Recently, a server I've been playing on for a while was reset, I'm guessing here due to the latest update.
As a result, a trio of griefers that were banned long ago had resurfaced.
Suffice to say, they stole a bunch of stuff, and burnt down everyone's houses.
But one thing I found quite amusing was that since I was in my house while they burnt it down, they decided to attack me too, and my wolf that I had with me at the time went on the offensive, killed them all (with some help from me), and without a doubt saved my life and my house from being raided, he then jumped into the fire and died.
R.I.P. Wolfy, the most badass wolf ever, if a bit dumb
Now, to be honest I don't have the mechanics worked out, at all, even in theory, perhaps this could just be a mod too.
But anyway, the idea:
Wolves that are somehow able to detect griefers/thieves, and will attack them, commencing such attacks would also render the wolves invincible, or at least would prevent them from dying (Keep them at 1/2 heart minimum no matter how much damage they take)
I mean, otherwise a griefer could quite easily just keep attacking, kill the wolf/wolves, and then steal your stuff, making the wolf only a slight delay.
A whitelist system should also be implemented for this sort of thing, so some select people could enter another's guarded area without being attacked. For example, In said server, we often collaborate on construction efforts, taking materials from one another isn't uncommon, and if the others' Wolves attacked us it wouldn't be fun. OPs should also be auto-whitelisted.
As a result, a trio of griefers that were banned long ago had resurfaced.
Suffice to say, they stole a bunch of stuff, and burnt down everyone's houses.
But one thing I found quite amusing was that since I was in my house while they burnt it down, they decided to attack me too, and my wolf that I had with me at the time went on the offensive, killed them all (with some help from me), and without a doubt saved my life and my house from being raided, he then jumped into the fire and died.
R.I.P. Wolfy, the most badass wolf ever, if a bit dumb
Now, to be honest I don't have the mechanics worked out, at all, even in theory, perhaps this could just be a mod too.
But anyway, the idea:
Wolves that are somehow able to detect griefers/thieves, and will attack them, commencing such attacks would also render the wolves invincible, or at least would prevent them from dying (Keep them at 1/2 heart minimum no matter how much damage they take)
I mean, otherwise a griefer could quite easily just keep attacking, kill the wolf/wolves, and then steal your stuff, making the wolf only a slight delay.
A whitelist system should also be implemented for this sort of thing, so some select people could enter another's guarded area without being attacked. For example, In said server, we often collaborate on construction efforts, taking materials from one another isn't uncommon, and if the others' Wolves attacked us it wouldn't be fun. OPs should also be auto-whitelisted.