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General Discussion / Should we have a Player Graves datapack? (vote here)
October 22, 2018, 01:33:12 am
Everyone knows that dying in minecraft is a pretty big hassle. You have to retrieve your stuff before it despawns, and that is assuming you haven't fallen in lava. On top of that, it can be pretty difficult if the server starts acting up for whatever reason. An idea has been going around about adding player graves, which will essentially make it so that you no longer have to worry about your items despawning if you aren't able to get it in time, or keep it from falling in lava. One such datapack is shown here.
There are at least some players on the server who want the experience as vanilla as possible, and while I am personally fine with or without graves, I would offer these few arguments to the naysayers:
-A datapack is not a mod, if the terminology alone is what turns you away. A datapack uses completely vanilla functions to perform actions. It is almost like an official update, except that for updates, Mojang does not simply use preexisting assets to create features, they add new ones. In some ways they are really just mods, but with an official title. Which leads into my second point;
-Mods and updates are essentially the same thing. What is the difference between them, really? (other than who added the changes, that is) Mods and updates both add or change features in minecraft, usually for the purpose of a more enjoyable or engaging experience. I would argue that the only real difference is that mods tend to go to the extreme in one direction, think buildcraft and industry or thaumcraft and magic, while updates tend to benefit the experience as a whole.
Please remember that I simply want the best for the community. I am not here to make a rift in the community, and please keep discussions civil.
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There are at least some players on the server who want the experience as vanilla as possible, and while I am personally fine with or without graves, I would offer these few arguments to the naysayers:
-A datapack is not a mod, if the terminology alone is what turns you away. A datapack uses completely vanilla functions to perform actions. It is almost like an official update, except that for updates, Mojang does not simply use preexisting assets to create features, they add new ones. In some ways they are really just mods, but with an official title. Which leads into my second point;
-Mods and updates are essentially the same thing. What is the difference between them, really? (other than who added the changes, that is) Mods and updates both add or change features in minecraft, usually for the purpose of a more enjoyable or engaging experience. I would argue that the only real difference is that mods tend to go to the extreme in one direction, think buildcraft and industry or thaumcraft and magic, while updates tend to benefit the experience as a whole.
Please remember that I simply want the best for the community. I am not here to make a rift in the community, and please keep discussions civil.
Vote above
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