I was thinking about setting up a game server for some friends and I, but I want it to be a game where you don’t have to wait for others to be online to have fun.
I also want it to be a long-term thing, and where those who don’t want to invest too much time can engage in casual play.
Bonus points if the game doesn’t become cluttered with builds from players who drop out - I’d love to make it public (or close to it) and see what the world ends up looking like.
I was considering an open Minecraft server with some mods, but it’s a bit too heavy once the amount of players becomes significant. Plus then I’d have to deal with griefers.
Oh, and of course, a game that does not break everything once it updates.
But with better lighting effects and awesome music!
This was going to be my suggestion. There is plenty of room in the world so there is always somewhere else to build a base. The friends I played with coordinated the building of major bases we shared though.
The only thing I can think of as a very long term negative is that mined ore doesn’t regenerate in the base game, but I assume there are mods to address that for large servers.
Yup, there’s plenty of mods. You can even have a seller appear that can sell any item you want them too, for the price you want them to, including modded items.