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After the 1.7.3 patch, and more recently the bug fix, I've noticed a massive increase in MOB spawning and over a 200% increase in Creeper spawning!!

Evidence-v

-The day after 1.7.3 was released my Easy worlds grinder, which had previously given maybe 10 of each item gave around 30 or more.
-Creepers are EVERWHERE. Just yesterday, underneath my house overhang, I saw around 30 assorted enemies. ON EASY. I don't know about you but noone can possibly deal with that many enemies without taking some serious damage.
-Yesterday walking through the valley underneath my floating islands and overhangs me and my friend had 15 Zombies spawn from the same 4x4 dark area. We killed two, two more spawned, and this continued until we got close enough that they couldn't.
-I've seen multiple groups of 5 or more Creepers in the same area.

Basically, me and my friends have all agreed that playing on Easy will pretty much only ever be done when we need Slime Balls and other items from monsters. And if we do we all stay up in the air, away from the ground during the night, and the shadows during the day.

I don't know about you but the Monster spawning is ridiculous, and I'm really getting tired of it now. Four stacks of arrows has been used up moving through a single area and Iron Armor only lasts a single trip. I know this is supposed to be survival mode, but this is Easy for crying out loud! I would like to build as well as get drops from Monsters but the amount of Creepers and monsters is just overwhelming. Maybe if Creative Mode was already in here it wouldn't be so bad, but I prefer the traditional survival mode as it was in game right now.

I can't be the only one having this issue.

I haven't noticed any difference at all.

There have been many reports of increased Creeper spawning.

Quote from Mustache_Guy

I haven't noticed any difference at all.

Really? Just yesterday I thought it was fine until I saw that group of 30 enemies spawn multiple times under that same cliff (There is no spawner there, by the way). Its just plain ridiculous.

Quote from EvenAsWeWept

Really? Just yesterday I thought it was fine until I saw that group of 30 enemies spawn multiple times under that same cliff (There is no spawner there, by the way). Its just plain ridiculous.

I walk out of my house at night and see maybe 4 Creepers, 2 Spiders, and maybe 3 Skeletons at the most each night.

If it was daytime when you saw what you did at the cliff, there could be a reason for it. If it was day time, that may have been the only dark place within a certain range that could spawn hostile mobs so a great number of them spawned there.

Quote from Mustache_Guy

I walk out of my house at night and see maybe 4 Creepers, 2 Spiders, and maybe 3 Skeletons at the most each night.

If it was daytime when you saw what you did at the cliff, there could be a reason for it. If it was day time, that may have been the only dark place within a certain range that could spawn hostile mobs so a great number of them spawned there.

Nope, walking through my valley at night spawns an insane amount of Mobs ALL around us. Every single overhang and shadow has a huge group of enemies spawn beneath it. Playing on my friends world (Dead Mau5) he pointed out to me 4 groups of 3-5 Spiders within each... And that was just one group of enemies in a 20x20 area... If you want to join his game I'll gladly show you, lol.

I should have taken a picture, I'll do this and upload them in a bit.

I've noticed that slimes stopped spawning in my slime farm.

well i dont ave a slime farm but slimes havent stopped spawning for me, and if anything it seems like im geting less mob spawns since the update, my mob trap thingy has slowed down, alot

I haven't noticed a thing, maybe it's because I've been playing on normal. I'll play on easy and see if there's a difference.

Even when playing on hard I've noticed a slight decrease of mob spawn activity. I was used to there being tons and tons of mobs surrounding my house at night but now there's only a few. I can go out safely at night and avoid the mobs more easily than I could a few weeks back.

I have a question Off Topic Sort Of: I have plenty of Torches in my mineshaft :F But creepers keep spawning in it But anyways gotta love the constant gunpowder :3

Quote from EvenAsWeWept

After the 1.7.3 patch, and more recently the bug fix, I've noticed a massive increase in MOB spawning and over a 200% increase in Creeper spawning!!

Evidence-v

-The day after 1.7.3 was released my Easy worlds grinder, which had previously given maybe 10 of each item gave around 30 or more.
-Creepers are EVERWHERE. Just yesterday, underneath my house overhang, I saw around 30 assorted enemies. ON EASY. I don't know about you but noone can possibly deal with that many enemies without taking some serious damage.
-Yesterday walking through the valley underneath my floating islands and overhangs me and my friend had 15 Zombies spawn from the same 4x4 dark area. We killed two, two more spawned, and this continued until we got close enough that they couldn't.
-I've seen multiple groups of 5 or more Creepers in the same area.

Basically, me and my friends have all agreed that playing on Easy will pretty much only ever be done when we need Slime Balls and other items from monsters. And if we do we all stay up in the air, away from the ground during the night, and the shadows during the day.

I don't know about you but the Monster spawning is ridiculous, and I'm really getting tired of it now. Four stacks of arrows has been used up moving through a single area and Iron Armor only lasts a single trip. I know this is supposed to be survival mode, but this is Easy for crying out loud! I would like to build as well as get drops from Monsters but the amount of Creepers and monsters is just overwhelming. Maybe if Creative Mode was already in here it wouldn't be so bad, but I prefer the traditional survival mode as it was in game right now.

I can't be the only one having this issue.

Then play on peaceful? I wish there were more enemies in my town(then again my town is pretty well lit).

WOW! I wish i was you, i don't feel i have enough zombies spawning...although the creepers in the daylight do bother me a little bit...

Quote from 4JSteve

Absolutely nothing had been done to the spawn system.

Thats almost a shame, really. I was starting to get excited at the prospect that my new mob grinder might begin churning more drops. Ah well, C'est la Vie

On normal mode i havent noticed any difference

glad I stopped playing for a bit, I need to check this out though.

Quote from wolgo

If youre playing on a server with your friends, there is ofcourse a chance someone installed a mod to spawn more monsters or is spawning
them while being invisble look through you server log and check for mods.

This is the xbox version, there are no mods

anyway i went to my flatland and saw this

Quote from AR3

This is the xbox version, there are no mods

anyway i went to my flatland and saw this

That is crazy!!!

I WISH I WAS YOU! CREEPER HEAVEN! FINALLY! I have 64 gunpowder at my house (no duping, i hate duping) and i'm looking for some more.