New Game: Battle Arena

Battle Arena (yes, inspired by CubeCraft)
Please read full post for full idea. You probably can skip the “cons” section. This post is also a little filled with yap lol.

This game would replace either Ground Wars or Block Drop but probably GW as it is almost everyone’s least favorite game. Ground Wars would be good as an LTM (bring back Snow Wars). This new game would be similar to the duel minigame that was found in the Arcade Hub (rip).

Why it should be added:
CubeCraft’s Battle Arena is often times buggy, laggy, and filled with sweats. The Hive is capable of making high quality games and Battle Arena is a pretty popular gamemode across Minecraft that would fit very well on the Hive server.

I, personally would love to max this game and i’m sure others would love to max it , too. Also, it might help influence players that normally would play CubeCraft, to play the Hive.

Even if Battle Arena was only as big as games like Deathrun or say, Capture the Flag, it would definitely be worth 5x the value of Ground Wars.

Cons of Battle Arena:
The Hive team is relatively small and right now, there might not be room for a game to be added right now. They have a giant Murder Mystery update coming and are currently finishing up BWS3. Plus, there is the massive project of their SkyBlock server (PLEASE GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS). Not to mention, they have to run one of the biggest and most well made Minecraft severs in the world and they have to do all of this will an estimated approximate number of 100 staff members. (Don’t ask where i got that number).

Another con would be the question of is this game even worth it? In my opinion, this could be one of my favorite games, but also in my opinion, Block Drop is one of my favorites. My point being, would this game get players? Cubecraft’s version does but I feel that the playerbases of the two servers are pretty different.

People play the Hive for their minigames, not for pvp. Every game has special items that add to gameplay. Imagine BedWars without every single special item. It would be a lot more boring. Look at games like Block Drop and Ground Wars. They lack interesting special items and power-ups. The ones there are pretty basic. Those two games are the least popular plus they don’t have riveting gameplay (i love u BD). Battle Arena with power-ups would be wacky-similar to BW Manor. Battle Arena would be fine for people, but it could become boring over time.

Now at the end of this post, I feel that that a Battle Arena game might not be the best game to add for the Hive. In my opinion, I think i’d love it but i’m not sure about other people.

Of course, all of this is my opinion, but thanks to anyone who read this through.

thats what I’ve been wanting

Don’t forget to upvote the idea then

A new pvp game
Um I-i think this has been posted like a million times!!!
And Yes also made a PvP mini hub PvP thing!

Well here’s the thing about adding a game like Battle Arena… Hive would need to seriously up their game when it comes to handling cheaters, because FFA on CubeCraft is pretty much a playground for cheaters. AND, Hive would also need to get a handle on the toxicity that plagues the PvP community. I mean, look at what FFA on CubeCraft has become.

I have no doubts that the Hive team could do wonders when it comes making fun maps with interesting gimmicks. The Kit balancing on the other hand, I’m not too sure about. I don’t think the past few games with kits they added worked very well in terms of balancing, so if they did add a game like Battle Arena (Which I doubt they will seeing that their server mainly focuses on minigames), I’m not too sure they’d be able to get it right.

Nonetheless, I doubt Hive would be willing to invest in this type of game as of right now. Maybe in the future they might, but right now they have 13 minigames + Parkour Worlds + the upcoming SkyBlock Horizons that they need to focus on right now.

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Bruh this is literally the cons section lol. No hate tho.

I mean, some of it is related to the cons section. However, you didn’t really touch on the toxicity and cheater problem all that much. I think right now, a Battle Arena mode on Hive would only make those aspects worse unless they get a better handle on it. I also touched on Hive’s track record for Kits, which isn’t the best, so I’m not super confident in their ability to balance them.