Board Thread:Modded Servers/@comment-31372043-20170925023634

I don't know where to post this...but if this is the wrong place, please forgive me.

I've played this mod for quite a while, and I love it, being a Tolkien fan. I normally played on singleplayer, but then I got brave and wanted to be in a social community to enjoy it with. I've played on two servers so far, one experience being slightly better than the other.

I love the way people build: I love seeing the world be alive instead of me by my lonesome with it being me and the landscape, and my garbage house (or stolen house from NPCs). But the stress/strife that comes from pvp can destroy the fun.

Now, I know people will say: "Deal with it" or "Man up", but there is an easy way to fix it. I am sure there have been other players like me that want to be in a community to build and make surivival less lonely, but don't like the conflict from open world pvp and all the other things that go with it-such as losing that mithril legendary sword you spend hours getting the materials for and the 20k coins you spent on modifiers and then getting very upset, or going home from a mining trip and losing those 6 stacks of iron.

Which is why I propose a survival-server that is non pvp. It'd be more role play/trade oriented, and the "competition" would focus mostly on the wealth of the factions from mining and quests. Sieges could be run on the side to fill the need for pvp-I've enjoyed sieges, since I don't lose anything of value. People can do duels/spars, but both parties must consent to it instead of assassinating someone while building or while they're just walking. Basically, open world pvp would be illegal.

I've looked on the server list and found no listed servers that is non-pvp survival (correct me if I'm wrong). I also don't have the means nor funds to set up a server like this-but if someone takes up the torch, imagine what the community would be like: Little/no accusing or shouting at people because they were killed suddenly or people being rude because they succeeded in killing someone. I think there'd be a lot more peace and less stress among people.

Plus, it'd be more accomodating :) Not all of us have nearby friends in our neighborhood to hop on the local network and do stuff peacefully. It's something to think about. And if someone does want to pick up the torch: I would love to hear from you and discuss it more. :)

May life treat everyone well, and thank you for reading this. 