Factions Rework - October 1st, 2021

Maarten

Ghast Hunter
Hello Snapcrafters,

As many of you know Factions will be reset tomorrow and along with the reset, a lot of things have changed.
We have focussed this reset around making everything work without issues and reduce the amount of pay to win aspects of the server and promote a more play to win playstyle

Reworked and New Features
  • Brand new spawn
  • 5 brand new KoTHs
  • Brand new Warzone & Caverns
  • Grace period will be 7 days from the start of the map
  • Optimized player movement on the server-side
  • Optimized splash potion detection on the server-side
  • Optimized hit registration on the server-side
  • New & optimized knockback system
  • New & improved anti-cheat
  • Improved enderpearl handling
  • Increased the drop chance of spawners destroyed by explosions from 25% to 50%
  • You can no longer mine hoppers whilst being raided
  • Withers are now disabled
  • Increased the size of the Warzone in the Nether
  • Faction shields have been increased from 10 to 16 hours
  • Printer blocks have been extended;
    • Netherrack
    • Soul sand
    • Obsidian
    • Nether wart
    • Pumpkin seeds
    • Melon seeds
    • Sugar cane
  • New enchants
    • DiamondTip (bow enchant)
    • ArmorPiercing (bow enchant)
    • Curse (chestplate enchant)
    • Blunter (leggings enchant)
    • AntiKnockback (chestplate enchant)
    • Teleblock (bow enchant)
    • Teleport (bow enchant)
    • LifeSteal (axe, sword, and bow enchant)
  • Reduced the price of chunk busters on /f shop from 400 to 200
  • Removed the 2-minute cooldown from the /f join command
  • Removed the /f open command as it was never used
  • Reworked Surtur crate, featuring only spawners
  • Reworked and buffed the Reaper crate
  • Buffed vote crate, with new items like creeper spawners and chunk busters
  • A brand new enchanting system using in-game EXP rather than enchanting tokens
  • Added TNTSticks for 50k. Can be bought on /f tnt
  • Removed enchant tokens from the game
  • Removed the shovels from the Legendary crate
  • FTOP will now calculate once every hour
  • Spawner value will go over gradually over a period of 14 days after being placed to prevent hoarding of spawners until right before payouts
  • Spawners can be stored in pv's and ender chests again as hoarding is now useless
  • Added the enderman spawner to the Hellreaver crate(1mil value on /ftop)
  • Removed most if not all useless items from the Legendary envoy
  • Slightly reduced the spawn chance of Legendary envoys to balance the new loot
  • Increased the chance of the Rare envoy as much as the Legendary envoy was reduced
  • Increased the chance of receiving overworld KoTH summoners from the Rare envoys
  • Added sandbots to the special category of /shop for 500k
  • Buffed the armor in all kits
  • Slightly increased the cooldown of kits to balance improved enchants
FTOP Pay-out Notice

We will be trying PayPal pay-outs again but we will only do this if the server remains active otherwise it will default back to store credit!

Store Updates
  • Removed mcMMO credits, we added a less p2w 2x mcMMO EXP booster in its place
  • Removed the enchant tokens from the store in hopes of making PvP less p2w
  • Decreased the price of spawners on the store by 50% as they were to p2w
  • Decreased the price of god sets on the store by 60% as they were to p2w
  • Added KoTH & Boss Summoners
  • Added the chunk collector - mob drops
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed all known issues with cannons
  • Fixed an issue where chests would not drop the correct amount when destroyed by an explosion
  • Fixed an issue where spawners drop chance wouldn't always work as intended
  • Fixed an issue with explosions not working correctly close to the border
  • Fixed an issue where ender pearls could be used to phase through floors
  • Fixed multiple bypasses to teleport whilst combat tagged
Rules

We have reworked the entire rule section for Factions check it out here!
 

WolfMoonYT

Obsidian Miner
Awesome stuff :)
 

Ex_Admin

Obsidian Miner
woo
 

Wacky

Creeper Hugger
Looks good!
 

BumBuDumDum

Admin
Staff member
Admin
dope!
 

RyRy__

Zombie Killer
incredible changes to factions, love to see it.
 
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