This idea has been on my mind for a while now, so I thought I might as well post it.
Basicly, the minecart balista would be a balista and a minecart in the crafting grid. (I'm not sure what the balista's crafting recipie would be. Feel free to suggest a recipie.) I think it would basicly be a bow that pushes mobs back more when they are hit, the damage is the same/around that of the bow, (Open to suggestions for the damage, as long as its not a 2 or 1 hit kill.) You would be able to enter your minecart even when this is attached to it, (So you have more control over it) but the maximum movement speed is halved. This is to prevent people from using boosters and driving into the projectiles the minecart balista fires, as well as to make it more of a challenge If a creeper is chasing you. I'm not sure what the ammo would be, but I think it could use arrows.
This could be used for some fun multiplayer games, (I personally would like something other then spleef) and players could place a minecart track through a room dark enough for mobs to spawn in. This would be a fun experiance in my opinion, and would give bored players something to do.
Perhaps this could be used in adventure mode. (When its released) Maybe you have to make sure some cargo gets through a mob infested cave. Or something like that.
Good idea, but I am against ballista in general, as they are a bit un-medieval.
Minecraft has no specific era, and weren't balistas used in the medieval ages anyways? There were quite a lot of siege weapons back then. (Trebuchet, catapult, balista, battering ram, etc)
Basicly, the minecart balista would be a balista and a minecart in the crafting grid. (I'm not sure what the balista's crafting recipie would be. Feel free to suggest a recipie.) I think it would basicly be a bow that pushes mobs back more when they are hit, the damage is the same/around that of the bow, (Open to suggestions for the damage, as long as its not a 2 or 1 hit kill.) You would be able to enter your minecart even when this is attached to it, (So you have more control over it) but the maximum movement speed is halved. This is to prevent people from using boosters and driving into the projectiles the minecart balista fires, as well as to make it more of a challenge If a creeper is chasing you. I'm not sure what the ammo would be, but I think it could use arrows.
This could be used for some fun multiplayer games, (I personally would like something other then spleef) and players could place a minecart track through a room dark enough for mobs to spawn in. This would be a fun experiance in my opinion, and would give bored players something to do.
Perhaps this could be used in adventure mode. (When its released) Maybe you have to make sure some cargo gets through a mob infested cave. Or something like that.
Minecraft has no specific era, and weren't balistas used in the medieval ages anyways? There were quite a lot of siege weapons back then. (Trebuchet, catapult, balista, battering ram, etc)
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i think the romans used balistas, people in the middle ages were not very smart
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Well, it makes more sense to have a balista attachtment for a minecart then it does to have a catapult attatchment in my opinion. :tongue.gif:
I am not sure if the damage should be equal to that of the bow but have a greater knockback, or do a little more damage (1 or 2) without the knockback
Hah I was just gonna say, if this does not fit the time period enough for you then your way to spefic about the time period of minecraft.
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