08-28-2018, 10:47 AM
Ah, the mass chaos and confusion that even the mention of a server reset brings. For those who are veteran players, this scene is familiar to you. Not but a good bit ago, we were presented with the same question.
For those who didn't get the privilege of being on HT during the last server reset, many of the questions and statements you are saying have been mentioned before. "my friends will all leave", "I wont come back, I've done so much work", etc. The players who witnessed the last server reset have seen these statements many times during the first discussion of the server reset. People were scared, people were angry. People hated the idea of change, the idea of losing, for some players, years of work put into the HT server. After the reset, we lost many players, many of them being newer players, but some of the older players decided that they did not want to rebuild what they've done, which is respectable. But one thing to keep in our minds is, although there is no actual server reset being discussed right now, it's a good idea to keep this in your head, and look at the good that can come out of this.
For the last reset, the old server's economy was garbage. The price of items were dirt cheap, and the same people ran the entire economy. It was too easy for new players to just buy the items they needed with the money they were given at the beginning, and there was no real challenge/goal for new players. They could buy enough diamonds to make armor, tools and weapons, etc, all within the first few hours of joining the server. With the server reset we had, the staff at HT were able to devise and execute an economy where rather than money being introduced by being handed to new players, money could be injected into the economy by players who worked for their cash. The system also set a fixed price on items that controlled the economy (diamonds, etc) and prevented players from undermining each other down to dirt-cheap prices. This sytem allows our economy to remain fair for both new and veteran players to make money.
The server reset also gives everyone the opportunity to start something new, present a new idea to HT. Using myself as an example, the server reset allowed me to start fresh with the older players in the money race. I worked hard, and with perseverance and patience, I was able to run Emporium and the Emo branches, several shops that overall have made me enough money to last forever. Other players, such as UberDeathBunny, also got the privilege of starting and operating easily the most successful player-made shop on the current server, possibly in HT history. The server reset allowed NukedIceCream to become the richest player on the server. The reset isn't suppose to be a bad thing, it's suppose to, as well as promote and help grow the HT community, but offer all players a chance to start over, learn from past mistakes, and push forward to creating another amazing world.
As many people have said, not everyone is going to be happy if a server reset is required for 1.13. Nevertheless, it is not the end of the world, and although we may lose some friends throughout the changes, I firmly believe that nothing but good will come out of whatever choice that the HT staff ultimately makes. I also believe that if you truly want what's best for the HT community, you'll look past your builds and hard work and commit to doing what's right for the future of HomeTown.
Keep this in mind as we ponder on the idea of a server reset.
For those who didn't get the privilege of being on HT during the last server reset, many of the questions and statements you are saying have been mentioned before. "my friends will all leave", "I wont come back, I've done so much work", etc. The players who witnessed the last server reset have seen these statements many times during the first discussion of the server reset. People were scared, people were angry. People hated the idea of change, the idea of losing, for some players, years of work put into the HT server. After the reset, we lost many players, many of them being newer players, but some of the older players decided that they did not want to rebuild what they've done, which is respectable. But one thing to keep in our minds is, although there is no actual server reset being discussed right now, it's a good idea to keep this in your head, and look at the good that can come out of this.
For the last reset, the old server's economy was garbage. The price of items were dirt cheap, and the same people ran the entire economy. It was too easy for new players to just buy the items they needed with the money they were given at the beginning, and there was no real challenge/goal for new players. They could buy enough diamonds to make armor, tools and weapons, etc, all within the first few hours of joining the server. With the server reset we had, the staff at HT were able to devise and execute an economy where rather than money being introduced by being handed to new players, money could be injected into the economy by players who worked for their cash. The system also set a fixed price on items that controlled the economy (diamonds, etc) and prevented players from undermining each other down to dirt-cheap prices. This sytem allows our economy to remain fair for both new and veteran players to make money.
The server reset also gives everyone the opportunity to start something new, present a new idea to HT. Using myself as an example, the server reset allowed me to start fresh with the older players in the money race. I worked hard, and with perseverance and patience, I was able to run Emporium and the Emo branches, several shops that overall have made me enough money to last forever. Other players, such as UberDeathBunny, also got the privilege of starting and operating easily the most successful player-made shop on the current server, possibly in HT history. The server reset allowed NukedIceCream to become the richest player on the server. The reset isn't suppose to be a bad thing, it's suppose to, as well as promote and help grow the HT community, but offer all players a chance to start over, learn from past mistakes, and push forward to creating another amazing world.
As many people have said, not everyone is going to be happy if a server reset is required for 1.13. Nevertheless, it is not the end of the world, and although we may lose some friends throughout the changes, I firmly believe that nothing but good will come out of whatever choice that the HT staff ultimately makes. I also believe that if you truly want what's best for the HT community, you'll look past your builds and hard work and commit to doing what's right for the future of HomeTown.
Keep this in mind as we ponder on the idea of a server reset.
The Official "Ginga" on the server Warps I own:
/warp Emporium
/warp Gingshop
/warp Rivertown
/warp minfo