If bats really give you this much trouble...your computer must love spawning them or something. I don't find an excess of them anywhere. Even so, they're not game-destroyingly annoying, and you can just kill them with a punch or too.
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Bats has long been a nuisance for me since they block my attack and mining/placing actions which is really a pain is the @$$.
Not only that, they sometimes interfere with redstone mechanisms and causes undesired effects.
In addition they serve no practical purpose at all except being an annoyance.
So why were they even added?
If they are that annoying to you, kill them before you go mining nearby....
Or place torches and run around near them. They depart for darker areas of the cave in my experience.
Your understanding of that conversation is lacking.
What am I misunderstanding? (Outside of any actual argument you haven't presented but meant to.) Instead of throwing some crappy unsubstantiated ad hominem attack, why don't you BACK UP YOUR ACCUSATION? Trust me, when you do that (providing points where I "misunderstood") then people don't view you like a mouth-breathing fail troll. Pro Tip there
"You can make it optional" in ANY conversation is a cheesy cop-out, and given the amount of bad suggestions with "it can be optional" as the Hail Mary; it's not a stretch to imagine entire pages of options that one would have to filter through to set up a world if every ill-intentioned suggestion made it's way into the game as an option.
In other words, Your understanding of the conversation is lacking.
The only thing they should remove is the sound they make. The wing flapping and injure sound should be kept, but they should otherwise be completely silent, kind of like creepers, so that they catch you be surprise.
No support. Bats make the game more interesting. And the're just plain freaking cool! Plus, they make good targets if you have an archery range. Just saying. Though I wouldn't mind if they rarely dropped an ingredient for a potion recipe. Oh! Bats also look cool with a firework display. Pulse a dispenser to keep spawning bats, light the only exit out of the room with the dispenser on fire. And watch the flaming bat show.
For anyone who is concerned, I do not support animal abuse. This is a game. Not real life.
I don't think we need a gamerule to disable them... yet. If we get a couple more ambient mobs, then it might be nice to have an ambient mob gamerule, but not until then.
What I think, is, you know how bats in real life spawn in big groups? Well, I think that they should also on Minecraft, instead of spawning by themselves and being absolutely useless.
Seeing as my point was that it has no gameplay effect and thus is a performance setting, and your response is "it has no effect on gameplay so no.", I think that your little rant is a tad excessive. If you really do want me to give you a summary of the thread, I'll be moer than happy to.
Reenforcing your ad hominem logical fallacy with a strawman logical fallacy? Cool story bro.
Now, instead of restating my response incorrectly, let's take a look at what I really said.
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Not enough to bloat a game's context/creation menu with 3.2billion silly options that dramatically reduce efficiency and world creation time.
In which case I state that making "random numbers of bad suggestions" optional would, in my exact words, bloat a game's (MineCraft) context/creation menu with 3.2 billion silly options.
The fact that the option has no effect on gameplay is irrelevant (also untrue) and implying that aesthetic qualities do not have an effect on gameplay is equally damning. In a very real way, bats have an effect on gameplay as they create ambiance and enforce a psychological shift. However, all these points are irrelevant when it comes to the simple fact that MineCraft doesn't need bats removed. Not in whole nor as an option.
Now, if you don't mind, I'd much appreciate it if you no longer misquoted me to secure some kind of superior epeen nor lead this into a ceaseless flame war. If you want to continue this discussion further, feel free to bring it to private message where this discussion will be entertained.
Bats are one over the best mobs! They one of the only mobs that can actually fly. Anyway I find their squeaking cute and as everyone else has said it adds atmosphere and helps you to find caves.
How can bats be annoying? Their squeaks can help locate caves, but one thing I still want them to do: drop bat wings used for potions. Dislike if you want, I'm not desperate for this
Actually, it could be optional. However, I don't think it warrants its own setting or gamerule. Rather, I would like to see more versatility for the existing gamerules, and if someone wants to use that to disable bats, they're welcome to do so.
Says the person with the "TOLERATE" avatar.
No, really. NO SUPPORT!
TT2000, you are genius.
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If they are that annoying to you, kill them before you go mining nearby....
Or place torches and run around near them. They depart for darker areas of the cave in my experience.
No support on removing. Learn to deal with them.
"You can make it optional" in ANY conversation is a cheesy cop-out, and given the amount of bad suggestions with "it can be optional" as the Hail Mary; it's not a stretch to imagine entire pages of options that one would have to filter through to set up a world if every ill-intentioned suggestion made it's way into the game as an option.
In other words, Your understanding of the conversation is lacking.
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For anyone who is concerned, I do not support animal abuse. This is a game. Not real life.
Now where did the leather come from?
The creepers in the skeleton boss fight were stacked on bats. It's obvious. They moved erratically and you could hear the bat noises.
I love bats in Minecraft and i was really happy when i saw one for the first time.
Now, instead of restating my response incorrectly, let's take a look at what I really said.
In which case I state that making "random numbers of bad suggestions" optional would, in my exact words, bloat a game's (MineCraft) context/creation menu with 3.2 billion silly options.
The fact that the option has no effect on gameplay is irrelevant (also untrue) and implying that aesthetic qualities do not have an effect on gameplay is equally damning. In a very real way, bats have an effect on gameplay as they create ambiance and enforce a psychological shift. However, all these points are irrelevant when it comes to the simple fact that MineCraft doesn't need bats removed. Not in whole nor as an option.
Now, if you don't mind, I'd much appreciate it if you no longer misquoted me to secure some kind of superior epeen nor lead this into a ceaseless flame war. If you want to continue this discussion further, feel free to bring it to private message where this discussion will be entertained.
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-A noise that doesn't sound as annoying.
-Uncommonly dropping leather.