With the current setup of spawners, it's remarkably easy to wait in the corner for your mob of choice (blazes, zombies, spiders) to pop out and for you to kill it in a couple of hits with a diamond sword without trying.
My suggestion? Make new spawned mobs invulnerable for the first 1.5 seconds of life. That would give them just enough time to orient themselves without infringing on your attempts to keep the mobs under control.
No one really does that though. They usually set up mob spawner traps, and even with the 1.5 seconds, the mob will be able to reach the destination after the invulnerability wears off.
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I am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body, and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to death, Nor known to life
Have withstood pain to create many weapons
Yet, those hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works
Someone who's too lazy to build a mob trap! :tongue.gif: Besides, if you only need so much Blaze Powder, string, and slime balls, there's no reason to build traps for each of them if you can smite all that you need unscathed (as is the case for Blaze camping) in a couple minutes time.
Really though, the goal is so that camping isn't the most efficient way to collect resources, because it's repetitive and boring to most. Building a spawn trap and fighting them off once they can defend themselves are fun ways of getting items like blaze powder.
My suggestion? Make new spawned mobs invulnerable for the first 1.5 seconds of life. That would give them just enough time to orient themselves without infringing on your attempts to keep the mobs under control.
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Retired StaffI am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body, and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to death, Nor known to life
Have withstood pain to create many weapons
Yet, those hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works
That's why people make mob traps, so they won't risk themselves for collecting mob items.
Really though, the goal is so that camping isn't the most efficient way to collect resources, because it's repetitive and boring to most. Building a spawn trap and fighting them off once they can defend themselves are fun ways of getting items like blaze powder.