Heyho everyone,
for the first quarter of 2021, we are making some changes to the network as of today, including two shutdowns and other changes, which we would like to share with you below.
BattleWalls shutdown
We evaluated the results of the poll as well as other feedback and player numbers regarding our BattleWalls pilot project, and we came to the decision not to continue with this game mode.
However, this is not that big of a deal, because: BattleWalls will still be available to you in the private servers and we will take your valuable feedback into account when developing new game modes, as we know through this pilot project in which direction we should go with new game modes in the future!
Solo SurvivalGames shutdown
Due to the low number of players of Solo SurvivalGames and the resulting low benefit for the maintenance effort of this game mode variant, unfortunately Solo SurvivalGames must also leave us today.
In the course of this we have made changes to Team SurvivalGames as well: From now on, instead of teams of 3, there will only be teams of 2, and the team selection will be done via an inventory of wool blocks (like in SkyWars, for example).
In addition, the teams now no longer have a color, but only a numbering. Furthermore, crossteaming is forbidden as of now, so we will punish it accordingly.
With these changes in Team SurvivalGames, we want to make it appealing to solo SurvivalGames players as well!
Renaming of game modes
Since we now offer a variety of FFA game modes on our network and there are inconsistencies in the names of the game modes, we have renamed some FFA game modes. Because currently some of the FFA game modes start with the prefix "FFA" ( see "FFA RageMode") and others do not ( see "GunGame"). However, this was not the only reason for this change. Because this prefix is simply obsolete and some game modes are not known by this prefix, the following FFA game modes were renamed:
- FFA OITC → OneInTheChamber
- FFA RageMode → RageMode
Furthermore, we have decided to rename our game mode "Training" to "SkillTraining".
Reduction of signs for RageMode / OITC
Given the number of players in both game modes and the abundance of rounds, we have decided to reduce the amount of signs from 6 to 4 for each mode. This change is intended to distribute the players more evenly across the servers.
Rearrangement of the navigator
In the future we would like to combine only similar game modes in the Navigator, which is why FFA Hardcore is no longer listed along with OneInTheChamber and RageMode as one item.
This change is reflected in the layout of the Gamezone now. In addition, the PartyGames item has been changed to a cake so that it can be enchanted and updates can be highlighted in the Navigator.
Therefore, the navigator has been rearranged as follows:
Rearranged navigator layout
That' s all the changes already! We are looking forward to the new content, which the year 2021 will bring with it, and wish you a lot of fun on GommeHD.net!
With best regards
Your GommeHD.net team