Last edited on 28 September 2016 - 03:07 PM by sib

While Badlion has many perks such as an outstanding anticheat, large community and great facilities, I believe Badlion should focus a little more on small aesthetics at times, and I'll list reasons below.

Everyone loves Kohi and PvPLounge. Want to know why? They're simple. Both very aesthetically pleasing and simplistic. (Oh, and the 'knockback', but that's less of an importance than you might think. Knockback is mainly placebo in PvPLounge's case.) Here are some examples of these servers' simplicity:

1. The old Kohi lobby and current PvPLounge lobby are small, yet simple and very aesthetically pleasing, rather than a massive lobby with no true aesthetics (yes, I said it, I really don't find the look of the current hub attractive to be honest).

2. The hotbar. Kohi had 3 items in the hotbar, which looked amazing, however PvPLounge added a few others which were necessary such as the party and spectator items. Having less items in the hotbar makes the server a lot cleaner and gives off the impression that there's less weight on the performance of the server. Badlion should only have the party related items once there are at least 2 people in someone's party, because it's pointless having it there when you're by yourself. Spectator redstone torch. Remove it. The FFA could be built into a separate tab in the unranked queue, along with events (UHC Meetup).

3. The scoreboard/sidebar. Kohi had no scoreboard. PvPLounge did have a scoreboard (not sure if it currently does, when I was last on it it didn't). The scoreboard on Badlion, while toggleable, looks generally messy and unappealing. As many HCF servers have done (e.g. MineHQ), adding line separators between the title and on the bottom adds a much better look to the scoreboard. Also, the general blank spaces on the Badlion scoreboard look very out of place and messy, they should be removed. I'll add a picture later on once I figure out how to make an example scoreboard and I'll post a screenshot on a great scoreboard I'm aiming for, and I'll compare it with the current one.

4. Connectedness. What people love about Kohi and PvPLounge which you ruined in Season 13/14 is the connectedness that you feel on the server. On Kohi and PvPLounge you see everyone on one server, you can tab everyone out and you see everyone chat. This is how people like to feel, they like to feel like they are with the community 24/7, the chat is completely split a part currently and no one likes it.

5. Kit Editor. PvPLounge and Kohi have a very nice Kit Editor. I definitely prefer the anvil & chest over signs, it looks much cleaner and generally nicer.

I'm sure these tweaks would not be hard for coders such as MasterGberry and Archybot. Obviously it's up to them as to whether these features are added or not but I truly believe they would benefit the server.

I will edit this thread and edit some more points in in the future, but I want to get this post out there now.

Posted on 28 September 2016 - 03:05 PM

Opinions? I believe these minor changes could vastly improve Badlion.

Posted on 28 September 2016 - 03:12 PM

Oh yes. Well written.

This is a huge +1.

Posted on 28 September 2016 - 03:13 PM

Why do we have the redstone Torch in our inv if its only gonna tell us to use /spec and /follow?

Posted on 28 September 2016 - 03:16 PM

Exactly, we might as well fill our whole inventory up with items that will tell us "Do /hub to return to the hub" like seriously

Posted on 28 September 2016 - 03:25 PM

1. I did prefer the old badlion lobby but it's nothing major, just wish it didn't impact my fps as much as it does.
2. neutral
3. I prefer badlion's scoreboard over any other I've seen.
4. neutral
5. I prefer badlions kit editor, I just wish the area it is in looked cleaner.

Posted on 28 September 2016 - 03:30 PM

I appreciate the response but in my opinion saying "neutral" for such a clear cut feature shows someone who can't make up their mind. Because how can you equally balance connectedness with disconnectedness? Surely you'd prefer one. It's probaby the suggestion with the biggest purpose.

Posted on 28 September 2016 - 03:43 PM

+1 to eveeything, very well made thread.

Posted on 28 September 2016 - 03:47 PM

thank you.

Posted on 29 September 2016 - 12:27 AM

-1 to all except for 4, which is a +1

The lobby won't work because players are visible, so it has to be big

Posted on 29 September 2016 - 01:05 AM

Simplicity is pretty big, and like you said it's aesthetically pleasing. I've always been a fan of the big chat servers as well, a part of why I applied for Arena mod is because it's a challenge to moderate big 1k server chats at a time. The hot bar can also use a remake.

Posted on 29 September 2016 - 01:53 AM

sure +1

Posted on 29 September 2016 - 02:09 AM

1. The new lobby looks awseome but you are right. Its too big. A would also prefer a smaller lobby with all Top 10s on one spot.

2. Apart from the Redstone Torch all the items in the hotbar make sense.

3. The scoreboard is looking like the classic badlion style scoreboards. I think its pretty lit.

4. Agreed. But Im pretty sure they are working on that.

5. Badlions kit creation is all right. No need to change it.