IT'S HABBENING!
General Gameplay Changes
>Combat logging penalties
>/home and /f home timers extended to 10 seconds
>Obsidian now takes 8 explosions to destroy
>Grace period for 4 days
Map
>12.5k x 12.5k, centered on 0,0
>Large biomes
>Nether boundaries will correspond to overworld boundaries
>End will start off disabled, to be possibly enabled when 1.9 hits
Factions
>Max: 12
>Min: -4
>Gain/hour: 4
>Loss/death: 5
Pistons pushing into faction territory will be enabled
Unconnected chunks cannot be claimed
Enemy territory can still be unclaimed in a raid if their power drops, but it will just go to wilderness.
Nether claiming will be disabled
Spawn
>A E S T H E T I C spawn area
>Jews at spawn available for trading (with jewish prices)
>Jews that buy things for emeralds will cycle out periodically, and won't reliably be available
New Features
Gods plugin - Worship your god, gain minor benefits!
>Make altars by placing stone brick (or other specific blocks) with a torch on top, and place a sign on it with the name of the god on it
>Pray to the altar by right clicking the sign