As everyone here knows (at least, I hope that's the case), there have been bats introduced into the game of Minecraft as of snapshot 12w38a. They're passive mobs that spawn underground in darkness, providing no drops for the player to get from them besides XP, proving themselves to be an atmospheric mob. Bats are thought to be the start of a series of new atmospheric mobs by many.
Now, bats are very cool, in my opinion. You go underground mining and you see a few hanging from the ceiling, then they retreat when you get near to them. A nice atmospheric touch to make you smile for reasons besides finding exposed diamonds.
Yet, I thought it would be interesting for there to be a chance--a fairly rare chance--of one of the bats found underground being aggressive. I figured they'd be called Vampire Bats or something along those lines. They would appear to look just like a regular bat from afar, but once these vampire bats would spot you, their eyes were turn a reddish color and their mouths would open, immediately making a bee-line towards you with desires to kill. They wouldn't drop anything, like the regular bats, but I think they'd be a subtle, yet interesting addition to Minecraft. Something extra to add a little level of fear and diversity to the game that brought us together on these forums.
I'd expect them to have the same amount of health as a chicken (slightly less, perhaps... maybe 3 hearts), have a bit less attack damage than a zombie, and maybe they could only attack you from behind (they'd track the back of your character so it'd be a little hard to try and hit them).
This is just an idea I came up with while testing the snapshots.
Any feedback, support, or criticism is always appreciated.
Thanks for the feedback. I won't change the thread title to attract more people. If they're interested in a bat related idea, this title should suffice enough.
I support, maybe 1 in 40 bats being either "rabid" or a vampire bat, they should also have red eyes. If they are rabid they should be able to spread it to other bats.
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Now, bats are very cool, in my opinion. You go underground mining and you see a few hanging from the ceiling, then they retreat when you get near to them. A nice atmospheric touch to make you smile for reasons besides finding exposed diamonds.
Yet, I thought it would be interesting for there to be a chance--a fairly rare chance--of one of the bats found underground being aggressive. I figured they'd be called Vampire Bats or something along those lines. They would appear to look just like a regular bat from afar, but once these vampire bats would spot you, their eyes were turn a reddish color and their mouths would open, immediately making a bee-line towards you with desires to kill. They wouldn't drop anything, like the regular bats, but I think they'd be a subtle, yet interesting addition to Minecraft. Something extra to add a little level of fear and diversity to the game that brought us together on these forums.
I'd expect them to have the same amount of health as a chicken (slightly less, perhaps... maybe 3 hearts), have a bit less attack damage than a zombie, and maybe they could only attack you from behind (they'd track the back of your character so it'd be a little hard to try and hit them).
This is just an idea I came up with while testing the snapshots.
Any feedback, support, or criticism is always appreciated.
sorry; I use, way too much, 'punctuation', it's a habit...