"Birds do molt, but when they molt they often cover themselves in ants so that their skin gets covered in acid, and that acid kills any parasites the chickens may have.
so why not add a new mod called a giant ant that is half the size of a chicken?"
Basically, Chickens would now drop feathers when around a new mob called an ant. Ants would be half the size of a chicken and would be hostile. They would spawn in groups of 6 of 7, do half a heart of damage, and have one heart of health.They also spawn at night time.
The ants would have a special relationship with the chickens. The Ants would attract the Chicken and make the chicken start molting (around 1 feather every 10 seconds), while also healing the chicken (around 1/2 a heart every 10 seconds because its "removing parasites").
But why stop there? Deserts are kinda bland, so why not add Fire Ants? It would be like the normal ants, but chickens aren't attracted to it and it will set you on fire for 2 seconds. They would also be spiky in appearance.
TLDR: -New hostile ants mob -chickens heal and drop feathers for 10 minutes while around it - normal ants do 1/2 heart of damage and have 1 heart of health -Fire ants don't attract chickens and set you on fire for 2 seconds -Fired ants spawn in Deserts and are spiky -both spawn at night on grass -both are half the size of chickens
I would add pictures but i don't have the capabilities to do a 3D render.
It's very confusing to follow your train of thought here. A part of the problem is your "TL:DR" is actually longer than your suggestion (not including the qoute). The way you have formatted this suggestion is quite odd and hard to follow.
From what I think I understand, there will be a new mob that makes chickens drop feathers but also is hostile. Seems a bit odd to me, i prefer the suggestion you're taking your reply from rather than this, IF there must be a new way to get feathers. Having said that, I'm quite happy with the way feather gathering works now.
It's very confusing to follow your train of thought here. A part of the problem is your "TL:DR" is actually longer than your suggestion (not including the qoute). The way you have formatted this suggestion is quite odd and hard to follow.
From what I think I understand, there will be a new mob that makes chickens drop feathers but also is hostile. Seems a bit odd to me, i prefer the suggestion you're taking your reply from rather than this, IF there must be a new way to get feathers. Having said that, I'm quite happy with the way feather gathering works now.
No support.
Does it look better now and does it make more sense?
If this were to be implemented, which I wouldn't be that fond of, it would need many tweaks. It seems as though you took a fact from a website or something and incorporated a more realistic approach to chickens. I believe that isn't needed. Feathers are easy to obtain through breeding, anyway.
The ants seem a bit annoying, I wouldn't really mind seeing them, but being that they just help chickens molt, they seem more useless than anything. And... How can both ants spawn on grass, if one is exclusive to desert sand?
If this were to be implemented, which I wouldn't be that fond of, it would need many tweaks. It seems as though you took a fact from a website or something and incorporated a more realistic approach to chickens. I believe that isn't needed. Feathers are easy to obtain through breeding, anyway.
The ants seem a bit annoying, I wouldn't really mind seeing them, but being that they just help chickens molt, they seem more useless than anything. And... How can both ants spawn on grass, if one is exclusive to desert sand?
Well, too be honest, I would just cut out everything with the regular ant and everything with the chickens. I know that's what the idea was originally about but a Desert specific Ant mob that sets you on Fire sounds pretty neat. And as PriscillaISBeast said, Feathers are already easy enough to get. That was basically my argument in the thread that gave you this idea.
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Basically, Chickens would now drop feathers when around a new mob called an ant. Ants would be half the size of a chicken and would be hostile. They would spawn in groups of 6 of 7, do half a heart of damage, and have one heart of health.They also spawn at night time.
The ants would have a special relationship with the chickens. The Ants would attract the Chicken and make the chicken start molting (around 1 feather every 10 seconds), while also healing the chicken (around 1/2 a heart every 10 seconds because its "removing parasites").
But why stop there? Deserts are kinda bland, so why not add Fire Ants? It would be like the normal ants, but chickens aren't attracted to it and it will set you on fire for 2 seconds. They would also be spiky in appearance.
TLDR:
-New hostile ants mob
-chickens heal and drop feathers for 10 minutes while around it
- normal ants do 1/2 heart of damage and have 1 heart of health
-Fire ants don't attract chickens and set you on fire for 2 seconds
-Fired ants spawn in Deserts and are spiky
-both spawn at night on grass
-both are half the size of chickens
I would add pictures but i don't have the capabilities to do a 3D render.
From what I think I understand, there will be a new mob that makes chickens drop feathers but also is hostile. Seems a bit odd to me, i prefer the suggestion you're taking your reply from rather than this, IF there must be a new way to get feathers. Having said that, I'm quite happy with the way feather gathering works now.
No support.
Does it look better now and does it make more sense?
The ants seem a bit annoying, I wouldn't really mind seeing them, but being that they just help chickens molt, they seem more useless than anything. And... How can both ants spawn on grass, if one is exclusive to desert sand?
Overall, no support.
sorry, fire ants would spawn on sand
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ModeratorWell, too be honest, I would just cut out everything with the regular ant and everything with the chickens. I know that's what the idea was originally about but a Desert specific Ant mob that sets you on Fire sounds pretty neat. And as PriscillaISBeast said, Feathers are already easy enough to get. That was basically my argument in the thread that gave you this idea.
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