Okay, with the addition of Ocelots and jungles to Minecraft 1.2 I think they've opened up a whole lot of room for some great mob dynamics. Ocelots are pretty rare, from my own experience so far, and, obviously, they run away from the player. Another thing to note is that they are only to be tamed when they come to you.
Well, I feel like the Ocelot could have more depth that would add to the Minecraft jungle experience. Imagine of ocelots became a whole new creature at night, so to speak. Not making them a new mob, but making them hostile; give the ocelots a new behavior. In the night of the jungle the ocelot would stalk the player, and when it gets an open sight line/direct path, it will sprint and attack the player.
Other than that, I could also see adding just a new hostile mob to the jungles; the puma. The puma would be darker coloured and would take on the suggested new behavior mentioned above. This would then make it so that no changes would be required to the ocelot, but would definitely enhance the jungle experience.
Feel free to add or detract from the suggestion, but I feel like it would be a great addition to the minecraft experience.
I just thought of this, but what should the "Puma-esque" mob drop? It can't just be there. Well, it could drop a number of things, thanks to the new potion system. Maybe it could drop claws, and the claws will give special benefits to a potion, maybe the ability to climb trees, which just seems ridiculous but it's a start.
Well, I feel like the Ocelot could have more depth that would add to the Minecraft jungle experience. Imagine of ocelots became a whole new creature at night, so to speak. Not making them a new mob, but making them hostile; give the ocelots a new behavior. In the night of the jungle the ocelot would stalk the player, and when it gets an open sight line/direct path, it will sprint and attack the player.
Other than that, I could also see adding just a new hostile mob to the jungles; the puma. The puma would be darker coloured and would take on the suggested new behavior mentioned above. This would then make it so that no changes would be required to the ocelot, but would definitely enhance the jungle experience.
Feel free to add or detract from the suggestion, but I feel like it would be a great addition to the minecraft experience.