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I would love to also make a thread devoted to melee weapons and new tools, but this ranged weapons thread keeps me busy I guess ><

also like to see some good weapon suggestions apart from bows and arrows, maybe new swords or whips etc

those would also make gameplay interesting

anyway, thanks for support o3o

I believe it was suggested in the 2x2 craft thread that sling bullets are made 4 bullets to a piece of gravel.

me and my friends had some ideas like these . Nice work on the pixel art. :smile.gif:

a lot of people have these ideas, no doubt about that, it's just you get credit when you suggest it on the forums first :/

but yeah, I am still wanting the names of anyone who did suggest some of these ideas first (i will be checking, so no lying please)

and bullets are gonna do low damage so I don't think you should put 4 blocks to make a few bullets

I would say 1 block gives 2 bullets

Bait Arrows - These are special arrows that lure enemies towards the arrow. Placing multiple arrows will distract your enemies for longer, but these arrows can't be picked up so spamming is not recommended. The arrows despawn after 30 seconds, or when their health bar depletes (they will have 3 hearts worth of health). They do absolutely no damage and travel straight through the enemy, also they do not lure enemies who can't see it. To successfully distract enemies it should be shot in front of them.

I love the idea and concept, but of course I have some different opinions to share, other wise this post would be a waste. :biggrin.gif:
Well to start off with, how about the meat attract pigs (CANNIBALISM!), and zombies. To keep the game realistic as possible because I don't think creepers or skeletons eat. :tongue.gif:
And to add to this, maybe if it was grilled pork the radius of the attraction well increase a fair amount!
Same goes for fish and grilled fish!

zombies and spiders would probably be attracted, for now though I am makign all enemies attracted

Heya. Darkmega here, i'm new around on the forum but I couldn't help but notice the banner on andrews sig, so i checked this out. Although this is based for arrows and bows. Why not consider a slightly strongerish weapon such as an old style revolver, like one of those early ones. Cause I noticed gunpowder doesn't have much uses other than TNT making and thought an old style firearm would be perfect to be used.


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^ how does this settle? A steel case, with gunpowder to make a gun would become a rather useful weapon. But it would require different ammunitions. I'd probably say a stack like this:
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would create a small load of ammo in stacks of 8 to use with the gun. The gun would deal same amount of damage as an arrow, and would not be affected by gravity and have a range of about... 30 spaces say? The shot would also cause a spark just for effect, the shot speed of the gun would probably be about 0.5 a second even if spam clicked, but would have a cooldown after 8 shots of about 3 seconds (reloading). Shots missed ("omg you missed?") wouldn't be recoverable though.

or perhaps gold ammo which would be the only practical use for gold in the case cause I was thinking if bullets were made of gold they'd deal double or even triple damage a shot with the same effect. As far as durability of the weapon I'd say about the same as the crossbow before having to be redone.

as for however was suggesting the spear, I was thinking it would be made of a sword on the end of 2 more sticks and retain the damage and the durability of the sword used, so a stone spear would be same as a stone sword in terms of durability only, because it's a spear it's got like, double poke range. Would be easier to take out skeles that way...and... Idea...

SKELETONS WHO CAN HAVE DIFFERENT AMMOS! :ohmy.gif: :ohmy.gif: :ohmy.gif: :ohmy.gif: :ohmy.gif: :ohmy.gif:

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Dear Diary...

Today... the OP was AWESOME.

I know its a ranged weapon but guns go to the guns thread, I dont like the idea of having firearms in minecraft tho, it is mainly cross bows and bows for it

Roger... but..*scratches head* Which gun thread...?

And it does suit it to a degree if they're old style, cause dynamite doesn't exactly suit bows, arrows and swords I'd say aswell but if you say so. :wink.gif:

Idea for new arrows:

Redstone shocker-bolt

Get a normal stonebolt, then surround it with redstone. you get a redstone shocker. When it hits the ground, a 5x5 adjacent range centered at the bolt spread out like a + is zapped with redstone electrical current. Enemies walking in it after a delay or 1 sec (and that includes you if you're not careful) are zapped and paralyzed for a single hit of 3 heart damage. the shocking power lasts 10 seconds but wears off if the stunned player or mob is attacked once by anything else.
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Midas arrow
Arrow with a gold ingot tip like so:

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A kill inflicted with this simplistic bolt turns the creep into a gold statue. XD You can then pick up your golden trophy of a mob and place it in your house or base as a spooky decorative addiction. XD pretty much just a gag arrow. deals same damage as a normal arrow shot would.

(sorry, double post, I know of edit button, but i thought because of the quick reply you guys have me I would've been "slotted in"/ninja posted on by now. :wink.gif:)

the zapping arrow sounds cool

stone bolts making enemies stone after enchanting them or some crap sounds better than gold :s

anyway, good ideas



also there were the invention of early muskets in the late medival period

remember that ranged weapons would get attention here (full credit like always) otherwise have fun making new and great ideas :biggrin.gif:

and dynamite arrows are pretty useful, they would be deadly in SMP tho

Yeah, guns, atleast of the really crap kind have been around for ages... age old gun actually came before dynamite I think...

but anyway, the midas arrow is "magic" and just another comical/impractical use but still somewhat effect gold item. :tongue.gif: Midas being that king midas guy with the golden touch...only in this case. the minecraftian with the golden arrow. jeez, where's your sense of humor martinez?

(I was inclined to drop a why so serious image, but I shall resist, for the sake of my image. :tongue.gif:)

Though I love the idea of the Midas Arrow giving gold statues to place, it still is as effective as a 1 hit kill and thus is overpowered. Any ideas on how to tune it down?

Also, there is such a thing as real-life explosive arrows, and I also remember this one historical weapon called a Nest of Bees. It was essentially a box with 40 arrows in it and every arrow had a small firework (bottle rocket sized) attached to it. When lit, it very much acted like an early version of the shotgun. (it actually worked as a killing weapon too)
So this makes be think, could we have a bottle-rocket arrow (like a normal arrow but has gunpowder where the feather should be) that can fly farther?

Also I love the idea of a flare, but moving light sources are a no go. perhaps just make it stay up for 20 seconds or so and then go out. It would have to have a specific hight to light up otherwise the light won't reach the ground.

very cool ideas.

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Also i like the dynamite arrow but only in single player cause if im in mutiplayer and some nubish griefer found out about them they would just nubetube my house? :/

Of course, they would have to get the materials himself, so it might take a while before he's got a sufficient amount to actually barrage your house with multiple arrows.
Assuming said person isn't a hacker.

I love this idea. To be honest, I thought this was real too

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Though I love the idea of the Midas Arrow giving gold statues to place, it still is as effective as a 1 hit kill and thus is overpowered. Any ideas on how to tune it down?

I have an idea about that. Simplest way is to have only the finishing strike turn the mob to gold.