BacoNetworks

Great server, helpful people and everything works as it should, regular restarts to keep everything fresh and a friendly environment to play in! - Imjcisdabest

Our enviroment is only as good as the community makes it however we do try our best to moderate and make sure everything is nice and tiday. The players are extremely helpful though even if they aren't staff and that's really cool!

Also if you have any questions or need any support make sure to join our discord or direct pm me by adding me as a friend kristi71111 | BacoNetworks#0001

good server,friendly staff and people i enjoy playing modpacks on it. no lag even with many people online -cooldude2200

Super glad to see that you enjoy the modpacks that we host and the community that we created. We truly try our best to make the server feel like a second home.

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This is the first modded server I have played on and honestly its been a great experience. I only play SkyFactory 4 on this server network so I can't speak for the other gamemodes. The community on SkyFactory 4 is amazing everyone is helpful and nice. Staff members on this server are very nice and helpful, I have never seen a staff member be mean or rude to anyone. They solve problems fast and don't mess around with someone who has done something bad to the server or player. TPS is great and lag free, also the server goes down every once in a while to fix things but its only for a couple minutes which is just enough time to restart your game if you had a memory leak (which really could be the cause of your "lag"). They ban items that can affect the server negatively does not and has not affected me greatly to the point I want to quit or affects my gameplay. Out of all the SkyFactory 4 servers I found that this was the best and I stuck with it.

- shaggy_lemon

First of all let me say welcome to the modded server experience and enjoy the ride. I think you picked a decent pack to start playing modded on mostly due to the fact that I also like skyfactory 4 myself :P. We try our best when it comes to solving issues in a timely manner as to not leave anyone waiting for extended periods of time since let's be honest nobody likes waiting!. The skyfactory 4 memory leak is actually fixable but only the modpack author can fix it since a mod needs to be updated (you can pm me on discord and we can fix it for you :)). We try to actually ban as few items as possible and have been unbanning quite a few items lately actually. I'm glad to see that you chose to stick with us and I hope that you continue to have fun!

Also if you have any questions or need any support make sure to join our discord or direct pm me by adding me as a friend kristi71111 | BacoNetworks#0001

Hey guys,

first of all dont give a fuck about any other review than mine because they are paid reviews. The server offers you a free chunkloader if you are writting a review here. Most people dont have the balls to give their real opinion cus they are scared.

I have been playing about 100 hours on that server, everything started nice. Kristi, the owner is a very friendly and helpful person. Most of the staffs are friendly and helpful but i sadly cant say that about every member of the staff team.

Is the server lag free?

Yes it is, but the price you gotta pay for that is a limitless amount of banned items and staffs that are going to do everything to make sure the server runs with 20tps.

Build a mekanism reactor that constantly outputs 100mrf/t and a staff will stop by telling you to remove it cus its creating lag (even tho the server has 20tps they will tell you either you remove it or he will).

Chunkloaders are only working while you are online and you have a maximum of about 10-11 chunks. The block activation for machines is reduced to 16 blocks if you go further away and the chunk isnt chunkloaded good night everything will turn off. So you either put all your stuff in a small area or you will have to go wherever you wanna do something to make it run.

Overall i can tell its a pretty nice experience playing there. If you enjoy the part before stoneblock 2 is going into creative mode and know the mods in the pack well you will have no issues playing but if you wanna enjoy the super late game and build crazy farms for emc or anything else you will be stopped by the admins or the banneditems.

Also the server runs on the curseforge launcher making it a server on 1.16.1 stoneblock version which is filled by tons of bugs.

My honest oppinion is.... If you are new to stoneblock 2 or if you enjoy the early to mid game give this server a shot it will be fun to play but in the end stoneblock 2 is a massive kitchen sink modpack that is going to end in lets call it creative mode and is definitly not made for being played on a server with a lot of players cus all you need for late game is going to create lag sooner or later.

Try to find a server that runs on 1.21.1, has less banned items and accept that its sometimes a little laggy when many players are playing.

Plus, the server is pay to win if you dont know what i mean you will find out sooner or later.

Best regards,

Bauws

Hello everyone that might be reading the reply to this review in the future. Please note that the response is lengthy.

