Had the idea that there should be a special dungeon, furnace, anvil, etc. in the nether that allows you to turn obsidian into onyx. Which then allow you to make it into weapons, armor, tools and so on. Lol, also needs to be better than diamond.
Hope you read this I think it would be an great addition to the Minecraft World. :smile.gif:
Ugh. This is basically just another Obsidian tools idea but with a different name. We don't need a tier of tools higher than diamond. That itself satisfies all our needs. The only purpose for obsidian is portals, and the fact that it is so strong that it can resist TNT blasts.
Also, it stops pistons. That's important in contraptions.
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Diamond is one of the most dense materials, but saying it's the strongest is... kind of incorrect. Depends on what you're testing, considering strength isn't a variable when it comes to materials.
Honestly, obsidian has far more uses than simply making a Nether portal.
For one thing, it has decorational purposes. While black wool is all fine and good, obsidian has that menacing darkness to it that can make it good if you're building an evil fortress or something.
Also, it can be good for making creeper-proof structures. Obsidian is one of the only materials creepers can't destroy, and so it can be useful if you're building a monster trap and don't want any creepers to accidentally destroy it or anything. It can also be used as an alternative to cobblestone structures in the Nether, since Ghasts can't destroy it.
That's all I can think of as far as additional uses obsidian already has, but I think they're enough to warrant that it doesn't need any more uses.
Also, it stops pistons. That's important in contraptions.
So does a furnace, which is a whole lot cheaper.
That said, I think everyone agrees that having 1.000.000 tiers of tools is overdoing it. So that begs the question of how many tiers we actually need.
We currently have two low-quality but infinitely available tiers (wood, stone). One medium quality with medium availability and one high quality tier with low availability. That seems like a very good coverage of tools to me.
I see little reason to add yet another tier, especially not one with both high quality and high availability.
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Diamond is one of the most dense materials, but saying it's the strongest is... kind of incorrect. Depends on what you're testing, considering strength isn't a variable when it comes to materials.
No, this argument would make sense if the strongest material was ,let's say, tungsten, a very hard very dense metal, but diamond isn't super dense, and it actually is the hardest natural material, only weaker than carbon-nanotubes. So would you rather have diamond or carbon-nanotubes be the strongest material?
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Lol obviously there are people that take the realism of this game to seriously. It is a great idea for a next tier if they decide to add stronger enemies or wanting to make it possible to harvest fire or whatever else. Its also raw and needs more structure to the thought, I just figured it would be cool.
You guys should give peoples ideas a chance.
Notch may see it in a different light and surprise us.
It's not about realism, it's about necessity and game balance. The most powerful weapons and tools should be rare, obsidian is not.
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look! obsidion furnace! it can make obsidion ingots for obsidion armor! best of all there is infinite charcoal to go around so we can make tons of obsidion armor for everyone! now we are all tanklords!
(everyone is teleported into the creeper arena)
this should be a nice worthy challenge!
(500 hours later)
hah! these supercharged creepers have barely laid a dent in our armor!
(notch comes in)
(3 seconds later)
(all the obsidion armor has become obsidion ingots again)
Had the idea that there should be a special dungeon, furnace, anvil, etc. in the nether that allows you to turn obsidian into onyx. Which then allow you to make it into weapons, armor, tools and so on. Lol, also needs to be better than diamond.
Hope you read this I think it would be an great addition to the Minecraft World. :smile.gif:
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Retired StaffAlso, it stops pistons. That's important in contraptions.
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Have withstood pain to create many weapons
Yet, those hands will never hold anything
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well if you have that special "anvil"
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Curse PremiumFor one thing, it has decorational purposes. While black wool is all fine and good, obsidian has that menacing darkness to it that can make it good if you're building an evil fortress or something.
Also, it can be good for making creeper-proof structures. Obsidian is one of the only materials creepers can't destroy, and so it can be useful if you're building a monster trap and don't want any creepers to accidentally destroy it or anything. It can also be used as an alternative to cobblestone structures in the Nether, since Ghasts can't destroy it.
That's all I can think of as far as additional uses obsidian already has, but I think they're enough to warrant that it doesn't need any more uses.
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So does a furnace, which is a whole lot cheaper.
That said, I think everyone agrees that having 1.000.000 tiers of tools is overdoing it. So that begs the question of how many tiers we actually need.
We currently have two low-quality but infinitely available tiers (wood, stone). One medium quality with medium availability and one high quality tier with low availability. That seems like a very good coverage of tools to me.
I see little reason to add yet another tier, especially not one with both high quality and high availability.
I'm still looking for more feedback on my configurable Redstone Gate mod. All gates and common circuits (such as e.g. clocks, edge detectors, latches and Flip-Flops) in a single block.
No, this argument would make sense if the strongest material was ,let's say, tungsten, a very hard very dense metal, but diamond isn't super dense, and it actually is the hardest natural material, only weaker than carbon-nanotubes. So would you rather have diamond or carbon-nanotubes be the strongest material?
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You guys should give peoples ideas a chance.
Notch may see it in a different light and surprise us.
I'm still looking for more feedback on my configurable Redstone Gate mod. All gates and common circuits (such as e.g. clocks, edge detectors, latches and Flip-Flops) in a single block.
(starts bashing together a bunch of obsidion)
(3 hours later)
look! obsidion furnace! it can make obsidion ingots for obsidion armor! best of all there is infinite charcoal to go around so we can make tons of obsidion armor for everyone! now we are all tanklords!
(everyone is teleported into the creeper arena)
this should be a nice worthy challenge!
(500 hours later)
hah! these supercharged creepers have barely laid a dent in our armor!
(notch comes in)
(3 seconds later)
(all the obsidion armor has become obsidion ingots again)
figures...
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