I have something to say about this gamemode.
WARNING:
I have a personal opinion. If you're triggered by people expressing what they think, I suggest not to read this critique.
Alright.
Speed Eggwars.
When in the Discord chat, me and a few other people were talking about the "speed" part.
We said, "It's eggwars with speed 40!!11!" jokingly.
Then we hop on in game. It's Eggwars, but with speed effect.
I'm kind of.... disappointed? Like, it's very hard to fight properly, it's very hard to maneuver around, and it's easy to fall off the edge....
But, hey, let's deal with this I guess. You can make longer jumps... and other stuff....
So I went to the shop, checking the items and prices.
"Speed mode" the game should be way shorter. A big element of Eggwars is bridging. Bridging usually takes a lot of time.... and especially blocks. But heh, the block price is the same as normal mode. Uhm... alright. I guess it's alright because the islands are closer... but again, I'm sort of disappointed. I was expecting blocks to be cheaper for this speed mode.
Most is sold as the same price as before. Bows are now 20 Diamonds, even though most people still can afford that very easily, and the Punch enchantment isn't there. I'm glad there's no punch bow, but I would have appreciated if there were no bows complitely... But I guess they're a "important gameplay element" or something, and c'mon, people like them so uhm, yeah, bows. For 20 Diamonds.
I decided to go to mid. I didn't even need blocks. I just jumped down the island, and in five seconds I was already at mid. OFC, you need blocks to get back up...
Alright then, bridging isn't even a thing anymore unless wanting to rush people, which, in a speed mode, is rather appropriate.... but again, it feels... weird. Everybody can just jump to the middle. It's like Present Rush where you use fuel to buy gear instead of fueling the furnaces.... it doesn't feel like Eggwars... Is it a bad thing? Is it a good thing? The only thing I can say is, I'm not particularly interested in this mode and rather displeased.
Also +1 for enderpearls. Even though they're useless considering the islands are so close....
People (especially
@PineappleMuffinTrain ) suggested speed mode SO MANY TIMES.
And each time, there clearly were specific elements.
Cheaper blocks, faster generator time, cheaper weapons, potions, no bows, etc.
It wouldn't have been this hard to take something from these suggestions.... And actually give the community what they kept asking for all day long....
In a nutshell:
Speed effect is annoying and doesn't fit the gameplay that well
Prices are not really adapted to the "game style" speed mode is supposed to make you experience.
Bows are still very common to come by even after the massive downgrade
Mid is too easy to get to and takes no effort whatsoever
Enderpearls almost useless
Hey, before saying "ohwell play normal eggwars lol pls dud kthcx bai luuuul"
I wanted to play Eggwars, without the bowspamming. Without the camping. Without the annoying anxiety of the hour long games.
But this, this thing right here that was just made, is just a big mix and match of gamemodes, elements, and other mechanics poured together in a big, giant, flavoury Eggwars mold where the only thing of Eggwars it has is the egg. The egg which in this game has no reason to exist.
Efficiency 5 pickaxes cost 10 diamonds. Obby costs 4 gold but it's not that useful, with such powerful picks being available. The islands are so small, that placing enough obsidian to cover the egg properly is bulky and annoying.
I don't "hate" the new mode. I don't want to burn it with fire, posion, and throw it in a cauldron of all world's evil, I don't think it's a "bad" gamemode.
I only think it's not Eggwars, and I'm disappointed by how it was arranged.
So please, go ahead, search me, hunt me, make me regret making this super long post, but I just wanted to give my word on this. That's it. World isn't all made of rainbows and unicorns, there's also the bad to take in.
And maybe that bad is Speed Eggwars. Who knows.
