Last edited on 14 September 2016 - 10:51 AM by HL2exe
Hello everyone. Many of you have been wondering where our faction server has been for the past couple months. I am happy to announce a brand new faction server that we have been working on over the past few months. UHC has been taking over the Minecraft PvP community, which is why we have decided to launch our first UHC Faction server. The server will be launching on Saturday, 9/17/16 at 2PM EST (11 AM PST / 7PM GMT).I want to take some time to list some info about the server. I will be answering questions in the comments, and I will also be hosting a live Q&A at http://twitch.tv/MCMinerjoe on Tuesday at 2PM PST to answer any other questions you may have.
Gameplay
Our goal when creating this server was to make it as much like a normal UHC game as possible. We wanted to take some aspects from Kohi's Hardcore Factions server as well.
This is a BETA Map meaning all info in this post is subject to change.
Factions will be capped at only 5 players per faction.
You must have in-game currency to claim land for your factions.
You can use the currency you have earned to buy faction warps [/f setwarp {name}] for faction members to use instead of having to use a single set home (there is a limit of 3 faction warps that are purchasable).
Any money that you have on you when you die will be given to the player who killed you. You can keep your money safe by using /f deposit [amount]. This takes money from your personal balance and puts it into your factions bank. Only officers/owners can withdraw money from faction bank but any member can deposit.
When a player dies with diamond armor on, they will drop a head which can be crafted into a golden head. We did this because many players without armor will die, and we don't want there to be too many golden heads scattered about the map.
Potions are not brewable. You can buy *some* potions from the shop (they are really expensive). You can also win potions from events such as King of the Hill.
The world border will be 3000x3000 and will expand by 250 blocks every 3 days.
How statistics work
UHC Factions will be divided up into maps, and seasons. Each map will last 3 weeks, and each season will be 4 maps. Stats will be recorded per map, and per season. For example, I get 100 kills in one map, and I get another 100 in the next 3 maps of that season. By the end of the season, I will have 400 kills, and that will be shown on the leaderboards.
The kit and how to grind out levels
Each map we will be using different scenarios from UHC. For our first beta map, we will be using CutClean. There will also be an enchantment limit, to try to keep it balanced (Prot 1, Sharp 3).
Wrenches are used to break and move spawners. They can be bought from the shop for an extremely high price.
How to gain resources
There will be a "Mining world" in which players will always be able to find ores. As in UHC, stripmining will not be allowed. Every day, this Mining world will be reset, so there are always ores to mine. To get to the mining world, you must buy a ticket from the spawn shop (not very expensive). You use this ticket in a nether portal located at spawn. Once you go through it, you will be taken to random coordinates in the mining world. In order to get back, either wait an hour for the ticket to expire, or type /f home. If you leave before your time runs out, you will still be able to get back.
Events during the maps
As of now, there will be three events, King of the Hill Manhunt and Conquest. When king of the hill starts, one capture point will become active for 15 minutes. Your objective is to stand on the capture point for 15 minutes without being knocked off. The winning faction will be rewarded with loot. Conquest will be a longer King of the Hill, and it will only be hosted once a week. The winner of conquest will be rewarded with far better loot than a normal king of the hill.
Man Hunt: A pressure plate is spawned somewhere in a 200x200 block radius around spawn. The first person who steps on it would become the man to be hunted. He has to live for 20 minutes in order to win the event. If he is killed the person who killed him would become the new man to be hunted. If some strange condition such as logging off happend, the pressure plate will become captureable again. The person’s location will be posted on the sidebar and also a compass would point to his/her location. If you are the man to be hunted, you will be unable to pick up items. The man being hunted can only be in a 200x200 radius around spawn.
Race to the Dragon is a daily event, where a dragon will be spawned in the end, and a portal located in spawn will be accessible. Players must race to be the first team to kill the dragon. The dragon is much faster than normal, and also leaves a fire trial where ever it goes. It is very hard to kill, and teamwork is nessacary to kill it. I also recommend bringing featherfalling boots. ;)
Once again, I will be answering as many question as I can in the comments, and there will be a live Q&A @ http://twitch.tv/MCMinerjoe on Tuesday, 9/13/16 at 2PM PST.
Thanks for reading :)
We are accepting factions staff applications now! Apply if you are interested. https://www.badlion.net/wiki/staff-applications :)
Posted on 11 September 2016 - 02:30 PM
Amazing News.Posted on 11 September 2016 - 02:30 PM
Honestly, When I heard "UHC Factions" I thought it sounded retarded but after reading this it sounds really fun! See all of you on SOTW!Also will there be deathbans? .-.
Posted on 11 September 2016 - 02:41 PM
Incoming ^_^Posted on 11 September 2016 - 02:44 PM
imbat wrote
Also will there be deathbans? .-.
Yes there will be deathbans. Glad to see you are excited :)
Posted on 11 September 2016 - 02:46 PM
OMFGGGG HYPEEE!Posted on 11 September 2016 - 02:48 PM
This is so cool! Thanks a lot for all the work @HL2exe!!!!!Posted on 11 September 2016 - 02:49 PM
yeetPosted on 11 September 2016 - 02:50 PM
Also is PvP enabled in the mining world?Posted on 11 September 2016 - 02:50 PM
MeMyselfAndCube wrote
Yes, pvp will be enabled in mining world
Posted on 11 September 2016 - 02:53 PM
Sounds good. c:Posted on 11 September 2016 - 02:59 PM
+1 yes. What potions will be available to buy?Posted on 11 September 2016 - 03:00 PM
Yay! I though uhc factions was stupid but the 5 man factions thing gets me inPosted on 11 September 2016 - 03:00 PM
Questions:How many player slots are there (like how many players can join) and will donators and staff be able to join when full?
What will be max DTR with a 5 man fac?
Will lava and TNT be placeable? Lava could lead to some problems with just general terrain griefing.
Do you have to claim over a raidable base, or can you just take their stuff.
@HL2exe <3
Posted on 11 September 2016 - 03:06 PM
MeMyselfAndCube wrote
How many player slots are there (like how many players can join) and will donators and staff be able to join when full?
What will be max DTR with a 5 man fac?
Will lava and TNT be placeable? Lava could lead to some problems with just general terrain griefing.
Do you have to claim over a raidable base, or can you just take their stuff.
@HL2exe <3
I dont know exactly how many slots, but i would assume around 500-600, maybe more.
Max dtr will be 4
Lava is placable, tnt is aswell, but it does not break blocks.
Just take their stuff
Last edited on 11 September 2016 - 03:07 PM by HL2exe
Jinxful wrote
Speed 1 and fire resistance for a very high price
Posted on 11 September 2016 - 03:23 PM
Neat!Posted on 11 September 2016 - 03:25 PM
Hype!Posted on 11 September 2016 - 03:30 PM
sounds good!Posted on 11 September 2016 - 03:31 PM
So are instant health potions going to be disabled? It seems like it would be nearly impossible to hold a cap for 15 minutes with 5 man factions especially if there are no health potions. Take HCSquads for example which has 10 man factions its pretty hard to cap because there aren't many people you can stack with and that's even with potions.