In both severs each island has a set sized area around them. If someone built into a neighbors area and then they restart or there island is deleted... some of your hard work is deleted. It is difficult to tell where the boundaries are and bridging/griefing can be prevented if only invited people can build in the "area".
I suggest A protection system which prevents users building and destroying in others area unless invited to join with /coop invite [player]. The boundary lines of each island should be at-least 5-10 blocks apart. This will prevent user passing there area, griefing others islands and Makes MODs life's easier.
An other suggestion is that the area's are a bit small for people who like to build big and amusing structures. Each area is good to start of with but if it can be setup to allow users to buy another area with different sizing and can also be a benefit to a donor... This will also allow users to have a private island, a /coop island and more area to build with out going inside someone else's "area".
The only problem with my suggestions I can see is trying to set them up to work, and will properly need to be coded.
Any thoughts on my suggestions and will you like to see them too?

thanks
Arckoen

 

The db connection and queries could be a stumbling block, in terms of lag. It may not scale well at max users... I suspect noobcrew has looked at this. Its really moot right now, as whatever it currently would be might well change with 1.4.x. Meaning that what really counts is how plugins, bukkit, mojang 1.4, and sql all work together at max players next month... including things like nether back. Its not 'simple' like a 20 player server.

 

Even that can be hard if you're not experienced. However I feel as if this would cause way to much lag and annoyance for example if you want to build out you can't.

Take Noobkilla and I's island, we expanded on our own risk and it's became better. If their was a guard that stopped you, every island would be to cramped.
Nice suggestion though.

As for the owner on an island, That's simple don't invite people you don't trust to your island.

 

I love the severs but I do like having limit space but I know that can't be helped with hundreds of users wanting to join. Worldguard is a great plugin but the only way I see to have a protection system working for large areas is to do some hardcore coding and have a plugin to do exactly what is needed but even then it would still cause lag. at the moment my area size is ok but latter I just have to expand into my neighbors. ( I think he not their...)
most my ideas to solve these problems would just create more...

 

Yup, most likely.

Stay 50 blocks away from any neighbor's bedrock, minimum. You can and very likely will lose any and all stuff within that margin eventually, if the neighbor is not active. I got a Mob Spawner chopped in July, and had no idea at the time, lol. Building vertically is one way .

 

I see people building to my island I got lots of items form them plz protect it
Because I put some traps!

We should pick more mods because our mod don't always be on and greifer are on when mods are on and so griefer never can greif our island

Mmm

Niece

MODERATOR ACTION: Merged your recent posts. Pupyluk, dont double post except in your Mod App thread.