Brace blocks are essentially standard blocks braced in iron. Either Wood Planks or Cobblestone, the original block would have iron around it like so.
This would produce 4 brace blocks.
Now what they would do, basically, is give blocks around them a bonus to explosion resistance.
The brace would have a high resistance to explosions on its own, but is fairly expensive to make. Therefore, say a wood block is placed adjacent to the brace (of either type) it would gain resistance to explosion, perhaps a multiplied value of its original defense. The planks would have resistance akin to cobblestone, from 10 to 30.
Now, the plank has resistance because it is influenced by the brace. This trait would lessen as the blocks stray from the brace. = brace
100 30 25 20 15 10 (original)
Of course, cobblestone (and any other block with 30 resistance) has more fortification behind it. = brace
This would produce 4 brace blocks.
Now what they would do, basically, is give blocks around them a bonus to explosion resistance.
The brace would have a high resistance to explosions on its own, but is fairly expensive to make. Therefore, say a wood block is placed adjacent to the brace (of either type) it would gain resistance to explosion, perhaps a multiplied value of its original defense. The planks would have resistance akin to cobblestone, from 10 to 30.
Now, the plank has resistance because it is influenced by the brace. This trait would lessen as the blocks stray from the brace.
100 30 25 20 15 10 (original)
Of course, cobblestone (and any other block with 30 resistance) has more fortification behind it.
100 90 75 50 40 30 (original)
Here's the official resistance charts for the blocks: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Explosion
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Iron blocks are easy to destroy and a general eyesore.
And how would these be any different?
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Its more efficient, for it distributes the defense to the common blocks around it; moreover, it would add more variety to practical building material.