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I'd just like to know at what point did Notch or Jeb indicate that they intended to add skills to the game?

Either way, if the people nerdraging want a simple, repetitive game and not one with the kind of depth that the new Minecraft updates are giving on the game, the more power to them. It doesn't really make sense, their arguments even less so, like "How would you feel if CoD turned into a puzzle game?" to which I answer "I would wonder why I'm dreaming about CoD turning into a puzzle game. Sandbox and RPG are closely related genres (see: Grand Theft Auto series), FPS and puzzle are not."

Even then, Minecraft could not be further from RPG. If I were to compare this game to GTA, which is another sandbox game, I would say GTA is far more RPG-ish than Minecraft.

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Perhaps if there was an Adventure Mode and Survival Mode to choose between.

Unfortunately there is now a code freeze. :\

People naturally resist change. It's fundamental human nature, after all.

I for one welcome these new features. I wouldn't be as happy with a dedicated skill system, though. It wouldn't ruin the game for me, but I don't want to spend all my time getting my numbers up so that I have the highest numbers and can make other people's numbers go down so that I have the highest numbers in the land.

I just want to spend all my time arranging blocks

I, for one, would like some bosses in the game, at least.

But there's a code freeze. I don't know how will 1.9 be released during a code freeze, though.
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No , the other guy is actually right.

Lets see , server started 5 months ago

Newbie came into the server 2 months ago

You came into the server , just today

As most noobs do , they just kill people without reason , you just spawned , you look at the city , looks cool , yeah , yeaah... comes this guy with run speed +10 defence +10 , damage +10 and kills you in 2 hits.

And you keep re-spawning , they guy keeps killing you.

That's when you find a server that doesn't suck. but the only way to find a server that isn't full of mylittleponyboys is to pretty much get your own.

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It's not necessarily a noob. It can be an experienced player who made a mob grinder. He may have experience in mining and making machines, but not in combat. So he cheats.

I still have no idea why people keep saying it's becoming a RPG. There is no plot or story which is the one main thing you need to call something a RPG. Just because you might be making a story up in your head doesn't mean the game is giving you one. Potions and enchantments are fantasy elements, both of which in their simplest form are just power ups that you would find in many games of many genres. Minecraft is still by definition just a sandbox game because the goals are still do whatever the hell you want. Bosses would just be something that gives nice loot - no story element necessary. Even if NPCs one day can interact and maybe have a trading system integrated, that still has nothing to do with being a "RPG."

People are welcome to not be interested in specific features, but Minecraft hasn't made any of these things necessary to play the game, so why be bothered by more features as opposed to less? If you just want to build, then do it. If you want to survive, these are simply tools to make it more interesting - but they are still optional.

Eh, all I can say is that I like to play different ways in different worlds. Creative - Not using RPG stuff. Survival - Yeah RPG stuff. Only matters what I feel like doing, as if it's 2 games in one.

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It's not necessarily a noob. It can be an experienced player who made a mob grinder. He may have experience in mining and making machines, but not in combat. So he cheats.

Its not cheating if he uses intended game mechanics, Unless you agreed to a duel with no magic.
You pretty much need to know your way around a sword to get the blaze rods needed to build your brewing stands, and you definitely do for the exp need to enchant some godly weapons (although pound for pound low level enchantments are so much more satisfying).

I can see your point too, I've been dabbling with potions since the launch of pre3 and have found some pretty cheap potions. I threw a splash potion of Harming 2 at my friend wearing full diamond armour and it took half of his life away, which is pretty overpowered, i mean an inventory full of those could be quite devastating. The spawnkilling is more of an Admin neglecting problem, and should show you right away that the server is no good, since the admin should give a crap about new traffic, and ban griefers that spawnkill (because spawnkilling is griefing to me)

Adding skills ruins minecraft because it introduces training. It encourages people to do tedious, repetitive processes to do something that should have been available to the player from the get-go.

Quests and bosses are okay, though, just as long as they don't restrict the player in any way, shape or form.

This was always what minecraft was inside Notch's head.An RPG-like game.
People who want to play alpha should play alpha.

Hell, Notch's one man programming team can't even get NPC villages finished, so I doubt we need to worry about RPG.

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Adding skills ruins minecraft because it introduces training. It encourages people to do tedious, repetitive processes to do something that should have been available to the player from the get-go.

Quests and bosses are okay, though, just as long as they don't restrict the player in any way, shape or form.

But hey, as long as you don't NEED to train, you're alright, right? ;D Or maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. ... Maybe.

I'm loving the RPG elements of the game so much it should be illegal.

And it's a sandbox game. For those who dislike the RPG part of it, don't use it? No one is forcing you to level up or fight a boss.

I don't think there will be much more RPG stuff then potions,enchantments and bosses. Which none of are trademark RPG stuff. They just make things more interesting and fun.

My complaint is not against such features, but they should be implemented properly and not half-assed like they currently are being added since 1.8. I like plenty of features in a game, but if they are incomplete features then I would rather them not exist.