As I've played other games similar to minecraft, such as Rust and other mmo survival games, I've discovered that certain people have abandoned the traditional way of killing and raiding anyone that isn't a friend on skype, instead using economic know-how and charisma to win people over, forge alliances, and bask in great stockpiles of resources.
I've thought of trying this myself, perhaps even making a whole clan based around it, but I wanted to know if it's even worth it.
Would anyone else try out this play style on a minecraft server? Would you trust traders? Have you seen them in action before? Discuss!
I play on a no grief, no pvp, no scam server, but this is relatively nice to see. While raiding is useful to reap immediate benefits, alliances give long term supplies, friendships, and even a defense against other raiders.
To be honest, I've rarely seen it, and I check out new servers pretty often. It's a shame, it's cool to see communities form that aren't just 2-3 friends.
I play on a server where griefing and raiding is allowed but still large communities form on this server and are surprisingly stable! Im even part of one.
Raiding... It's fun, I'll give it that. But honestly, trading is more constructive in the long run, especially for a solo survivalist such as myself. I'm not built to raid anything stronger than 1 guy with iron armor and I usually find uncommon items or places while I explore so it gives me bargaining power in trades, especially if I have time to build a good reputation.
But raiding definitely has it's perks like bankrupting competitors and monopolizing parts of a server.
I play on a server where griefing and raiding is allowed but still large communities form on this server and are surprisingly stable! Im even part of one.
Care to message me the IP? I'd like to check it out!
Yeah, don't get me wrong, raiding will always be fun (when you succeed, of course) But I'd love to see trading work. If you wanted to be sneaky, I bet it'd be worthwhile to bribe others to raid your competitors, hehe
As I've played other games similar to minecraft, such as Rust and other mmo survival games, I've discovered that certain people have abandoned the traditional way of killing and raiding anyone that isn't a friend on skype, instead using economic know-how and charisma to win people over, forge alliances, and bask in great stockpiles of resources.
I've thought of trying this myself, perhaps even making a whole clan based around it, but I wanted to know if it's even worth it.
Would anyone else try out this play style on a minecraft server? Would you trust traders? Have you seen them in action before? Discuss!
WITNESS ME!!!
I play on a no grief, no pvp, no scam server, but this is relatively nice to see. While raiding is useful to reap immediate benefits, alliances give long term supplies, friendships, and even a defense against other raiders.
To be honest, I've rarely seen it, and I check out new servers pretty often. It's a shame, it's cool to see communities form that aren't just 2-3 friends.
WITNESS ME!!!
I play on a server where griefing and raiding is allowed but still large communities form on this server and are surprisingly stable! Im even part of one.
Raiding... It's fun, I'll give it that. But honestly, trading is more constructive in the long run, especially for a solo survivalist such as myself. I'm not built to raid anything stronger than 1 guy with iron armor and I usually find uncommon items or places while I explore so it gives me bargaining power in trades, especially if I have time to build a good reputation.
But raiding definitely has it's perks like bankrupting competitors and monopolizing parts of a server.
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Care to message me the IP? I'd like to check it out!
Yeah, don't get me wrong, raiding will always be fun (when you succeed, of course) But I'd love to see trading work. If you wanted to be sneaky, I bet it'd be worthwhile to bribe others to raid your competitors, hehe
WITNESS ME!!!
If any of you fine people are interested in a clan made for this type of playstyle, I've just made one
http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/servers/clans/2475780-the-minecraftian-trade-guild
WITNESS ME!!!