Due to how 'hard' obsidian is (requiring a diamond pick to mine), I agree with the durability suggested above, however, due to the commonality of obsidian AND do to the fact that other than it's hardness, it is still effectively flint like or rock like, I do not support it being more 'effective' than iron.
Actually, I find Iron is more common than Obsidian UNTIL you go the Nether. (The Nether is the only reason why Obsidian is an infinite resource and is more common than Iron). And even with the Nether, I would need to do a lot of work getting the lava out of there and into the Overworld to turn into Obsidian and mine it. Plus the fact it takes awhile to mine Obsidian anyways, even with enchantment, plus chance of the block falling into lava below it and even a chance of dying yourself...
Ye'h. I find Obsidian less common to find AND harder to get than Iron. On my Survival Map on X360, I had over 600+ BLOCKS of Iron at one point. But only about 200 Obsidian.So basically... I'm for it being a little stronger than Iron.
To me, it should be a good alternative to Iron tools and armor, since Iron itself is used for many other things anyways. So that is why I support it as being a bit better than Iron in general. I don't want it as good as Diamond though. Diamond should always be the best no matter what.
Also, like I said before. Obsidian should be able to mine Obsidian.
I agree obsidian is USUALLY harder to find. I also agree that Obsidian should mine obsidian. And I never get my obsidian in the Nether, I get alot of it in caves and in the End.
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Actually, I find Iron is more common than Obsidian UNTIL you go the Nether. (The Nether is the only reason why Obsidian is an infinite resource and is more common than Iron). And even with the Nether, I would need to do a lot of work getting the lava out of there and into the Overworld to turn into Obsidian and mine it. Plus the fact it takes awhile to mine Obsidian anyways, even with enchantment, plus chance of the block falling into lava below it and even a chance of dying yourself...
Ye'h. I find Obsidian less common to find AND harder to get than Iron. On my Survival Map on X360, I had over 600+ BLOCKS of Iron at one point. But only about 200 Obsidian.So basically... I'm for it being a little stronger than Iron.
To me, it should be a good alternative to Iron tools and armor, since Iron itself is used for many other things anyways. So that is why I support it as being a bit better than Iron in general. I don't want it as good as Diamond though. Diamond should always be the best no matter what.
Also, like I said before. Obsidian should be able to mine Obsidian.
I play MINECRAFT. And TERRARIA. MESSAGE me if you want to play Terraria.