Skyblock Shorter alternative to a 30 minutes+ mob arena

If you ever played mob arena, you know that finishing wave 40 takes a long time, often more than 30 minutes. This can be very annoying if you do not have over 30 minutes of time to win ur head or a nether star. I have 3 solutions for this.

1. Make the mob arena 20 waves instead of 40. While this would make mob arena easier, the staff can probably think of many ways to make it harder, such as harder waves and less potions. AND KNOW THAT IM NOT TRYING TO MAKE NETHER STARS AND HEADS COMMON WITH THIS IDEA. There is a reason the arena must be made harder if this idea is implemented.
2. Rewards for skywars. The closer you are to first place, the better rewards you get. If you win first place, you have a very small chance of winning your head or a nether star.
3. New minigame. The minigame would have to take less than 15 minutes to complete on average and cannot be laggy. The rewards system would work differently depending on the minigame chosen. (PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT ONLY ONE MINIGAME NAY BE IMPLEMENTED SO THE SERVER DOESN'T "BECOME MINEVERSE")
4. Same as #3 but we completely drop mob arena in favor of the minigame (yes this is similar to a suggestion made by Bard and yes this is extremely controversial)
5. Like #3 but we swap between a minigame and mob arena

 

Neutral. If you don't have time for mob arena, don't join. Also, I like idea 2. Skywars should be more advertised.

 

No Support,

1st, Having 20 waves is too short, 40 waves is too perfect.

2nd, Nether Stars will lose value.

3rd, This isn't mineverse, this is Skyblock.

 

I understand your thinking. Most rewards from mob arena can be obtained in other ways. However, there is NO way to obtain your head without finishing mob arena, which takes 30+ minutes

They won't if the chances of getting them are very VERY slim

 

I appreciate your semi-support, however the main purpose of this thread is to have shorter alternatives to a mob arena that takes 30+ minutes to complete

 

I have to agree with arcues on 1 other then that people can farm wins on skewers and wouldn't make it fair and this is skyblock not a mining games server like mineverse like arcues said

 

I think ut would be Nice with 20 Wales becuase it’s very ling but then it’s need to be harder waves. Neutral

 

1 - No support, the amount of waves we have right now is fine and makes the game more challenging and somehow hard but still fun. Making it 20 waves would be quick and less fun.

2-Neutral... I'm confused..? Skywars?

3- Neutral, a minigame or 2 wouldn't hurt but adding more would turn skyblock into mineverse as I have a few minigames ideas such as spleef and splegg.

 

I'm a fan with #1 because it would be just as hard as 40 waves but less time spent, in a way that is more efficient.

 

ATTENTION: I've added new suggestions 4 and 5. They both revolve around idea 3.

 

I underatand now

So you are saying that people can ask the whole game and wait for everyone else to die.

I've played skywars many times and pretty much everyone does that. While we can't stop it, there are steps we can take to prevent this.

1. Give skyblock mods moderator permissions on skywars
2. Make skywars more popular somehow
3. Since skywars is more popular, mods will more frequently show up on skywars and be there to kick afk players

See ideas 4 and 5. They are alternatives to idea 3 that don't "turn skyblock into mineverse" since the number of minigame will stay the same

I'm confused. I suggested adding a minigame, then you say we don't want to turn skyblock into mineverse. Then you say add a minigame (spleef), which contradicts your other statement

 

I may of read your minigame (single) as plural xD, my bad

 

Neutral. Mob Arena is supposed to be long because at the end you get a player head of your skin (and others as well if they are still alive ) and heads are incredibly rare. Reducing the time it takes to complete it or anything relating to changing it would decrease the value of heads. I like the skywars idea though, although hardly anyone plays that

 

Yes, the mob arena is hard because it has more waves. That does not mean the mob arena will be easier if we reduce the number of waves. Like we could reduce the number of potions and golden apples each kit has, make the bosses and eaves eaves harder, and make upgrade waves less common, among other ideas to make the arena as hard as it is now.

 

I'm neutral on this. I do think that mob arena lasts a long time. It's the reason I don't play it on my own, only when I'm FaceTiming with my boyfriend and he wants to play. It's not something I find very entertaining for very long. I believe part of the reason it takes so long is because a lot of people view the arena the way that I do and there are not a lot of people in every round. However, I think there are people who do enjoy it anyway and the length adds difficulty. I think it is fine how it is, though I would not be opposed to some of the suggestions given here. Less waves with stronger mobs/weaker kits would be fine by me.

 

Actually, when the arena is full of people, most people seem to be fighting the mobs, yet it still takes a long time to finish. In my opinion, it's so long because of the sheer amount of waves in the mob arena.

 

Yeah. It's a bit faster I think but not by much haha.

 

Neutral. I understand that the mob arena needs some attention, but on the whole - to get rewards you have to earn them. If MA was too short, it would mean heads and netherstars would be far more common.

In regards to the skywars suggestion, perhaps if the game mode is advertised and gets a better player base, after 10-15 rounds where you’ve won it gives you your player head before resetting the tally to start again.