I'll personally state that the statement "first of all dont give a fuck about any other review than mine because they are paid reviews." Is incorrect. While we do offer one free chunk loader balance for putting in a review we explicitly state that you should be as honest as possible and we have never banned anyone for stating their honest opinion (To see exactly what I mean check out #review-rewards on our discord or check  http://prntscr.com/11ud5vn, and you will see that we never force people to put in a good review since any criticism is welcome and helps us improve. As such I don't understand why people should be scared about it.

Regarding our staff team and in particular the statement where you say, and I quote "but i sadly cant say that about every member of the staff team." we have a hierarchy and all issues in regard to the staff team can directly be mentioned to myself or our Head Admin LossIsSauce simply by pming us on discord since unlike most server staff teams we have our dms opened and if an issue where a staff member goes out of line or acts up is presented to us, we will take our time to investigate the matter and take appropriate measures. 

With regard to banned items being "limitless" this statement is incorrect. Our ban list is in my opinion clean and clearly displays why items were banned (check https://i.imgur.com/ll7RksX.png to view the banned items for our StoneBlock 2 server which was mentioned in this review). And to the statement of, and I quote "and staffs that are going to do everything to make sure the server runs with 20tps." all I have to say is that I'm proud that my staff team does this since I want players to enjoy our network without having to deal with the lag that most networks face.

"Build a mekanism reactor that constantly outputs 100mrf/t and a staff will stop by telling you to remove it cus it's creating lag (even tho the server has 20tps they will tell you either you remove it or he will).". Even if this did happen the only reason you would be contacted is if it showed up on our internal profiler tools and your setup was deemed as an issue and would only create further lag the more it was used (See rule 7 of our rules which are visible here http://rules.baconetworks.com/). And for the most part such setups are never really removed and are instead modified with our guidance, or we offer players better setup alternatives that leave a much smaller tps footprint.

Going on towards you mentioning chunk loaders. It is indeed correct that you can have a maximum of about 12 chunk loaders without donating at all which in my opinion is fair since a couple of networks offer no free chunk loaders at all. And in all technicality everything in your view distance is technically loaded however due to lag optimizations like 99% of servers we have to resort to using tile entity and entity activation ranges which is what you mentioned and is capped at 16 blocks. Most players fix this by simply building upwards or limiting their machines to the chunks they can chunk load and leaving the rest for builds (some of which are pretty awesome).

In regards to your statement saying that "but if you wanna enjoy the super late game and build crazy farms for emc or anything else you will be stopped by the admins or the banneditems." This is entirely incorrect we've had multiple players finish the emc quest which requires as you might know a lot and I mean a lot of emc and thus finish the actual pack without many issues and admins will never stop your progress unless you are literally causing the tps to drop to oblivion and thus ruining the fun of others. You must remember that this is a multiplayer server and that your builds and laggy setups have an impact on other players unlike single-player where you can go crazy which is probably what you should be playing if you want to have extravagant unoptimized machine setups.

Now to continue on about your statement that the 1.16.1 version of StoneBlock 2 is filled with bugs in regards to this all I have to say is welcome to modded Minecraft as long as you have a collection of mods you will have bugs no matter what the pack version is. And to add to this unlike most servers we actually take such things serious and have so far on StoneBlock 2 alone changed/recoded parts of 64 mods which are in the modpacks not even counting the countless changes that we've made to Forge alone in our fork and SpongeForge as well. In regards to bugs we are probably amongs the least buggy servers for StoneBlock2 regardless of modpack version. If you want to see everything that we've ever changed you're free to check our #changelogs channel on discord where we list 99% of our changes.

I agree with your opinion in regards to the pack actually not being made to be played on a server with lots of players however we do try our best to provide exactly that with as minimum amount of lag. If you really want to avoid our "limitations" I suggest that you actually either host your own server and play with your friends or simply play the pack in single-player so that you can avoid any "limitations" servers enforce. We sadly can't bring the full single-player experience to players since we have to take care of everyone's experience and try to make it as best as we can instead of catering to the experience of individuals.

If players want to join a different server that hosts the same pack to give them a try that's fine as well since it's you the players who should decide on what you settle on and there are differences that vary from server to server as you've mentioned.

And to finish this off I'd like to say that I don't think we are pay2win and that most players who finished the pack actually never donated and had fun all the same. If you want to check what we offer in the store and make your own decision then feel free to check https://store.baconetworks.com/. 

That's all and while I thank you for your feedback I once again ask you and every other person that might be reading this to consider that the experience of many come before the experience of a single individual. We can't make everyone happy, but we do try our best.

