My idea for the game mode SkyWars is that diamond ores and emerald ores shouldn’t spawn at your base.
Why? Because players can get diamond armor at their base, which is really OP, and sometimes even full diamond armor. You might say that never happens, but it does, and it’s not rare. The same goes for emeralds. Getting a sword that does 8 attack damage or a gold sword that starts players on fire from your starting area is OP because those are the best swords in SkyWars that you can get in seconds.
Diamond ores and emerald ores will still spawn in other places, just not at your starting area. This would make the game mode more balanced and less luck-based.
You do know that most maps only require you to bridge like a half a stack of blocks to get to the central island, right? People who can speedbridge/jumpbridge would probably get diamond armor faster than mining ores at their base by just bridging to middle and collecting chest loot.
“seconds”, you say? I’m not a math nerd, but if we factor in all the chances, and I’ll be generous and say an enchanted diamond sword has a 5% chance of dropping, the odds would probably be around 1 in 100000. That’s factoring in the ore weights, maps, optimal spawning position, and ore drops. Like I said, I’m not a math nerd, but we can all agree you would have to get insanely lucky to get what you’re saying in seconds.
By the way, may I remind you that you can just lure people with full diamond or whatever onto a bridge and bow/snowball them off? That’s what I do when I’m under geared.
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If diamonds didn’t spawn at your base, it would indeed be harder to get diamond armor. Even if you go to the middle, you might only open a couple of ender chests before someone attacks you.
Maybe I’m just lucky, but it’s not that hard to get a fire sword or an enchanted diamond sword. It’s not like you’re getting just one emerald ore at your base; you usually get multiple, making those swords less rare. But who knows, maybe I’m just the luckiest player.
And also, you get 15 seconds to get every chest and mine ores. Usually, players mine ores and then go to the middle.
my guy did you even read what I said. I never said that it would be harder to get diamond armor if diamonds didn’t spawn at your base, I said almost the opposite. I said most people can just rush to mid and get diamond gear quicker.
first of all, fire swords are extremely easy to get and not very good. They do like a half a heart of hit damage to anyone with at least half iron armor, and less than a half a heart of fire damage with the same criteria. For the diamond sword, you might just be lucky, and there’s still no way you’d get it in seconds.
I’m pretty sure it’s 30 seconds…
That’s true, but most aren’t in an optimal spot. Again did you even fully read my reply, or did you just skim through it?
ngl probably. The real chance to get an enchanted diamond sword is probably around 2%, like I said, that 5% chance was generous.
True, but most go to middle immediately after warm-up, they don’t waste anymore time mining and looking for ores.
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I do know how to bridge, but it’s way easier to get diamond armor at your starting area than at mid.
No, I’m saying it would be harder to get diamond armor. I wasn’t trying to say you were. I’m trying to say the best stuff should be at mid, not in the players’ starting area.
Fire swords are pretty good, in my opinion, because it’s better to fight against a full diamond armor player with a fire sword. When a player is in full diamond armor, all swords do half a heart. I still think you can get it in seconds, but even if you can’t, you can still get it in the starting area.
Oh yeah, it is 30 seconds, which means you have a lot of time to get ores.
Yes, I did read the entire thing. You have a point there about different spots, but it’s still easy to get. Sure, you aren’t going to get all of them, but you’re going to get some.
I guess I’m lucky.
What I do is mine 4 to 5 ores, primarily diamond and emerald, and sometimes redstone, before heading to mid. You can gather a lot before moving to mid because you have 30 seconds, and when you get every chest, you have 15 or 5 seconds to mine ores, depending on how fast you are at opening chests.
I’ll say it right now, the ore distribution is completely RNG so some base could have 1 diamond while others can have more. It is a pure luck and considering that you have to get a new diamond piece every time is also not easy. In the end, I don’t mind anything with this as if you have skill, you can just kill them or hit them off.
Let me just say this you just joined your first game of Skywars and are figuring things out and get full diamond at your base first game great now you stand chance against the sweats in every game or remove that and you force new players to have horrible first games. And yes full diamond off spawn is uncommon but that an extreme situation but that bit of help at the start of the game is what helps new players.
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isn’t one of the main gimmicks of skywars being luck based or am I wrong?