the title speaks for itself. i hope in future updates that notch would make it so if you just hold a torch by hand it would emit light. this would be a good idea so you dont have to waste all your torches, ALL the time.
B. It is kinda OP to only ever need 1 torch. Maybe a mining helmet that costs iron, glowstone, redstone, etc. would be more balanced, but not a standard torch.
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Note that carrying around an illuminating torch doesn't mean you don't need lots of torches anymore. After all, you want to prevent monsters from spawning - a hand-held torch wouldn't reach far enough to accomplish that. (Except in conjunction with dungeons; but I guess the hand-held torch could be programmed in such a way that it doesn't count towards the light level for any effects except visual brightness.)
As for what materials would be required for a hand-held light source, I don't mind; make it expensive or cheap, it doesn't matter much. (You only need one after all :-))
How about torches emitting the light from the block your head in so it won't lag computers that just handle minecraft like crazy? Also, it wouldn't be too OP because it only helps in dungeons (unless I am in water at night or at light level 0 without exposure to sun/moonlight(which I never get), I can see just fine). And you can't hold a torch and a pick, which you need to mine with any efficiency, at the same time.
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According to the Minecraft Wiki, lanterns are supposedly going to be able to emit light while carried, so I guess we'll just have to wait for those to be released.
B. It is kinda OP to only ever need 1 torch. Maybe a mining helmet that costs iron, glowstone, redstone, etc. would be more balanced, but not a standard torch.
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Note that carrying around an illuminating torch doesn't mean you don't need lots of torches anymore. After all, you want to prevent monsters from spawning - a hand-held torch wouldn't reach far enough to accomplish that. (Except in conjunction with dungeons; but I guess the hand-held torch could be programmed in such a way that it doesn't count towards the light level for any effects except visual brightness.)
As for what materials would be required for a hand-held light source, I don't mind; make it expensive or cheap, it doesn't matter much. (You only need one after all :-))
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