• Merged mob plugin configuration changes on the new server
  • Naturally spawning mobs are now merged (previously only spawner mobs were merged)
  • Mobs with different equipment now merge together as on classic
  • Spiders, cave spiders, creepers, skeletons, and zombies now merge within a radius of 10 3 blocks (Update: Merge radius reduced from 10 to 3 to lessen impact to existing mob grinder designs)
• These changes were necessary because naturally spawning mobs (especially zombies) were accumulating in unlit areas, severely impacting server performance. After making these changes ticks per second (TPS) increased significantly
• As before, farm animals (cows, chickens, sheep, and pigs) will leave one pair, and baby animals will not merge with adults, and leashed or tamed animals will not merge
• Update: Incorrect merging of mobs in the arena has been fixed
• Update: Zombie pigmen no longer merge

 

1st! Thanks lee!

 

2nd! Thank you

 

This has completely messed up auto mob grinders, I'm sure anyone familiar with them would agree.

 

So mobs no longer spawn in dark areas? Like classic?

 

Jesus pigzombie got ruined lol. Cheers bro

 

Thanks again Leee

 

Thanks for your feedback, everyone. It sounds like these changes have impacted some of you more than others, so let's see if we can try to make it better.

That wasn't the intent, but we might need to make some adjustments to reduce the impact on existing grinders. I've lowered the merge distance from 10 to 3. That should help a bit by keeping newly spawned mobs from instantly merging with the ones you're trying to kill, especially if you channel them away from the spawners before killing them.

They still spawn, but if lots of them spawn near each other they will merge into a stacked mob. Stacked mobs are just like regular mobs, except for the name tag, and when you kill one, it reduces the count over their head until you've killed the last one. Their drop rates are not affected.

These changes were mainly meant to deal with the hostile mobs that accumulated on unlit areas of islands where players were AFK. This ensures that they at least merge if they're near each other. Merging mobs greatly reduces the number of living entities that have to be updated every tick, resulting less lag. Of course, these changes do affect gameplay, so it may take some back and forth to find the right balance. Thanks for bearing with us.

 

I don't mind the honest feedback, Krissy. It's not always the easiest thing to hear, I know, but it's the only way we can ever hope to do better.

I do always try to be kind and respectful and always appreciate the same in return, but I understand that a lot of times people are writing because they're frustrated and upset, so I try to hear them out and not take it personally.

Change isn't always fun, but those who persevere, adapt quickly to changing conditions, and embrace new opportunities tend to come out ahead, not just in-game but in life as well.

 

Stop trying so hard.

Thanks lee for noticing the problem. A lot of people have different play styles and I’m sure you understand that.

My play style is building big things, others just collect rares, some just come to socialise, and lots of people grind all day everyday. I know grinding is a quick way into the economy and that’s exactly why some people do it.

I’ve personally started to be a grinder also since the guardian island spawners. It’s an interesting style haha.

I understand stacking spiders and the other mobs, but not really pig zombies. With the fact they stack, and their incredibly low drop rate, and their high HP levels, it’s super hard to get the desired outcome that people spend hundreds of diamonds on to get. Currently 1 spawner goes for 15-20 diamonds each, and to get a decent drop rate from pigzombies, you’ll need 5 or so. That’s nearly 100 diamonds just for consistent gold.

Thanks again

 

Thanks for the heads up. It's fixed now. I've added a note to the original post.

 

You've really disapointed me and my time here Leeeroieee

 

Lee thank you so much for your constant care and upkeep. These improvements are great and while change is never easy, sometimes it’s necessary.
Hopefully this will help the issues with entities.
Keep up the great work.

 

That is a nice update especially for the Mob Farms

 

If you’re polite about something that negatively effects things, no change will happen.

Could you imagine your favourite cupcake store changing their icing mix? And the feedback they get it, “thank you so much for changing the mix, it wasn’t what I wanted but I know it’s for the good.”

Mate... they won’t change it back and it’ll be crap icing forever