I play vanilla, and have since a short time pre-beta. I like the simplicity; it's kind of like playing a creative version of Solitaire with a giant Lego set.
Then again, I also don't play on a server, watch people on Youtube, or really have a connection to any kind of community, so I don't really have the chance to get envious of what other players have available.
I try to play Minecraft these days, but it makes me so lonely.
This comes from the fact that I run a server which used to have ~20 on at any given time and now has 0, along with the fact that I learned to play it alongside my ex-girlfriend.
I wish there was some way for me to get past the loneliness.
Minecraft's always been a place to go when I want to be alone for a little while, so playing on a server has always been a little uncomfortable to me.
I've had other places that I'd go for companionship that cleared out over time, so while it wasn't Minecraft, I can imagine some of how you feel about it :-/
Re:Minecraft sales top 100M
by cableshaft on Thursday June 02, 2016 @04:16PM
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Well crap, the pipes mod is a completely obvious mod that really should be in vanilla Minecraft that I never even considered. But then again I haven't really played the game since it got out of Beta.
Maybe it's more accurate to say "most old players have moved on from vanilla Minecraft".
Frankly, Minecraft does not need mods. However, Mojang took too long to add content to the game. Heck, even Dwarf Fortress seems to add new features faster.
Today, vanilla feels... "bland". "Oh right, I have no fluid containers nor pipes, have to move stuff one bucket at a time". "Right, let me build this redstone flip-flop for the umpteenth time". "Oh yeah, there's no way I can automate crop replanting, just harvest". Every game start is grindy in the same way, the only thing that keeps it interesting is the random terrain generator.
But that's after playing for a while. New players still get the "discovery" experience, redstone learning curve and so on. That can take months to wear off.
Also, many people are using mods without even knowing, depending on which server they play on.