@Kainzo in addition
@Irishman81's request, an additional request I have is to ramp up the mob spawn rate worldwide. One of the reasons for the need for dark rooms is because mobs simply do not spawn at a fast enough rate on the natural terrain. Back in the days of Bastion, the mob spawn rate was pretty high at night, but HC was dealing with a ton of lag issues. It seems that for the most part you have been able to address most of the lag problems, yet we still have archaic remnants from the compensation you needed to implement during that time and subsequent maps, such as reduced animal and mob spawn rates and reduced spell particles (oh, the beautiful fireworks of a Cleric's Smite, or a Ranger's Explosive Shot, or a Necromancer's Bonespear! (the latter, which, in the lag era, would travel at two blocks per second for 10 seconds and a person could cast and outrun the animation, lol).
- By increasing mob spawn rate at night, it gives people who want to level a reason to be outside.
- By blocking mob spawning, it gives people a reason to leave their town and be outside.
- With this in mind, PVPers have a chance to organize, wander, track, and enjoy the thrill of the hunt, while also having to manage mob spawns in the process, including boss mobs.
- By increasing the chance of named items (be it relics, weapons, armor, or otherwise) dropping from both regular and named mobs, this further incentivizes outside travel.
- By having the mob rate stay a night time thing, this allows the mobs to reset once per day and remove any residual lag issues due to accumulation of mobs.
In short, I am suggesting:
block mob spawns in towns and personal regions;
increase mob spawn rates at night...make it dangerous to be outside due to the number of mobs that spawn, and give PVPers some additional targets;
increase animal spawn during the day (cows, chickens, horses, pigs, etc.);
bring back the quality particle animations of the spells...fireworks galore!
Make sure that Ranger's Track is fully functional, for enhance tracking of people leveling during the night time.
Thank you,
-yav
