I don't know about the mineral rich part, other than iron spawning higher up in true mountains or something, but I agree with the rest. Now that we have 256 height, mountains need to be true mountains. We can keep the extreme hills biome, but there needs to be a much rarer biome or sub-biome called mountains or mountain range. These would the hills/ mountains that are actually stony, really tall, and are snow capped. Pine trees could spawn up there as mentioned, but they'd be quite rare, especially after somewhere between 128 and 256. Also, there'd be a layer where it's only stone and maybe snow from here on out. (player-placed dirt and grass blocks still work, but it wouldn't naturally spawn above this height)
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"I don't plan to add a new dimension at the moment. It's just to performance heavy on servers, and the current dimensions need more attention before we start adding new ones." < Yeah, like biomes or actual varied terrain in the nether. Nether ruins didn't do the trick at all.
There should be different variations of mountains.
1. Rocky Mountain - Inside is stone, it's covered with grass or snow.
2. Glacier Mountain - Inside is water and ice, it's covered completely by deep snow.
3. Volcano - Made completely of stone... inside are traces of lava (and lots of valuable ore). Might occasionally erupt.
Aside from Mountains, there should be canyons, valleys and plateaus...
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The sky limit is now 256 blocks, why not having towering peaks, with pine trees on the side, snow all over, and mostly stone exposed?
edit: also, make them mineral rich. Who wouldn't want to tunnel into the side of a mountain in search for precious gems?
1. Rocky Mountain - Inside is stone, it's covered with grass or snow.
2. Glacier Mountain - Inside is water and ice, it's covered completely by deep snow.
3. Volcano - Made completely of stone... inside are traces of lava (and lots of valuable ore). Might occasionally erupt.
Aside from Mountains, there should be canyons, valleys and plateaus...