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This is possibly among the least thought out of Suggestions.

Quote from ampedreaper

Just got the game a few days ago thinking that I would be playing alone during the times that my friends were all out doing things. Now that a few friends have asked me about the game and have heard that I like it, they are wanting to pick up the game for themselves so we can play together. One other friend picked the game up today and we have been trying for the past 4 hours to set up a multiplayer server with no luck at all. We have watched so many vids on youtube and we have gone to other sites to get this going but nothing works at all. I am playing on pc and does anyone know how hard it is to get a multiplayer session going with your friends on console? This has got me to my breaking point, please help out if you can.

If you're playing the PC version and your friends are playing a console version then you can not play together. It's as simple as that. You have to be playing on the same version and platform to play with one another.

Quote from Princess_Garnet

That they're referred to as "free to play" players shows the unfortunate mentality and mindset some of the server owners have taken over the years towards this game. Minecraft isn't a free to play game but it's multiplayer has seemingly sadly become one.

False. Minecraft is not a Free-To-Play game. Minecraft is a Buy-To-Play which is something different. Or, it should be a Buy-To-Play game, but something interesting has happened - the EULA.

Free-To-Play games are just that - free. You can get them and play with indefinitely without ever having to pay a penny out of pocket; however, these games often come with in-game cash shops that allow the players to purchase items. These range anywhere from cosmetic items, to mounts or upgrade items and boosters.

Buy-To-Play games are games like Guild Wars. These games require you to purchase the game for a set price before you can play it. These game often include cash shops as well; however, they tend to be much less "pay to win" oriented and more just for fun or very, very small benefits.

Pay-To-Play games are games like WoW that require a monthly subscription to be able to play. Once again, these games also often include cash shops for their players to purchase various items.

Minecraft should be a Buy-To-Play game when you look at it; however, the EULA has now forced it into a grey area. The EULA actually permits server owners to require the user to purchase a subscription to be allowed to play. This effectively makes some servers Pay-To-Play while others remain Buy-To-Play. Mineplex has adapted an approach that makes it both Buy-To-Play and Pay-To-Play. Premium users, like myself, have given money to have access to certain features. These features previously included kits but have recently been reduced to a simple name tag, Beta game access, and the premium servers.

What's truly saddening is the viewpoint that you, and countless others such as yourself, have developed. Why should servers be Free-To-Play? Why do we, the community, deserve access to these servers for nothing? The answer: We don't. These servers cost a large amount of money to maintain every month for us to all enjoy. Additionally, some people on the larger networks have had to quit their real life professions to work for these servers full time. It's this level of commitment and dedication that creates the large communities like Mineplex, Hypixel, and so many others that you all enjoy. If these servers don't produce revenue by being Pay-To-Play or having some form of cash shop then they will shut down. These "businesses" don't run off of goodwill and sunshine. And while we would all love to believe in the human spirit coming through and donations (true donations - not buying perks) being enough to sustain these servers, it just won't happen. The reason so many people donate right now is because they are getting a return. The problem isn't that server owners monetize their servers, it's that we, the community, have warped the meaning of a "donation."

Now, like many others, I am fully against "pay2win" type servers that have cash shops with ridiculous benefits. I joined the Chroma Hills server shortly after it's launch, eager to join a new factions community. I was sorely disappointed to discover that I, a non-cash player (the correct term we should be using), wasn't even permitted to place lava buckets without having first donated. This took a way a large gameplay aspect for me and my friends. It was worse only because donors received "god armor" periodically.

Ending my rant there, I'll get back to the OP's topic. I'm not sure whether or not Mineplex's new changes are within the guidelines of the EULA. While some trolls in this thread suggest Mineplex contacting Mojang is a far fetched idea, I believe we can all trust that the larger networks have enough pull to get into contact with Mojang easily enough. I'm sure somehow or another Mineplex has had this "okay'd" through Mojang. I'm sure they had to pull a few strings and find a few loopholes hidden under a rug somewhere, but it is what it is. We will likely see them amend their current guidelines in the near future if they aren't 100% up to par with Mojang's standards. A large network like that can't simply hide from Mojang's gaze. Also, regarding your conversation with a Helper, notice that they said, "almost completely compliant." Helpers are only trial staff members, but assuming they know what goes on behind locked doors, then you can assume that Mineplex will still be seeing some changes in the near future.

