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I’m not completely against the idea of an A-Z prison system, but Foxcraft’s prison has always had a unique feel, and the latest reset have kind of taken that away.
The old ranking system; F, O, X, Elite, Complete, and Warden - made progression feel rewarding. You had to rank up to unlock new areas, starting at F and working your way up. That whole system has now been scrapped, which takes away a lot of the enjoyment that came from progressing and gaining access to new areas.
The previous prison server before this one followed that ranking system, though it wasn’t as PvP-focused as it was about 11 years ago. With the current prison server, I tried to bring that PvP aspect back. I understand that the old system is outdated and nostalgia can cloud judgment, but I still think it’s worth discussing whether a new prison server should follow the A-Z format or if there’s a way to refresh the original system instead of abandoning it completely.
Prison was left untouched for a while from 2020 onwards until its reset, and a lot of OG players had been hoping for something that captured the feel of the older servers. In my opinion, what was delivered didn’t really meet those expectations. But again, we can’t just rely on nostalgia - the old system might not work as well with players nowadays.
One possible suggestion could be a hybrid of both, where there’s an A-Z progression system but also a dedicated spawn area with a few blocks and a PvP-focused zone. For example, A, B, and C blocks could be at spawn which would work the exact same way FOX did, and the rest of the mines accessible via warps.
Another thing I’d love to bring back the donor area. It’s a shame that everything is accessible right from the start because I had put effort into creating a special space for donors, there was always a sort of premium feeling in the donor area.
There are also a lot of old features that made Prison really unique which you can read here:
Hello everyone,
It has been a while since our last announcement post was made. In the meanwhile i've been busy with life, college and ofcourse Foxcraft. A lot of you have recently been busy with exams, I hope you all will pass them with straight A's! If not don't be dissapointed for to long, I failed 1 year in high school and can tell you it's not the end of the world!
Regarding latest workflow.
I have been providing more of a life service to all of the gamemodes instead of periodically resetting and updating them. I think that continuously updating gamemodes is the right approach...
https://www.mcfoxcraft.com/threads/suggestion-prison.27495/#post-126903
Gamemode
Prison
Description of suggestion
I know you claim that you reset prison but you only reset our money, ender-chests, and ranks. I think that you should do a full prison reset, literally. Return prison back to one of the older maps, and keep the new pvp rules. Make it revolve more around gangs and pvp, re-add guards as an objective/challenge to avoid (whenever a helper goes into prison, their rank would switch from helper to guard), and make the game-mode less about mining, and more interactive with other players. It's sad that you have to beg someone to 1v1, or wait 10...
This is a playlist I created when researching on what to incorporate on the most recent reset:
@king22704
