Sweep Attack is the #1 most annoying feature in Minecraft IMO (due to all that friendly fire it causes) and I've seen a lot of suggestions for a fix, but before I start ranting at Mojang for not listening to those suggestions, do people still find it annoying as they used to?
You could just say use an axe/bow/sprint attack/crit attack but those come with its own problems.
Axe: More expensive than sword, you can't apply proper combat enchantments, lower DPS than sword, durability penalty when used in combat
Bow: Consumes Arrows, very slow firing, innacurate
Sprint: Innacurate, consumes hunger, requires space, knockback not always helpful, slows down attack speed
Crit: Requires space (difficult to crit in forest biome, 2 high space, etc), extra damage not always helpful, innacurate
So please, don't say "use an axe/bow/sprint/crit" as a reason to say that sweep is not annoying.
don't want to sweep? use an axe.
It's not that annoying if you realize what it is and how to prevent it. Even jumping and attacking can prevent a sweep attack with a sword
Those come with their own problems. I've edited the OP, check it out.
You can get Sharpness on an axe, but not Looting. Means I need to be extra-careful when dispatching my cows. You can't get Fire Aspect either (no cooked steaks), nor Knockback.
I like the sweeping attack -- it's great for mob farming, for example, though it can get you into trouble when fighting near Zombie Pigmen. However, I wish they'd let us put all the battle enchantments on axes (not just Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods) so that in situations where you don't want a sweep attack there's a viable alternative.
What's wrong with the sweep attack? I've never had any friendly fire with it. Just don't use the sweep attack unless you are fighting groups of mobs... easy...
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It irritates me when I breed animals and then want to cull the adults. Damn sweep cuts into the babies, requiring me to keep jumping or switch to another weapon, or separate the babies from the adults before culling. Extra work is annoying.
But it's great when I am at the XP farm with all those half-heart skellies. Sweeeeeep, down go a bunch of them.
I think a nice compromise would be a weapon that can get all the same enchantments, do the same damage, has the same durability, but doesn't sweep. Like say, a spear or a dirk or something like that. But I think it is unlikely this will happen simply because the sweep attack isn't the end of the world. It's not THAT annoying. :-)
It irritates me when I breed animals and then want to cull the adults. Damn sweep cuts into the babies, requiring me to keep jumping or switch to another weapon, or separate the babies from the adults before culling. Extra work is annoying.
But it's great when I am at the XP farm with all those half-heart skellies. Sweeeeeep, down go a bunch of them.
I think a nice compromise would be a weapon that can get all the same enchantments, do the same damage, has the same durability, but doesn't sweep. Like say, a spear or a dirk or something like that. But I think it is unlikely this will happen simply because the sweep attack isn't the end of the world. It's not THAT annoying. :-)
People say the axe is the perfect candidate to receive those combat enchants.
Yes, I am on SSP but it does hurt my wolves when I'm hunting with them. Luckily, it doesn't deal too much damage. I would suggest a way to toggle them, such as attacking while sneaking won't perform a sweep.
Sweep Attack is the #1 most annoying feature in Minecraft IMO (due to all that friendly fire it causes) and I've seen a lot of suggestions for a fix, but before I start ranting at Mojang for not listening to those suggestions, do people still find it annoying as they used to?
You could just say use an axe/bow/sprint attack/crit attack but those come with its own problems.
Axe: More expensive than sword, you can't apply proper combat enchantments, lower DPS than sword, durability penalty when used in combat
Bow: Consumes Arrows, very slow firing, innacurate
Sprint: Innacurate, consumes hunger, requires space, knockback not always helpful, slows down attack speed
Crit: Requires space (difficult to crit in forest biome, 2 high space, etc), extra damage not always helpful, innacurate
So please, don't say "use an axe/bow/sprint/crit" as a reason to say that sweep is not annoying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5_xb522jEo
No I got used to it
Nah, I like it
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I think it's useful, and never got on my nerves or annoyed me or anything (then again I don't really tame wolves, ocelots, or any other animals)
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Those come with their own problems. I've edited the OP, check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5_xb522jEo
You can get Sharpness on an axe, but not Looting. Means I need to be extra-careful when dispatching my cows. You can't get Fire Aspect either (no cooked steaks), nor Knockback.
I like the sweeping attack -- it's great for mob farming, for example, though it can get you into trouble when fighting near Zombie Pigmen. However, I wish they'd let us put all the battle enchantments on axes (not just Sharpness, Smite, and Bane of Arthropods) so that in situations where you don't want a sweep attack there's a viable alternative.
What's wrong with the sweep attack? I've never had any friendly fire with it. Just don't use the sweep attack unless you are fighting groups of mobs... easy...
they made The axe a more powerful weapon I usually use it but in other cases swords cool too
Presonally i Loved 1.9
Easier said than done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5_xb522jEo
It irritates me when I breed animals and then want to cull the adults. Damn sweep cuts into the babies, requiring me to keep jumping or switch to another weapon, or separate the babies from the adults before culling. Extra work is annoying.
But it's great when I am at the XP farm with all those half-heart skellies. Sweeeeeep, down go a bunch of them.
I think a nice compromise would be a weapon that can get all the same enchantments, do the same damage, has the same durability, but doesn't sweep. Like say, a spear or a dirk or something like that. But I think it is unlikely this will happen simply because the sweep attack isn't the end of the world. It's not THAT annoying. :-)
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Sweep doesn't really bug me, well anymore at least. Gotten used to it.
I think it's more so learning on how to avoid it, and stuff like that.
/Shrugged.
People say the axe is the perfect candidate to receive those combat enchants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5_xb522jEo
Yes, I am on SSP but it does hurt my wolves when I'm hunting with them. Luckily, it doesn't deal too much damage. I would suggest a way to toggle them, such as attacking while sneaking won't perform a sweep.