I've been through dozens of Skyblock servers looking for a good one and I'm just not finding one that's right for me. I wonder if anyone out there is playing one right now that I might like and can recommend it.
What I'm looking for:
Challenges should be a big part of the server. Some of the servers I've tried have very boring challenge rewards, like they offer 2 gold ingots as the reward for something when the cobblestone generator is already set to generate minerals like gold. I'd like the rewards to be meaningful for the server, giving interesting blocks and things that are actually difficult to obtain in other ways. I played a server a few years ago that had many issues, but they did a great job on challenges. They rewarded resource crates of varying rarities depending on the challenge. Each crate had random blocks from an array of choices for each rarity. So, you might do a challenge and get quartz, and do it again later and get endstone or mycellium.
Island leveling should involve all or many block types. I much prefer servers that give varying points for many different blocks. I tried one server that only gave leveling points to gold, diamond, emerald, iron, and end stone. It meant you could have a big, beautiful island and it would be level 0 if you didn't have big, ugly structures made of ores and such. I don't much like building big gold monoliths or houses made of iron. I prefer wood and stone. It would also be nice if leveling meant more than just a number. I know some servers give small perks for higher island levels.
Vanilla features. I prefer things like an ordinary day/night cycle to a constant daylight like some have. I'd rather have natural monster generation rather than spawners. I'd also prefer spawn eggs and breeding to animal spawners. Access to the Nether, at least, would also be great. Some servers remove it and the End entirely.
Cobblestone Generators. I'd prefer them to just generate cobblestone. Or to at least have a high percentage of cobblestone amongst the other ores. I tried a server recently that had the plugin that produces many ores, and they had set the ratios badly. I was getting so much coal and so little cobblestone, I actually had to build the base of my island from wood planks, which was just weird. I also love it when a server does a resource/mining area where you can go to mine out some of the more common stones.
Economy. I like a more player-based economy than a server one. Players should have access in one way or another to all or nearly all of the items in the game. Not through just buying them from the server, but through mining, random rewards, quests, etc. Then players can set up shops or sell things in the auction house or trade in person instead.
PvP. I don't like it because I'm terrible at it. :/ Some skyblocks have PvP. I'd prefer one that doesn't, but it's a minor concern.
If anyone knows any server like the one I've described, or even one that matches a few points, the good challenges especially, could you please post the server here or message it to me so I can give it a try? I'd really, really appreciate it. Making new islands on new servers is fun, but after several dozen in the space of a couple days, it's getting so tedious.
I've been through dozens of Skyblock servers looking for a good one and I'm just not finding one that's right for me. I wonder if anyone out there is playing one right now that I might like and can recommend it.
What I'm looking for:
Challenges should be a big part of the server. Some of the servers I've tried have very boring challenge rewards, like they offer 2 gold ingots as the reward for something when the cobblestone generator is already set to generate minerals like gold. I'd like the rewards to be meaningful for the server, giving interesting blocks and things that are actually difficult to obtain in other ways. I played a server a few years ago that had many issues, but they did a great job on challenges. They rewarded resource crates of varying rarities depending on the challenge. Each crate had random blocks from an array of choices for each rarity. So, you might do a challenge and get quartz, and do it again later and get endstone or mycellium.
Island leveling should involve all or many block types. I much prefer servers that give varying points for many different blocks. I tried one server that only gave leveling points to gold, diamond, emerald, iron, and end stone. It meant you could have a big, beautiful island and it would be level 0 if you didn't have big, ugly structures made of ores and such. I don't much like building big gold monoliths or houses made of iron. I prefer wood and stone. It would also be nice if leveling meant more than just a number. I know some servers give small perks for higher island levels.
Vanilla features. I prefer things like an ordinary day/night cycle to a constant daylight like some have. I'd rather have natural monster generation rather than spawners. I'd also prefer spawn eggs and breeding to animal spawners. Access to the Nether, at least, would also be great. Some servers remove it and the End entirely.
Cobblestone Generators. I'd prefer them to just generate cobblestone. Or to at least have a high percentage of cobblestone amongst the other ores. I tried a server recently that had the plugin that produces many ores, and they had set the ratios badly. I was getting so much coal and so little cobblestone, I actually had to build the base of my island from wood planks, which was just weird. I also love it when a server does a resource/mining area where you can go to mine out some of the more common stones.
Economy. I like a more player-based economy than a server one. Players should have access in one way or another to all or nearly all of the items in the game. Not through just buying them from the server, but through mining, random rewards, quests, etc. Then players can set up shops or sell things in the auction house or trade in person instead.
PvP. I don't like it because I'm terrible at it. :/ Some skyblocks have PvP. I'd prefer one that doesn't, but it's a minor concern.
If anyone knows any server like the one I've described, or even one that matches a few points, the good challenges especially, could you please post the server here or message it to me so I can give it a try? I'd really, really appreciate it. Making new islands on new servers is fun, but after several dozen in the space of a couple days, it's getting so tedious.
The server I play in has a decent Skyblock.
It doesn't have every thing you want though.
Island points are awarded solely based on the challenges.
There are spawners and eggs, your choice.
No separate mining area, just the cobble gen, which gives ores also.
Server shop.
The server is everlast-mc.com
You are more than welcome to check it out
My MC Nick is llanita
I will, thank you.