With kind regards,
- Kristi

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Very good server, a lot of connected with a nice community which helps new players, a lot of various rewards, a multichats system to speak several languages and not only English would have been appreciated. ^^ '

— SkillVet

Hey thanks for your review! We do actually have a chat system that you can use on skyfactory 4 and stoneblock 2 (/is chat) which is a chat with only your island mates or /ca chat which is a chat with only yoru cave mates and you can talk in whatever language you want in there. We need to keep global english only for moderation sake :)

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Overall not bad, but the staff is not as helpful as they need to be. Most of the time they just order you around, instead of showing a way to do your intentions another way. The market also lacking customers, since there are price restrictions as well. The best sky factory 4 server I have played so far, but if I could find another active, not lagging server I would immidiately join that community.

-Leonardoki

Sorry that you felt as if staff was ordering you around. The staff team has a selection of profiles that scan the whole server and tell us what blocks are causing the most amount of lag. We like to keep the TPS as high as possible, so we ask players to modify their base if it is causing an extreme amount of lag. Instead of having to completely delete an island we like to tell the players what block in specific is causing the lag, so all you need to do is simply modify that block. The staff team is very carefully pick and every application is very carefully read through. If you have a problem with a staff member do be sure to contact our head admin LossIsSauce#1170, as he is the staff team manager.

The “/market” tends to lack customers due to the fact that it is not available for all players (Playtime restricted). The server tried to sell a various selections of items that are always available to purchases. Most players ask in the chat if anyone is selling the item they need, then do an in-person trade with the “/pay” command.

Sorry for any problems you may have ran into. We hope not to see you go.

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So far this server is pretty lit and all. not much restrictions and the rewards tie in really well with the prestige system of the game. All in all, would recommend it to my friends.

-XcendoX

The server is only as lit as the players are :D. We truly did try our best in making our "version" of the prestige system work in the way that we wanted it to and I think we did a decent job. Also I thank you for your recommendation and hope to catch you in game some day!

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Great so far! Few restrictions and its pretty casual.
- JatsuLC

Thanks for your revierw. We try to keep restrictions to a minimum and fix items before banning them however we sadly can't fix everything .

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Ive never played stoneblock before and i really enjoy it.
The server is without any laggs and if it restarts you get kicked into a lobby instead of the main menu.^^


-Ergopa

Glad to see that you're enjoying one of the packs we are hosting. If you like stoneblock2 then do give skyfactory4 a try once you're done with sb2 :D. We try our best to make the server lag free and are actually working on a redesign for the lobby ranks ;)

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Great server, had a slight bit of block lag earlier today BUT that was resolved quickly. Great server to play on!

-MOTYGamingCraft

Hey! Thanks for your review. We do try and make the server as lag free as possible however we do get spikes from time to time but we do try our best! And I hope to see you in game some time.

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Just started playing earlier today, im enjoying the chat so far. The spawn is nice and tidy with info about everything you need to know, I also like the incentives they give like welcoming people gives you points and talking in general also gives points so it keeps things flowing. Great server so far, id is C12DAVE btw :D

Glad to have you join us! We tried to make the spawn as informative as possible and our welcome and chat levels plugins are a stroke of genious and in a way one of a kind since they truly do promote people talking to eachother more.

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Server performance is amazing - many steps are taken to prevent/reduce lag and it definitely pays off. Players, especially staff, are super helpful in chat. One guy on the server literally turned his island into a tutorial guide for new players (thanks DarkRoastGrind). I have 15 hours so far but planning to make it 1500 :)

-pnisboy

We try our best when it comes to the performance of the server since we want everyone to have a great experience. Our playerbase is in my opinion equally amazing compared to our staff team! Also DarkRoast really did a great job with his tutorial island :). Also I do hope that you actually manage to make it to 1500 hours since you will be above me on /playtime top then ;)

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I really like playing on the server. When inquiries there is always someone who helps me and so it is fun to use all possibilities of the server. not so good I think that the farm world is a flat map but that doesn't change anything at the fun

I'm glad to see that you like playing on our servers. It truly brings me to smile. We try our best to help out everyone as soon as possible and if you ever don't get a response in game do join our discord server and make a ticket or simply pm me and I'll try and help ya out if I'm not online. Also the farm world is actually a modded world that we did not custom generate. We just picked it to be the mining world :P

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Awesome server, really friendly people, when joining the server you are being welcomed by 30< people wich is awesome, i really enjoy playing on it and i really recommend it.
-Prioo

The welcome experience you get with us I think is kinda one of a kind and I really love our community for it. The community is also as you've said mostly really friendly except for a few bad appels that get promptly removed due to breaking our rules.