Now, to the OP itself:

1. This does not actually affect gameplay. It determines how often a player can play, but does not give anyone an advantage in game.
2. The premium timer exclusion is an interesting one. I'm unsure about this. However, the premium servers can also be accessed by free players who are in a party lead by a premium player. In a way, premium servers aren't restricted to premium players only. In addition, free players can use premium kits while on premium servers. This is a loophole in the EULA, basically.
3. Yes, we can; however, this doesn't actually give us an edge in game. So it is likely in compliance with the EULA.
4. Yes, but not really. Gem count is more related to skill than time anyway. But premium players don't have access to a booster, thus they don't earn anything faster by the EULA's standards. Or, so it seems at least.
5. Yes, but free players have the same access that premium players do. They can use all the same kits. It just takes a wee bit longer to get them. To top it off, the gem kits aren't any better than the free kits to begin with. There isn't a real advantage here. It is, to a degree, but only minimal. I'm not sure how they weaseled it in, to be honest.

TLDR; "Ehhhhhh."

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Quote from Year

Been away from this game for quite a large handful of seconds.

Seeing as I cannot read, any MineCraft prodigies wanna' fill me in on any significant changes made to the game the past six months? The whole name change thing seems pretty spiffy -- What's that about?

You can't read? I'm not quite sure how our replies will help you then.

In the last six months nothing has been added to the game. The 1.7.5+ versions have come out, but they have only been to prepare Minecraft for username changes (Players are now identified by unique UUID's instead of their player name) and the 1.8+ skin changes (3D layers for the whole body!). The snapshots in the last few months have added a few new blocks to Minecraft's survival mode: Andesite, Diorite, Granite, Prismarine, Sea Lanterns, and Slime. Two new mobs: Guardians and Endermites, and a new structure, the Underwater Monument, have been added. In the snapshots has also been countless new changes all related to map making.

If you need to know anymore learning to read is advised. Once you've mastered the art of deciphering text on a page, head on over to the Version History/Development Versions page of the Wiki to learn more.

Gold. Everyone's hatred of it has created an odd hoarding behavior in me.

Quote from DamienButter

what is more rare emeralds or diamonds?

It depends on how you approach obtaining each.

Emeralds are only found in Extreme Hills biomes making them significantly more rare; however, if you are good with villager trading you can basically farm them for days on end as a renewable resource.

Diamonds can be found in any biome; however, there is no way to farm them.

As far as generation is concerned, emeralds are rarer than diamonds; however, emeralds can be obtained easier late game.

Quote from Redford

I purchased minecraft pe for my son for my iPhone, he is 7 and loves it. However I now no longer have use of my phone as I can never get if off him so I was thinking of downloading it to the PC. However I wanted the full version as according to my son the pe version doesn't have it all. Will I have to pay again and where can I download it from?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Yes, you will have to purchase Minecraft again. When you purchase Minecraft you only buy it for one platform. In your case, this was the PE Version. You can purchase and download the latest version of Minecraft from minecraft.net

The game should automatically assign you to the latest version (1.7.9) once you login to the game for the first time. If it doesn't, you can use the Edit Profile button in the launcher to change it at any time.

Alright, so I just downloaded the newest update for this (version 1.0.0.2) and am still quite excited to see where this program is headed.

As it stands now, the categories are well organized and easy to navigate once you've explored through them once or twice. It took me a minute to discern where a few recipes had been placed and a bit longer to figure out what the strange symbol in the crafting UI was.

Right now though, I feel like the program's UI as a whole is holding it back. The menus and icons are all very, very small. I'm not quite sure why this is considering even a tablet utilizing this program could afford a larger UI than is currently being used. On top of that, it's honestly quite difficult to read on Minecraft's block textures. I would suggest making a custom UI that is a bit more appealing on the eye.

All together though, aside from a few missing recipes, I think this program is still on track to being something that even veteran players can utilize.

This is an idea a came up with kind of on the fly. It's probably not terribly well-balanced or thought out, but what have you.

Anyway: when I was testing out the snapshot, I noticed that Guardians were extremely difficult to combat without taking damage in areas without cover (i.e. the area surrounding the temple). It took too long to swim over to them, get a hit in, and swim back out of range without getting hit by the laser. You could try to shoot them with an arrow, but the water slowed them down so much that they often began to sink long before they got close to the Guardian and did pitiful damage when they did actually manage to hit them.

I've also seen people complaining about the lack of a non-aesthetic reward (besides gold but you can get that anywhere) from the Ocean Monument. Now, I personally don't mind that, but some people do and regardless I find it odd that the "best" structure for adventurers to explore in the game so far (in that it's not more of the same of the rest of the game or never changes from one instance of the structure to another), it has the worst rewards for adventurers. Unless those adventurers like building, of course.

