Self-Hosted Fun SMP for Friends & Family

[/u/cfreeman21]

I plan to start a net new server soon and I want my kids, there friends and some family members to play 15-20 players most likely. Everytime I stand up a new server a lot of them grind end game and quickly lose interest (2 week grind). I want this time to feel different so let me know some good ideas to keep them interested. I plan to setup a Paper/Purpur Server (Plugins) I am open to free/paid plugins. Any and all recommendations are welcome. Addtional plugins I haven't mentioned below. I want engagement and reason for them all to keep playing and have a community. I beleive I will keep self hosting this but at the end of the day I want everyone to enjoy themselves. I have thought about Paid Hosting but I have the resources to self-host but I also limit (whitelist) who joins.

Here are some of my thoughts but not fully sure on some of them the best way to implement:

1. Seasons (what exactly gets reset and how long should Seasons be?)
2. Quest Plugin
3. Jobs Plugin
4. Economy Plugin
5. Chat Plugin (Both Discord & In Game)
6. Dungeon Plugin
7. An area for people to PVP but not on main server (PVP not my thing)
8. Additional mobs/animal/pets plugin
9. Furniture Plugin (for the builders)
10. Server Events

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