So I was looking at the mine depot when I realized that the block palette we have is pretty limited. Not only that theres not many blocks, but some textures are way too similar. You can't even tell the difference between some blocks (wool and terracotta) and some are just too similar (diamond/coal ore bricks or cobblestone/stone bricks). Theres just not enough variety in my opinion, all the colors depend on either wool (right) or terracotta (left) which again, look the same for certain colors (red, orange.. as you can see in the screenshot). And then some textures are simply not used at all (certain bricks), or they are used but at cost of replacing a better looking block. For example, theres no blue colored glass blocks, since both light blue, blue and cyan glass have been replaced for some unique textures. Green glass panes have been replaced with this shower curtain texture, and I dont think thats a worthy change. Do we really need a curtain texture over green glass panes?
Anyway, obviously this isnt the only reason why PW should update, but its just something that made me thinking about updating and I wanted to point it out.
Besides the benefits of having more item/mob variety in newer versions, theres some other really important things that updating could help with.
Incoming players - it is no secret that older versions aren't the most popular. And with more time going by, its only getting worse. Its been 3+ years since 1.14 came out and we are still stuck with 1.13. Also according to this chart I found, only a small percentage of players still play on the versions that PW is running on, while the majority is playing on the newer version spectrum.
Optimization - even tho some plugins would need a rework, the core itself is better in newer versions. Maybe updating could lower the lag issue we had problems with. Personally I noticed that loading custom textures in newer versions is much smoother.
Efficiency - why make others things a priority which will need reworks after the eventual update of versions (which is bound to happen anyway) when you can work on updating first and then work on new things from there and avoid doing the same job twice.
Possibilities - newer versions allow a wider range of new creations
Accessibility - a lot of other servers use newer versions and its annoying to have to change the version each time I wanna log on different server. Now, I spend most of my playtime on PW, but a lot of people don't, especially potential new players.
So yeah those are just some of the things I could think of right now, but Im sure theres more. Thanks for mckenna for letting me know I could make a suggestion on forums and I hope you really consider making this a bigger priority as its been quite some time since we got an update of this kind.
Anyway, obviously this isnt the only reason why PW should update, but its just something that made me thinking about updating and I wanted to point it out.
Besides the benefits of having more item/mob variety in newer versions, theres some other really important things that updating could help with.
Incoming players - it is no secret that older versions aren't the most popular. And with more time going by, its only getting worse. Its been 3+ years since 1.14 came out and we are still stuck with 1.13. Also according to this chart I found, only a small percentage of players still play on the versions that PW is running on, while the majority is playing on the newer version spectrum.
Optimization - even tho some plugins would need a rework, the core itself is better in newer versions. Maybe updating could lower the lag issue we had problems with. Personally I noticed that loading custom textures in newer versions is much smoother.
Efficiency - why make others things a priority which will need reworks after the eventual update of versions (which is bound to happen anyway) when you can work on updating first and then work on new things from there and avoid doing the same job twice.
Possibilities - newer versions allow a wider range of new creations
Accessibility - a lot of other servers use newer versions and its annoying to have to change the version each time I wanna log on different server. Now, I spend most of my playtime on PW, but a lot of people don't, especially potential new players.
So yeah those are just some of the things I could think of right now, but Im sure theres more. Thanks for mckenna for letting me know I could make a suggestion on forums and I hope you really consider making this a bigger priority as its been quite some time since we got an update of this kind.
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