Why Hypixel Skyblock Isn't Getting New Players

please convince more people to play the game so more people watch my videos
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0:00 - Is Hypixel Skyblock Dying?
1:17 - Beginner Confusion
4:01 - The Grind
6:10 - Hypixel Skyblock's Limitations
9:00 - Separation of Playerbase
12:37 - Impressive Content
13:20 - Why Hypixel MUST Fix First-Impressions
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Why Hypixel Skyblock Isn't Getting New Players Early Game
#hypixelskyblock #skyblock #minecraft

[DemiTF]

My friends have tried skyblock once or twice, and a common situation is they feel extremely overwhelmed and don't know what's going on or what to even do

[Litten-sbeg]

Ive tried this game, first question was "wtf do I do?". Stopped playing sky block shortly after.

[lightningbolt]

To me, it isn’t the _new players_ that are annoying, it’s the old ones. When I was still new, I was _very_ frustrated whenever I tried to break some trees in the park and some 2K HP, 500% Speed, Young Dragon-Clad player comes bursting toward me and uses their Treecapitator to take the entire tree, despite the fact that I was already there and had only managed to get a single log.

[Goose_Woosie]

Another problem ive noticed is that fact that when playing skyblock without mods is awful, you literally need mods to see stats of stuff, crafting recipes, and how to actually get stuff and no new player is gonna instantly start looking for mods and what not

[krysmun]

The Sooner you realise that Hypixel Skyblock is just a Minecraft MMO on an Outdated MC version, the sooner you realise why you don't want to get into it unless you're already predisposed to play MMOs.

[ethanwho_]

the issue is that they took a really simple game and added a bunch of shit that makes the game so messy. it's especially difficult for not only new players, but also old players like me because we come back to the game realizing there's so much more we have to grind just to get back where we were before.

[halfxhalfx]

My main issue is just beginner dungeon experience. "Oh wow cool dungeons" > get oneshotted, deal like 400 damage to 20k hp enemies, have no idea what these people are talking about when saying get all secrets, s+ and stuff, have the strongest player leave your party cause he thought he wont have to carry when joining a party of 4 level 2 berserkers, sigh.
Your options are literally just get carried or getting carried, then spend a few dozen million on some functional gear that will last you 2 floors. (while as a beginner player you have 0 idea how to make money, and even with a guide it takes some time to get into flipping stuff)..

[HellCastleYT]

HYPIXEL! UPDATE SKYBLOCK INTO THE LATEST VERSION OF MINECRAFT (OR ANYTHING AFTER 1.8.9), AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!

[EraOfKingsMMORPG]

as someone who runs an mmorpg for a living, i see both sides. tutorial are very annoying to make, boring to do and normally gets skipped by most people. BUT HOLY MOLY it really helps in the long run. i do think the early game should be a lot better, you are making great opinions

[seal]

I recommended skyblock to my friends, and when I told them about all the cool stuff (like kuudra, floor 7, enderman slayer) they're very excited to try it, but when I tell them about the grind it takes to get there, they look so disappointed. For older people, its not that its overwhelming, its that its such a big time investment. Making skyblock a not so grindy game would also make macroing stop.

[maxe]

I stopped playing after the dwarven mines update. I realized that I can do a lot more with ten hours than gain a single mining level. It seems to me that the only players who want to spend the hundreds of required hours are the old ones who already have thousands sunk into the game.

[vxtktnz]

my irl friends have tried skyblock and the conclusion is they usually feel really overwhelmed and dont know what to do or just dont feel like putting in the hours and get extremely bored quickly

[havefun]

If anyone has played GW2 (one of the largest mmorpgs) then you might recognize the factor this doesn't take into account: there doesn't need to be a competition for everything.
In GW2 you can't steal kills, if you both damage the mob a small amount you both get the same amount of drops.
Resources are per-player, so even if one person mines a tree, any other player can at the same time mine that tree themselves.
In GW2 friends, and the general community can party you and help walk you through your story or other things, no matter where you go.
While there is little incentive for them to go to lower level zones on their own, if they are a friend or they just want to help you out then they can help you through whatever you want without ruining the experience, because higher levels are nerfed down to make their stats more similar to newer players in low level zones. That said they are still usually quite OP compared to lower level players, but not so much they 1 tap everything and go at mock 10 killing everything before you.

[carljanzen]

You’re spot on, tried to get my girlfriend on but she was automatically overwhelemd. She was excited by all the things I told her about but, she can’t spend 7 hours a day grinding this game.

[blubo]

These are some really good ideas for the admin team, a tutorial would surely help the newer players. One small thing though, the new GUI stuff and version change WILL be comming along the foraging update, which is a big reason so many people want to see it - alongside the new content of course.

[gabelanhd]

with each video being more popular than the last my chances of being noticed get smaller and smaller

[dryptosaurus]

I tried skyblock once and as you predicted, I stopped immediately when I teleportes to the main hub for the first time. Not just because it was overwhelming, but because it didn't feel like skybloks anymore. Having a central island where I can sell and buy doesn't really work with the "build out from the limited resources" fantasy of skyblocks.

[aaaaflfl]

it took me 2 months and countless guide videos to even begin to understand "BASIC" things in the game. Admins HAVE TO do something.

[oAbzi]

Yeah i remember playing skyblock for the first time like 3-4 years ago when it was simple and i was still overwhelmed, its hard to even find out collections are essential to unlock items

[commandblockguru]

I used to be an avid Skyblock player, but even the late-ish game stages annoyed me so much. I thought I was pretty wealthy but I quickly realized I basically had nothing, despite my HOURS of grinding, it was like a big ladder that just kept going up and up infinitely, and the fact that combat exp is literally not obtainable via idle means, combat minions don't give you any exp so you just have to run through caves with fancy pets forever to stack levels or you can't do literally anything. I eventually just gave up.