Atropolis is a newly opened SMP that is aiming for a 16+ semi vanilla community feel. It keeps the game mostly normal but adds some nice quality of life stuff.
You can expect things like phantoms turned off and one person sleep. There is a pvp toggle and some anti grief settings for certain mobs. If something goes really wrong there are protections and rollbacks to help fix it.
Keep inventory is on in the nether and the end. The server also uses add ons like Simple Voicechat plus elytra trims plus a deathcount and player and mob head drops and a live map. Voice chat and elytra trims are optional if you want them.
For the first community event the end stays closed for the first week so everyone can work together for opening day. Nether access and nether roof travel are set up at spawn and all types of players are welcome.
Atropolis 16+ Whitelisted Semi Vanilla SMP
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The big thing here is geopolitics and wars. There are resource camps in game you can conquer and they become your first income of geopolitical resources. You use that to expand and take more territory and also earn wealth.
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