Community fundraiser for EliteMobs models

Goal tracker: $430/$2000

Hello everyone!

It's been a while since a member of the community has reached out to me to ask to fundraise a specific feature for EliteMobs through a community-shared donation goal.

Digitalzero has suggested to start a fundraiser to create up to 200 custom models for EliteMobs weapons and armor.

These models would allow admins using the official EliteMobs resource pack to change the look of elite armor and weapons every 10 levels. That would mean that for levels 10-20 they would have a specific custom look, and for levels 20-30 a different look, and so on up to level 200.

Now, the reason why this is a fundraiser is because this will cost an estimated $100 per 10 levels, for 200 levels, meaning $2000. Since I am uncertain of how popular such a feature would be to the average server, it is very hard for me to take $2000 dollars away from developing the content that I know you all like - dungeons, events, arenas, betterstructures build packs...

And thus! Digitalzero has pledged to pay for 20 levels upfront to get this community fundraiser kickstarted. The way we will do this is very simple: for every $100 received to my Paypal in the coming couple of months I will commission a modeler to make a full set of armor and weapons for an additional set of 10 levels. You are, of course, welcome to contribute any amount, and they will be added to the total. I became a twitch affiliate again yesterday (https://www.twitch.tv/magmaguy), and if you want to use bits or a sub to contribute, I will count an additional $2.5/sub on twitch since that's around the amount that gets paid out or whatever the bit payout amounts to for bits.

If you wish to contribute to this goal, you can send the money to this link: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/magmaguy

Now, it has been so long since we have last done this kind of fundraiser to help pay for a feature for EliteMobs that I am not certain that you are still interested in doing this kind of thing. I also do not want to overstep any boundaries if people believe that doing this kind of thing is either not adequate or simply doesn't gather any interest.

As such, I leave a poll in this post that will allow you to vote whether this kind of fundraiser should happen again in the future for really big features, or if this should be the last one we ever do.

So, if nothing else, there will be a new system in an upcoming update that allows you to set a custom look for armor and weapons looted from elites at 10 level increments, and at least enough models to cover for 20 levels will be added for free to the official EliteMobs resource pack! If you like the concept, consider contributing or spreading this goal among your own server community!