New Poll! Which weapon would be a fun addition?

Last week, Punisher suggested that we ask about what item players find most valuable in their game.  It seems that most of us prefer iron, given its abundance and durability!

Old Poll Results:

Iron	5 (71%)
Gold	0 (0%)
Emerald	1 (14%)
Diamond	1 (14%)

Votes so far: 7 

Diamonds are fun when you come by a lot and emeralds are great for those of you with villager farms!

This week's new poll is another hypothetical question. Pretending that Mojang makes all of these weapons well balanced and suited for the game, what weapon do you think would be a fun addition?

1.9 News and Rumors

So in lieu of a snapshot this month, we're promised a great update with 1.9!  It has officially been deemed the "Combat Update" with lots of new goodies having to do with player vs player fighting, dungeons, and even a revamped Enderdragon battle.  You can read about some of the updates here:

Minecraft 1.9 Gamepedia

Compilation of Developer Tweets 

And finally, some teaser screenshots showcasing new blocks and features:

New Poll!

Last week we asked:

HYPOTHETICAL: WHAT PLUGIN WOULD YOU MIGHT WANT ADDED TO OUR SERVER?

Pet protection/modification	0 (0%)
More biome diversity	5 (62%)
Mail delivery	3 (37%)
Hostile mob diversity/difficulty	0 (0%)
Nothing! Less is more!	0 (0%)

And the majority if you voted that you wished we could have more biome diversity.  During the week of the poll, we did manage to get a mail plugin installed and running as well as one for pets.  

Do '/letter AndStartWritingHere' to write a letter to someone and '/post username' to send it to them.

Do '/pet help' to get help on creating your own, loyal companion.  

Who knows what else the future holds for Gazer?  Maybe the rest of these poll options will be taken into consideration...

Now on to this week's poll!  We all know which ores are rare and valuable, but which ore is most valuable and useful to you in your gameplay?

New Feature: Better Pets!

We all love our cats, dogs, and horses, but we all know they can be a little cumbersome when taken out on expeditions.  They're vulnerable to mobs, make poor AI choices, and sometimes it's just best to leave them at home. 

What if you could have a single, more reliable pet of your choosing?  A familiar, so to speak, the comes when called, disappears when not needed, and doesn't suffer environmental damage?  Presenting....

EchoPet is a new plugin we've recently added to the server.  EchoPet basically lets you choose your own Minecraft pet that will follow you.  These pets do not act like normal animals (ex. hostile mob pets won't hurt you) and they cannot be killed, only hidden. As you progress up GazerCrafts ranks, you'll gain more pet options (such as having hostile mobs as pets) as well as abilities, like riding your pet, turning it into a baby, or even wearing it as a hat!  

Use the command "/pet help" to get started.  Here is the breakdown of each pet each group has access to.  These will slowly be added to community rank pages as well:

Settlements: 

Cow

White Sheep

Pig

Chicken

Villages: 

Wolf

Bat

Rabbit

Small Slime

Colored Sheep

+ The option to turn some pets into baby versions of themselves!

Town: 

Villager

Snowman

IronGolem

Squid

CaveSpider

City:

Ocelot

Zombie

Skeleton

Witch

Spider

SilverFish

Slime

+The option to wear any pet as a hat on your head!

Metropolis: 

MagmaCube

Blaze

ZombiePig

Creeper

Enderman

EnderMite

WitherSkeleton

+ The option to ride any pet!

House:

Cow

Sheep

Pig

Chicken

Rabbit

Bat

Villager

Squid

MushroomCow

CaveSpider

Enderman

Spider

Slime

Zombie

Skeleton

Guardian

New Settlement: New Sanctuary

Our third settlement has been founded!  New Sanctuary (based on the ancient Sanctuary of Old Gazer) is led by ThePunisher1028 with Morallybisexual and SirMeatwad in tow!

New Sanctuary boasts a public cobble stone generator as well as a very impressive villager-run market place!  Stop in if you need saddles, emeralds, or any assortment of rare goodies!  Coordinates are X:-415 Z:-780.  Pun has also built a nifty nether portal if you think that might be a better option.

With that news, the last settlement slot has been filled. A new slot will not be open until we either get enough new people on the whitelist to warrant more openings or until one of the current settlements gets promoted (or becomes an inactive ghost town).

Poll Results and New Poll!

Here's the results from last week's poll, which was about the new arrow update!  What upcoming feature are you excited about?

Lava coated arrows	1 (10%)
Glowstone coated arrows	2 (20%)
Slime coated arrows	0 (0%)
Gunpowder/coal coated arrows	4 (40%)
Quiver	3 (30%)

Votes so far: 10 

This week's poll is purely hypothetical -- we currently don't have any plans to implement anything.  What we're curious to know is: What type of plugin would you like added to the server?

New Village: Cerberus

The village of Cerberus has been founded!  This once quiet settlement now boasts a handful of members, including Paul_PickSmythe, Omegabrad, Thundermob1234, Tdizzlenizzle, Mikelikesmen, Zherix, and Otterun -- all led by the noble Fyrd Cassiroll!

The once quaint swamp now boasts a smelting area, town storage, nether portal, wall, stables, farms, homes, and so much more! Feel free to stop by!  The town's general coordinates are 120, 120.  Be sure to also collect the new warp plate to Cerberus, located in the gazebo around 90, 104.

We now have one village slot taken, meaning a settlement slot has opened up!  Who will be next to upgrade?

Poll Results

There's rumors of an arrow update in Minecraft and dinnerbone posted this to the official site!

Read the full story here!  Which arrows are you most excited about?

The results from last week are in!

WHAT IS YOUR MINECRAFT SPIRIT ANIMAL?

Chicken	2 (20%)
Cow	1 (10%)
Wolf	1 (10%)
Ocelot	1 (10%)
Rabbit	1 (10%)
Squid	2 (20%)
Pig	0 (0%)
Sheep	2 (20%)

Looks like we have a wide range of spirit animals on the server!