Context:

There are two servers associated with this subreddit: the Production server (untamedears.com) and the test server (71.196.5.221). This post gives information about only the test server.

What we are doing:

On the test server, we are doing two things: testing how you guys like the ore distribution, and tweaking Mineral Vein's configuration settings.

The Past:

We have finished 1st Round of testing, which lasted for 48 hours. We started a new map for Round 2, which is currently in progress. Within 12 hours of round 3 starting, people have found Iron, Redstone, Gold, and Coal. As you can see, we still have some tweaking to do to Mineral Vein (aka Scarcity Mod) to get to our goal.

The Present:

If you would like to help us, feel free to join the test server (71.196.5.221) and just play. If you find ores, make a note of that or take screenshots, so that you can remember your discoveries. I will be asking players for what they think of the ore distribution, and I will use this information to tweak the Mineral Vein configuration.

The Future:

The testing for Round 2 will end at 9:00pm CST February 4th. At about 30 minutes before 9pm, there will be festivities (and cake). After that, I will start a new map, and you will get to start all over again. Its tough, but there will be a reward for this testing (TBD, so hold your horses before asking).

Our Goal:

We want ores to be more scarce than vanilla Minecraft, so that people will have to work a bit harder to find ores. The test server is being used to test Mineral Vein.

However, we also want to make the reward greater for that increased difficulty. We want players to become wealthy from finding ore veins, which are large but uncommon groupings of ore blocks.