Minecraft Name:Thecreator767

Suggestion:Bring back the "World Edit" service

Reason: WorldEdit is a critical feature for completing intensive jobs (Clearing ocean water, building towns without water underneath them, razing old towns, etc...)

Any Other Information:

History:

"WorldEdits" used to be a feature in the game where users could pay to have oceans/land cleared or blocks placed for a set fee. The feature was changed to only allow landscapers (people who paid money to be allowed to apply for worldedits), and then removed all together.

Key Facts:

• Minecraft "WorldEdit" does not require 3rd party plugins to be utilized
• It is now simple to type in a command to fill land with Air, Stone, Water, Lava, wool, etc... You simply type in two coordinates and the block you wish to fill with.
  
• Encourages larger and greater building projects (something that is not usually found on the server)
• Less active players are online than there were when the feature was in place
  
• Take money out of the economy (With prices of 75,000 ECD/world edit job, this would take money out of the economy while protecting dirt placers which are cheaper and not feasible for massive construction projects)
• Brings more active users (With more usable towns due to "WorldEdits," mayors can quickly and effectively utilize land and expand the user economy (buying building material, selling plots, creating monuments, etc...).

Miscellaneous:
If "WorldEdits" are brought back to the game as a purchasable service and implemented correctly, users would benefit greatly. To limit "lag," "worldedits" could be done during maintenance periods or low user counts. It would not be too much to complete a few dozen "WorldEdits" per week as the command is easy to complete and can be done without even looking at the area in question.

Edit: You can even auction off say 1-3 slots/week or month to limit lag from the edit and remove large amounts of money from the economy (I'd imagine people would pay top dollar to clear pesky jungle, ocean, and excessive amounts of land)

Link To This Plugin/Is this a custom addition?: No (Built in to MineCraft)

 

The only reason I said "WorldEdit" is because Minecraft now has the feature built in (You don't need a plugin or mod. to complete the same task). You don't need any plugins or modifications to use it. Try creating a Creative-mode world and using the /fill cmd.

/fill X1 Y1 Z1 X2 Y2 Z2 TNT

the subscript 1 indicated the first corner and the subscript 2 indicates coords at the 2nd corner. With less players online than there used to and "dead times" (times with less than 15 people), I'm sure there could be a scheduled worldedit every week or so. People aren't too happy about long down-times either, but it's a minor inconvenience that doesn't take too long.

 

"Or better yet, grow a pair and do it yourself."
This is a bit uncalled for.

"WE is a 3rd party Plugin. Not built into Minecraft"
I only called it worldedit as Minecraft now has a similar feature built in

"WE applications. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE."
Pricing effectively can make users think twice about hiring a user or buying this feature.

"DEPRESS THE ECONOMY."
To make big money in this game, you have to use an Eff 7, Msword, Survival Games, or buy hundreds in features. Not everybody does land clearing jobs. This feature would mainly be targeted at the rich who are in need of A LOT of land (I don't imagine many people happily taking a job clearing from the surface of the ocean to bedrock for any price(even with an efficiency 7)) Priced right, world edits can make a positive difference in building.

"DESTROYING A LARGE MARKET"
I juts put 75k out as a suggestion. They can be 200k for all I care. I can easily find someone to do a 200x200 dirt job for 20k and I wouldn't want to pay 10 times more to do a job which can be done in ~2-3 hours. This feature is targeted at massive jobs which are ineffective with users with fly, eff 7 tools, etc...

"It doesn't look good to the playerbase nor does it look good to server stats."
The server has a reported 98.9% up-time according to minecraftservers.org. all though 1.1% downtime seems respectable (and it's impressive for a Minecraft server), that 1.1% equates to 4 days of downtime. A few worldedits a week (maybe even auction slots off and set 5 worldedits a week) wouldn't bring too much downtime and a few hours a year combined doesn't ruin a stat sheet.

 

I'm not suggesting that there's a correlation between WorldEdit cut and playerbase. I'm stating that with less players, new features should be brought in (orthis case, removed features) to try to attract more people. A few years ago, people were fighting over slots in the game with the cap at 200, now the server is lucky to get close to that.

 

"You're referring to the /fill command. The WE features had to do with the //cut command which is a WE command."
This doesn't change much. I'm not familiar with the mod/plugin, but I can tell you that the /fill command can remove blocks (i.e. filling with air) or place blocks.

"Sure, but what's the point of continuing something nobody buys?"
It's a niche product. If I need a candle, I can either buy the short & cheap one which burns short and costs less, or the large & expensive one which burns longer than the short one. I can wait for a worldediting team to clear a massive tract of land, or I can pay a premium and get it done faster w/ less hassle.

"The fact is, lots of people DO land clearing jobs, and you're effectively hurting that market. There will be less spending, hurting the economy all while taking more money out of the economy, further depressing it. You can say "we'll raise the price!" all you want, but if it's raised too high, not much people will buy these services, and what's the point of continuing these services if no one buys them?

And if it's a "massive job", what's preventing you from hiring multiple users?"

It's more hassle to hire a land clear than it is to worldedit. If I'm rich, I'll just pay the price and pay significantly hire to get a job done quickly and painlessly.