Punished_Pup

@__ZukoThe whole point being made is you joined with Krugmar so you guys could pass activity checks and not lose Nation or be downgraded to settlement, pointing out how you guys had an activity check of 3% when joined with the Iron'uzg isn't making the point you think it is.

Also if all the Malin'or groups merged together it would be incredibly based, all the activity!

Thank you, I was gonna add more but decided against it lmao.

Feel like more like a PvP factions server w/ RPing elements. Much easier to get into a group of 'goons' than it is anything else from what I've noticed, feel like it is more appealing in some aspects compared to being solely focused on RP, as some players feel like they're locked out certain types of RP they wish to engage in compared to most PvP focused groups which are generally much more open to taking in newer people and training them up how to PvP in Minecraft.

I feel like the mechanical aspects of PvP (or Minecraft in general) also help with a sense of progression, I'd been playing Ultrakill and after 26 or so tries I was able to beat the hardest boss in the game, which was basically me learning new mechanics of the game or refining my knowledge/skill of them, it just felt so satisfying as that whole process made me a better player at the game, I'd imagine PvPers get a similar dopamine hit when they're able to beat the opposing side despite the factor of numbers being against them or fighting an enemy considered more skilled. 

Compare that to the stereotype of magic stacker user who will only teach pupils who are the most worthiest of such blessing or just happen to be friends OOCly vs various groups willing to take in players and teach them a new 'useable' skill and mostly will be chill and hang out together. Putting the stereotype aside, it is still hard to get into the lore of the server, as even something as common as Voidal Magic at the moment requires you to find teacher you guide you through that process and with how big the server in terms of map and player base is that can take sometime depending on the player's luck and time compare that to finding a group that will have an established location you can rock up to. 

Other than the community aspects aside the way Iron and Leather are obtained encourage more of a 'faction mindset', when it comes to Iron, while a single player can only gather one Iron per node every 30 minutes with each mine having 32 Iron Nodes, and a maximum of 15 or so mines, that is a potential 480 Iron per half an hour, assuming everyone on the server with the player base being 200 players all went to the mines, that is a whooping 96000 potential Iron every 30 minutes, compare that to Leather, let us say you have 6 cows and you kill 3 each time you breed them leaving you with 6 left over still and they drop 4 leather, that is 12 leather per player per day, with the player base count reaching a potential Leather count of 2400 per day, this is not counting restarts. 

I think with how rules and systems are structured as well it leads to PvP being more useful than half of the magic abilities you could gain access to or even mundane actions such as breaking a window or other acts of vandalism. If you want to do such things you need to either get permission (PRO or individual), or make a modreq or some other form that can often take time before it is even looked into. I feel like this is mostly the recipe for why LotC is in such a state. It doesn't have any strong 'vision' outside of being an 'RP server' and the stated vision on the PMC page (likely out of date with references to Atlas, though newer players likely won't know this if this is their first view on LotC) give inklings a grand world, where there is lost mysteries to be discovered, a distinctive assortment of races, creatures and cultures, "volumes upon volumes of lore for you to customize and progress your own character exactly to your wishes. Call upon a variety of powerful magics and divine beings to aid and empower you on your journey", being able to carve out a place in the world by founding a town or city or join pre existing places. And to top it off the very end of the features state "At Lord of the Craft, the players are in control." 

LotC needs a strong core vision that drives and connects all aspects of the server, but I don't know if it will ever get that.

Sheylo.. You doing okay there buddy? Blink twice if you need help from Krugmar.

I just use Figura on Fabric.

Having an extra Grand Father would be pog, extremely generous of you, Valannor! Though I have a concern, where are these Grand Fathers sourced from..?

@Jenny_BobbsThe old trails plugin was and got removed for a bit before Voop got a new one, old one was getting outdated.

Some funny meme about LotC being life, I'm too lazy to come up with something.

Thanks @Venomous_Voop!

The meek are the ones to inherent the world..