Levels and Levels
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Apr. 8, 2022
Levels and Levels
Come try it out! If you participated in one of our transfer events, you'll spawn in with your old inventory and stats. ...But, before you dive in, let's get into the changes. This is our largest update yet; unless you played on the beta, you may be missing out on some important information!
We kept our old Survival world from versions 1.14 all the way through 1.16, and it gave us nearly 2 years of enjoyment! Ultimately, our decision to retire it came following Mojang's intensive world generation changes. Now with the hard part out of the way, we plan on keeping this world through many more versions. Think of this as an LTS (long-term survival) update. This means that we'll be starting the world off small (5k×5k), and increasing the border incrementally with each major update.
If you haven't played on our old Survival server, our new world spawn may come as a surprise to you! We have a new, fully-built, protected spawn region now. There's a lot to see and explore in it, so I won't spoil much. But, if you're worried about losing the community aspect of our last two spawns, don't be. We have new community-run markets—right at spawn—that'll keep things lively and replace the old, laggy, mall of yore.
Another problem of our old Survival server was the economy. Even following our first economy update, balances were hyper inflated and everything was too obtainable; It only took a few weeks of playtime to obtain some of the rarest riches, and there wasn't much challenge to the gameplay. We've learned a lot since then, so this time around we've fully rebalanced our economy: Jobs now have a dedicated ranking system with balanced scaling for those working multiple jobs, new quests, a /voteshop that lets you turn points into specific rewards, better crate rewards, and a new-and-improved shop plugin (thanks PlumpFeline!).
Ultimately, money (now called gems) has a lot more use and value than before. However, aside from claims, it becomes most useful for our new level system. Levels allow players to obtain new features (some of which were previously only for ranks) for free, in exchange for gems. Your level displays in chat, and each 5th level will change your title (displayed next to your rank). When you first join, you'll be "Dull", but you'll be able to upgrade that after just an hour. Aside from the first level the whole system can be ignored if it's not your style. Still, I'd suggest exploring it, as it's the gateway to some exciting new features.
With mention of our level system, the last major feature of note is our new Paragon world. This world, when released, will be a fully custom dimension featuring biomes added based on community feedback. The world is tailor-made for builders, with dramatic scenery and not a monster in sight. In order to build in Paragon, you'll need to be at least level 25, but you can still visit Paragon at any level. Paragon is still in development so that we can gather your biome suggestions: If you have ideas, let us know on Discord!
That's everything major!
Still, if you're interested, here's a mostly complete changelog:
Levels have been added as a core component to the economy and gameplay. Leveling allows players to earn certain rank features for free, and acts as an easy way to validate players from trolls.
Prism Party now runs on a newer, and much more powerful, server machine. The new server should be able to handle up to 100 concurrent players without lag, and has space for larger worlds and new servers.
/guide has been fully implemented, allowing players to easily find settings, features, and stats.
The Dynmap's visual style has been overhauled.
7 New elevator styles.
Jobs has been overhauled. There are now 9, fairly balanced, jobs to choose from.
The ingame currency has changed from $Dollars to ₲Gems
Our anti-grief plugin has been updated to support advanced claim features, such as player-selectable flags. Uses economy rather than a passive claimblock system to prevent trolling.
/voteshop has been added as a replacement for the old vote keys. Players can directly purchase items they want with their votes.
A new chat-games plugin with 2,000+ Trivia.
Editable signs has returned for Amethyst+
A new, huge, spawn. Featuring: Fully functional PvP Arena, market shops, church, a maze, crate area, and much more.
Backpacks have been re-added.
Nicknames now replace join/leave messages and Tab.
Bundles, Light, & Skulk sensors are now obtainable through crates and /voteshop.
Chat style/format has been revamped.
A new command page has been added to the website. Use it to check detailed plugin info.
Donors play a chime sound when logging into the server.
Reduced claim cost from ₲10 to ₲1.
Reduced capture costs for all mobs.
Jobs quests have been added and rebalanced (thanks plant!)
Modified Jobs limit equation to be more forgiving at higher levels, and fairer to users with only one job. Check the equation on the commands page.
Decreased cost of /fly
Topaz+ can now make item frames invisible.
Claims now show up on the worldmap.
New /fly menu, which should be less confusing to operate.
New /settings menu for toggling user preferences. Use it to toggle keepINV, McMMO, chat settings, and more!
Newly balanced kits and rewards. You can only obtain two kit items a week, and kit items work best when traded with others!
New tag system. Purchased ranks now include an unlocked tag by default. New tags can be earned through /levels and crates.
Party and Donor chats have been added
An exclusive Ruby tag has been added for Nitro boosters.
New pride options in /glow for donors
/back no longer takes you to the Nether roof.
Nether scale is now 1:1
A 3 sec TP cooldown has been added
McMMO has been rebalanced.
Claim creation is now locked behind the first level.
PvP is now off by default, but can be re-enabled in /settings.
Spawners can no longer be mined by any rank, and must be obtained through /voteshop.
Flight has been disabled in the Nether and End.
And that's not even all!
We still have other features we're waiting to roll out, but those will be released following future announcements. Until then, we can't wait to see you online!