1.8 vs 1.9+ Discussion
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You could create anything. Now the combat system is improved to a actual game not your own game that you make on your own.
Minecraft is like a blank starting paper. Before many people could make any kinds of paper and now the orginal paper is being filled and soon it will be hard to change the paper because of how filled it is getting.
Wait are you trying to say ( by using that example ) that people have used the old system and it would be really hard getting used to new mechanics of the game?
No, it used to be Minecraft only had slight non-realistic happenings, but only because the game needed a protagonist.
Now we have lots of things that no one really needed or wanted, all because Mojang is under the control of Microsoft, the soul sucking company of death.
They're adding more and more real protagonists and causing Minecraft's feel to change.
Eventually it won't be the "you can build anything world" it will be an RPG, and while I have nothing against RPGs, Minecraft RPGs won't work.
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Makes no difference actually. It's the exact same (on servers with 1.8 as well as newer versions)
Oh, I see.
What I mean by this post is why people who are playing on Multiplayer more or completely exclusively are still on 1.8.
I believe you need to be in 1.8 in order to get into Elite survival. Other than that, I'm not sure why other people are in 1.8. Texture packs? (That's from the person above me) uh. People might now know how to update? Not quite sure.
That was fixed a while ago
Not everyone (infact a sizeable amount of the player base) is stubborn to sticking to 1.8
Reasons include
- Old combat system
- Computer isn't good enough to handle anything past 1.8
- Generally just a snappier feeling minecraft that isn't a total shell right now.
Okay this thread is pretty pointless in my opinion, as it takes a tad bit of searching on the forums to find a huge discussion about the EXACT same topic. Anyways, I can think of a couple reasons off the top of my head immediately, but if I really thought about it I'm sure I could come up with more.
Plugin compatibility and how there aren't many plugins for higher versions yet. The ones that are out, I'm willing to bet are buggy and not as well done compared to those in 1.8, which have had a solid few years to be perfected. I'd rather play on a complete server than a buggy and lackluster one in exchange for a couple blocks, yeah? I'm sure others can agree.
We'd lose a huge chunk of the already dwindling player base. I'm gonna go ahead and guess that not everyone here has the best PC, so much so that they can't run Minecraft at 60 FPS. This is because almost everyone is 13 at oldest, and they don't have a job yet so they aren't able to afford decent PCs. I'm not speaking for everyone, but either way, the newer updates lag people. Even the new launcher is buggy, and even has trouble starting on my PC, which can smoothly run mod packs at 60 FPS (To put it into terms, it's good enough for Minecraft). This is due to the fact that it's complete garbage. It takes more to start, and I have no doubt that lower end PCs will lag even more in game. If the server were to switch versions and lose that huge portion of players, then it'd impact the income. I shouldn't even need to explain why that's a problem.
If you want to use 1.10, more power to you. It's compatible with 1.8. And if the new blocks really mean so much to you, then build on single player or something. If you play mini games, it shouldn't matter what version to be honest.
Also, wouldn't the combat system be irrelevant? I haven't been on the server for a few months, but I can't think of any games that require real combat. Downgrade doesn't even have swords, and the ones I can think of are one shot anyways. I might be wrong on that, but it still isn't actual PVP since half of the weapons are projectiles.
Plugin compatibility and how there aren't many plugins for higher versions yet. The ones that are out, I'm willing to bet are buggy and not as well done compared to those in 1.8, which have had a solid few years to be perfected. I'd rather play on a complete server than a buggy and lackluster one in exchange for a couple blocks, yeah? I'm sure others can agree.
We'd lose a huge chunk of the already dwindling player base. I'm gonna go ahead and guess that not everyone here has the best PC, so much so that they can't run Minecraft at 60 FPS. This is because almost everyone is 13 at oldest, and they don't have a job yet so they aren't able to afford decent PCs. I'm not speaking for everyone, but either way, the newer updates lag people. Even the new launcher is buggy, and even has trouble starting on my PC, which can smoothly run mod packs at 60 FPS (To put it into terms, it's good enough for Minecraft). This is due to the fact that it's complete garbage. It takes more to start, and I have no doubt that lower end PCs will lag even more in game. If the server were to switch versions and lose that huge portion of players, then it'd impact the income. I shouldn't even need to explain why that's a problem.
If you want to use 1.10, more power to you. It's compatible with 1.8. And if the new blocks really mean so much to you, then build on single player or something. If you play mini games, it shouldn't matter what version to be honest.
Also, wouldn't the combat system be irrelevant? I haven't been on the server for a few months, but I can't think of any games that require real combat. Downgrade doesn't even have swords, and the ones I can think of are one shot anyways. I might be wrong on that, but it still isn't actual PVP since half of the weapons are projectiles.
The main reason why I use 1.12 is for the colors for creative purposes. I perfer the 1.12 colors over 1.11 and under, because they are more vibrant and match my builds better. I would like for creative to update to 1.12 for the pure reason of there being amazing new block choices in the concrete and glazed terracotta (not to mention the updated colors!)
I made this so that it's one big uniform thread rather than just a part of a suggestion thread.
First point makes a lot of sense.
About the second point, that's not what I'm trying to do. I'm asking the people who do still play on 1.8. why. I think I made that clear in the replies.
The third point: They don't mean much but they'd open far more possibilities for builders and people who like to build with others.
For the final point, I agree. Downgrade does have swords but the combat system is overridden by the 1.8. system so it is irrelevant.
There's no benefit to the new animation really.
Agreed.
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Most people still play 1.8 anyway so i think it'd be better to keep it that way.
I'm trying to figure out why people who generally are multiplayer only don't upgrade, not telling the server to upgrade.
Personally aside from Multiplayer I don't really play this game.
I stay on 1.8 mainly due to the purpose stated above. I use it because of the PvP in 1.8. I have basically spent so much time learning to jitter / butterfly click. With the new updates in Minecraft, they go to waste because it's just a timed thing now. Also, the lowest supported version on Minecraft is 1.8, therefore all blocks in the update are allowed to use. As for when I'm on 1.10, 1.11, 1.12 when i place something it goes to the inconvenience of disappearing and then I have to start over with a different block scheme or color palette. Although I'll go on 1.12 for multiplayer when needed, 1.8 is more convienient for me because of PvP, blocks on MCPZ, my usage of texture packs for 1.8, and the gameplay itself is my favorite on 1.8.
Not sure if that'll sort of help?
Not sure if that'll sort of help?
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