Update Practice - Reset | May The 16th 2021

JustThiemo said:

PracticePvP - PikaNetwork 2021
May 16th 2021
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Greetings PikaCrafters,

We're excited to announce the long-awaited reset of our Practice server, which will open its doors on Sunday, May 16th.
PracticePvP has not received a good reset in over a year, so we are happy to tell you that we took the time to update, change and revamp our PracticePvP gamemode, which will be released today, May 16th 2021.

Within this forum post will all the changes we made and plan to make be listed. If there is still something you want to change. If you have any suggestions or things to point out about the listed features, make sure to let us know, we are always happy to hear from you.

The development team has been working hard on this update, so please make sure to let us know what you think of it.
Thanks to @Pace and @0Mad0Max0 for helping out with this reset, and to the Pika staff members helping to test it out.

Let’s not make it any longer since the details are what you’re interested in!
It is with great pleasure, we can announce that this new update has been released at May 16th 2021.

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Changelog

New! A new spawn

With a new reset comes a new spawn. We have upgrades our spawn quite a bit, and it's a lot bigger now for you to explore while you're waiting in queue for your game. We also updated the spawn with 2 brand new features.​

• Parkour at spawn
  Tired of all that fighting, or are you waiting in a queue for yet another exciting ranked match? Hop on the parkour and try to beat the high score. You will now always have something to do!
• New leaderboards
  Within the spawn, you will find some new leaderboards. We hope with the new style of leaderboards we give everyone the chance and motivation to grind those wins and kills.

New! Brand new maps

To make this reset feel even more awesome we took the time to replace all of the existing maps. We added a bunch of new Practice maps and got rid of the old ones, to make every match feel like something new again. We stripped maps from overdetailed things, and made them perfect for pvp.​

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New! Points

Points are a new in-game currency that can be earned by winning ranked games. These points can be used to unlock the newly introduced cosmetics. Points can be found in the scoreboard on the right of your screen. Will you be the richest player on our PracticePvP server?​

New! Cosmetics have been added

What is better than styling on your opponents than with some newly introduced cosmetics? We added 4 categories of cosmetics ready to be unlocked by playing.​

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Victory Messages​

When winning a match a victory message will be announced in chat. These can be unlocked by purchasing them with points and from crates.​

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Chat Colors​

Stand out in chat with some chatcolors. Chatcolors can be obtained using crates and by having a donator rank.​

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Bow Effects​

Shoot out projectiles in extra style, make your arrows have an awesome projectile trail following your across the map bow shots. Or maybe even be an annoying bow spammer, but with some swag added on to it.​

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Tags​

Tags are a suffix displayed in chat. Tags can be purchased from the store, found in crates and be unlocked by using points.​

Updated! PvP Modes

Some new modes have been added to our brand new PracticePvP server.​

The following modes have been newly introduced:​

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Spleef​	Unranked mode
BedWars​	Ranked & Unranked mode
Classic​	Unranked Mode
Archer​	Ranked & Unranked mode

We now have a total of 15 modes that you can play and grind. So hop on and start trying out these new modes.​

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Updated! Aesthetic Overhaul
One of the first things you will notice is our big aesthetic overhaul. Everything has been polished and given a much cleaner look. Your hotbar will be filled with useful items. All of the new features will be displayed in an easy-to-navigatable GUI. Here are the new things we have added for you:

• Leaderboards/Statistics
  Healthy competition is needed for a fun experience. In your inventory, you will find a Enchantment Table that will open up your personal profile. In this profile, you will find statistics about your ELO for every ranked mode, statistics on how you performed in events, and an option to view all the leaderboards. In this leaderboards menu, you will find a Top 10 of the highest-ranked players for each available mode.
• Settings
  We have added new settings to allow you to personalize your experience even more.

Besides adding a lot of new ways to view statistics we also updated the messages, broadcasts, scoreboards, and much more to make everything look and feel a lot smoother.

Misc. Updates & Changes
We did our best to polish and fix as many existing bugs inside the PracticePvP server. We have looked through all the bug reports and managed to fix them. If you come across any bug with the new release, make sure to report them at our forums under the Bug Reports section.
Here are a few of the bugs we squished out:

Gold ranks can stop other peoples events​

Sumo event breaking when someone leaves mid-game​

Glitched water inside arenas​

Being able to type /unranked during fights​

Being able to use /koth during fights​

Walking before a match starts​

No damage resistance in sumo matches​

....and much more!​

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Questions & Anwsers

Why did the PracticePvP server reset?
PracticePvP just needed a reset, it wasn't updated for over a year, so to make PracticePvP work again was a reset required. So here it is a fresh new PracticePvP with updates!
Below you can find what you will lose and one for what you will keep.

What will I lose?

All of your statistics​

Chatcolor permissions.​

Seasonal ranks and perks.​

What will I keep?

Purchased Ranks & Rank Upgrades​

Purchased Perks​

We hope to see you in our updated PracticePvP soon.
If you have feedback or any suggestion, let us know we'd love to make this as good as we can.
Thanks​

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krsy123 said:

Pretty nice reset, I enjoyed it a lot

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