed will drop the dragon egg if broken which can be re-used.
• Dragon eggs will be available in the shop to purchase.

Spoiler: Enchanting

Enchanting

• Enchanting this map has been a big point of debate. This is the first map we've tried 1.7 enchanting, and the views were fairly mixed.
• Due to the introduction of the repair NPC (mentioned below), along with XP bottling, we will be keeping enchanting as the 1.7 style on a trial basis - We will take a poll a short time into the map to gather opinions.
• Enchanting is a mix of 1.7 and 1.8 style. It will still require lapis, however the levels used will be the level of the enchant (1.7 style).
• Anvils will remain in the 1.8 style.
• The well known 'shop glitch' where you could reset the XP cost to repair your items will be replace with an NPC at spawn where you can reset the repair cost in exchange for gold.
• The repair cost value will be displayed as a line on the lore of items in the shop, so players can see what they are buying.

Spoiler: KoTH

KoTH

• New and improved KoTHs
• Unlike KoTHs last map, they will not be based on time, instead, they will be point based. This address the issue of KoTHs sometimes lasting 3+ hours and becoming an endurance game. Points will now be earned by the team controlling the KoTH, and the first team to reach the set amount of points, wins.
• Instead of everyone getting a key, a set number of keys will be given out to the winning team.
• KoTH restrictions - To add some spice, some KoTHs will have gear restrictions around them. This means you cannot enter the KoTH area with gear/enchants above the limit. Examples: Iron only / P1 diamond max.

Spoiler: Misc.

Misc.

• A new and improved /help to make it much easier to get to know the server and it's features
• Bugs including boats, fast item changing causing a hit delay, lag during KoTH will all be resolved thanks to the new backend.
• Many more features, bug fixes, and future plans...

☰ End of the Map

There will be an EOTM event before the reset happens. Read all about that here.

As a sneak peak to the the new KoTH platforms, there will be a KoTH this coming Saturday (26th) at 3PM ET (8PM UTC).

Keep posting your suggestions, and ideas. There are a lot of new features, so there may be bugs. Please post your feedback, bugs, changes on all of them. We want to know what you think.
We know this map hasn't been up to the expectations of many of you, but we hope what we have for you this new map will make up for it!

Brawl Staff Team

 

Not at this time. Once the reset/update's out we'll look into adding new features like that. The thread is an interesting suggestion though.