Thus, I decided, why not try to fix both problems (if you call them that) at the same time? Introducing the Prismarine Arrow.

(Quite ugly, isn't it?)

The Prismarine Arrow is much like the standard arrow in that it is ammunition for your bow (captain obvious to the rescue!). However, it acts quite differently from a regular arrow, besides being a pointy thing that goes in your foe. For starters, a prismarine arrow travels through the air at 80% of the speed of a regular arrow and deals only two and a half hearts (5pts) of damage when fully charged. A prismarine arrow, however, is not affected by gravity and maintains a constant speed; when fired, a prismarine arrow will fly directly ahead of your cursor. To prevent arrows from flying exceedingly long amounts of time, however, prismarine arrows will disappear much faster than regular arrows will: roughly ten seconds.

This essentially regulates the prismarine arrow into being an arrow for those who cannot aim, an arrow for particularly long-range snipers (not like they'll hit anything), and a countermeasure against Guardians since water won't slow them down. Not the greatest item, I suppose, but I can't think of many ways to make it better without making it OP.

A Prismarine Arrow can be crafted in the same manner as a regular arrow, but with a prismarine shard in place of flint. This creates four eight prismarine arrows. I'd personally much rather seem them spawn in chests inside the structure, but this would make them too rare and it'd leave the drops of the Guardians only useful for aesthetics and a meager food source. Yeah, it's kind of odd that you need to kill Guardians to get the item that counters them, but that's progression I suppose.

A quick note: when charging up a shot with a bow, press the left mouse button to switch between firing regular arrows and prismarine arrows. The game will remember what arrow you fired last and you will automatically use that arrow from that point on until you switch again (if you have never fired an arrow before, the game will pick an arrow based on it's inventory position in the same way that the game currently selects arrows to fire when you have multiple stacks of arrows).



I suppose that's it for this suggestion, though it feels like I'm missing something. I'll draw up a sprite for it later. Comments?

Being rude doesn't help...

Quote from Relyh

Wilbur and I ran into lava. I managed to escape; however, all that remains of him is a porkchop and saddle. I will create a memorial to him later. Mechanan and his pig, Bacon, were unscathed on the expedition.

I was traveling across a bridge over a lava lake, a ghast came to say hi.

This post is... so horrible it's almost good.

"He is not real, never was, and never will be." The words of the moderator about to lock this topic.

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Wait, what? 3DS? Since when is Minecraft on 3DS? What rock have I been living under?

The only way to play Minecraft on 3DS is using the Homebrew Channel I think (if you know what that is). So it isn't really an actual game.

I've done a lot between last night and today, all in my modded game, mostly looking at what all these mods do. Some highlights:

Went exploring for a place to homestead. In a wetlands biomes I found an interesting village with a modded tavern--and it was on fire. So I got water from the crops and put it out but not before it destroyed almost half the building (these taverns have a fireplace with lit netherrack and normallly they spawn with stone firepalces but here it was wood, I guess because of the modded biome):


I told the tavern owner I'd help him rebuild when I come back to visit and found so great loot (diamonds, iron armor and iron sword!) at the blacksmith which I took as my reward for saving the whole village from a firey death. I named this town Green Chapel for obvious reasons--its chapel was the first thing I saw from a distance:


Did more exploring, found this cool biome called Silkglades which had tons of cobwebs, which made my day. I need string badly and spiders just don't drop enough! I collected a 120 string before my new iron sword broke.


Also found two of the much covered Ominous Woods. They didn't do a lot for me, although I did collect a few stacks of clay balls there.

After exploring for a few hours I decided on this place to start my homestead--it's at the intersection of a Redwood biome, a Swamplands biome and a Hot Springs biome, with a Plains biome not far off. It's going to require a lot of terraforming and landscaping, but that seems to be the case with everywhere with the Biomes a' Plenty mod:


And it's very close to spawn (I spawned in the Plains biome next to the Redwood biome). So I did all that exploring only to go back to where I started. Typically me.

So I headed back to Gullywamp to get stuff ready for moving. So of course I wasted time and materials making a flower headband and purple pants, because I can:


Then I built these bridges so I can use my horses to move my stuff at Gullywamp over to my homestead faster. Very basic and functional yet it felt like they took forever. When I'm not so sick of them and better with using carpenter's blocks maybe I'll try to sprice them up a little (sorry for the bad res-- it was hard to get a good angle that included all three bridges):


After thse bridges, I need a break. I may get started on the terraforming after Orphan Black tonight.