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Which kind of new server we want?
Minetest severs are basically all about survival
But Rubenwardy changed it by adding Capture The Flag
Now we need more,new and better servers that are not all about survival
Suggest and vote, the new server you want.

AFAIK there is no proper Factions Mod yet, would be nice to have one.

We can use your spawners mod

As of now, the server which is possible to make is the Skywars one

Minetest Sam wrote:We can use your spawners mod

That was my initial idea, of having it on my Factions server, but after i saw the current Factions Mod - there is still a lot of work to develop and for that i really don't have time :/ But i think it should be possible.

If we start from small one day or the other it should be

That's the spirit ;)

The code behind CTF was originally made to run a factions style server. I ran a CTF server as the concept is easier to make and less risk - map is volatile (gets reset) so people won't get annoyed if I close the server or break the map.

It has support for diplomacy and faction interactions. Flags would be replaced with banners to mark territory, cities would be divided up into multiple areas. Please feel free to suggest gameplay. I'm not going to be basing it loyally on MC's factions, I'd like to take my own creative direction. By I will see what they do right.

I'm not saying to copy MC but we also don't have to reinvent the wheel. Players can claim a piece of map block (16x16) if they have enough power and enough rank. If the faction looses power (members) the claimed area will shrink - maybe keeping the metadata so when they get strong again the area will get automatically protected again. Basing it on map blocks gives you the ability of creating a text based map of claimed areas and factions around you. For this is needed some solid database (file with tables?) handling (saving/loading) and chat commands/privs. Showing the text maps is project on it's own i think. At the end make it compatible with some nice market place Mod (chat/text based) so players can sell/buy and rank up. Ranking up system would be also nice and protection Mod what would respect the dynamic claim system. Also thinking of what kind of chests should be used in game like this, since locked chests doesn't make too much sense. This are just my thoughts so take it just as an inspiration if applicable.

I quite like the idea of having to have enough power to hold land. I don't care about copying MC (or rather the mod) it's just that cloning a game takes all the fun out of making it.

if i remember correctly, the Lord of the Test game had a basic faction system where your race/faction decides what kind of items you can craft. (decorative carved stones could only be made by dwarves)

with that concept in mind, factions would be really interesting.
trading would be much more important then :)
(although it should not limit basic gameplay like mining and tool crafting, so the crafting options should only apply to advanced items)
that in combination with different spawns and different mapgens (like norther, eastern, western and southern biomes) would be really awesome.

I voted for SkyWars, but I would really like to see a minigames server (similar to the Hive MC server). Unfortunately, this doesn't seem possible at the moment.
Also, what exactly is factions?

Kpenguin wrote:What exactly is factions?

Go to this link for info
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/su ... o-factions

We want something similar to that in MT

Currently as many people have voted for factions and skywars I am making them although I can't do the technical work so I will need some help