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Top Performance, nice Community and a good Economy. All Players and Staff very helpful!

Thanks for your review! We try our best to bring forth a nice and welcoming "chill" community which is also bundled with non laggy servers so that everyone can have the modded Minecraft experience they've always wanted :)

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Solid server 10/10 Would reccomend. Ive been wanting to play skyfactory for a while with my brother and cousin. My cousin found this server and ive been hooked to it ever since joining, i work 13 hour days irl, yet still play this till 4am. im am hooked with all the content. The server runs smooth TPS, Throughout the 40-60 Players on at a time.
IGN -OkDusk

Hey! Thanks for your recommendation it means a lot! I'm glad to see that yourself and your family members are liking the server so far. Do try to get some sleep and don't exaust yourself over playing Minecraft since we won't be gooing anywhere anytime soon :). We try our besst to keep the server stable and performant at all times even at 60 players online :)

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the server is fun and has a big helpful community.
I must say that the prestige points were kinda confusing at the start until I asked in the chat but then it worked for me.
-Nickname: shaked428

I'm glad to see that you believe that our server is fun and honestly the community is beyond helpful in my opinion.
In regards to prestige points the entire system can be a little bit confusing however players will usually help you out in game and you can also check out /wiki prestigesystem

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I am still pretty new to this server, but it seems awesome so far. Good grief protection plugin, market, multiple rewards and much more! The TPS is also REALLY good. From the ones I played on, this is the first server, that doesn't lag. Come on, just join aswell!

-FredyLP444DNS

Glad to see that you're giving us a try and that you're enjoying your time so far! We tried to make the plugin selection good and to make it actually make sense :). In regards to tps we really do try a lot to make ourselves stand out and less laggy than other networks.

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This server is very good, the community is very helpful when I need information about things. I usually play with my friend and we both enjoy playing this server a lot. The server has great tps too and usually never lags.

-Snelix

It's the community that makes the server good so we are really happy to have you here! I'm glad to see that both yourself and your friend enjoy the server :). We try our best to optimize the server to avoid lag!

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Servers pretty hippity hop not had any issues besides some miscommunication with a mod that was fixed pretty quickly. Not had any issues connecting or following rules.
- LEEMBEAN_

Everything is hippity hop if people are chill. If you have miscommunication again in the future perhaps try talking to them in discord since that's a lot faster than in game :). Glad to see that you're following our rules tho!

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I only play stoneblock 2 on this server so I can't speak for the other gamemodes but it works great, there's usually not a lot of lag and I haven't come across too many banned items. My overall experience has been great.

- I_IRamon

Hey thanks for your review! We try our best to minimize the lag so that we can bring the best experience to the players! Our banned items list is also constantly being updated so that we can allow our players access to most items.

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it is one of the best servers it is unique since it has time rewards I love it but wish they would half it since it is 10 hrs for ur first rewards
IGN: raiimiscool

Glad to see that you like our timed rank and rewards implementation :). We don't really want to half it since we want people to spend longer on getting the rewards but thanks for your suggestion.

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I have been for some hours in the server and for now it seems really welcoming. One thing I would do is give some type of tutorial to newer players.

Nick: AfonsoHackers

I'm glad that we have been welcoming in your opinion since that's the type of community I wanted to create all along. In regards to tutorials we can't help much and mostly they are already done on youtube you just need to search :)

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This is one of the best servers I've been on. It's got a good player base full of supportive members, it has a store but I wouldn't call it pay to win. It's a lot of fun to play on and the community is incredibly helpful.

-Battlehammer256

Thank you for your review. I'm glad to see that we are so far the best server you've beeon on. Our playerbase truly is a gem on it's own and I personally think that we didn't make t he store pw2 as well :). I hope that you will continue to enjoy our network for as long as possible!

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Live the server so far it’s fun and a better way to play skyblock

IGN DeathByAden

Love to see that you enjoy our network. We truly tried to make the skyfactory4 experience as best as possible!

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