There is a lot of materials in the normal world but just a few in the nether. So why not a new material called netherstone. It wil look kind of like lava rocks in the real world. This would be a decorative block just like dirt and netherack. It would also be used for building and give more variety to the nether.
This would probably go over a bit better if you maybe gave a sample texture, so folks can visualize it.
Otherwise, we're just sort of picturing dirt with a red-tinted photoshop filter.
Does it have any special properties? Is it warm? Does it emit light? Does it melt snow and ice? If I throw a porkchop at it, does it cook? What if I pour water on it? How does it react to lava? How about gravity? Do mobs like it? Is it tasty? What's the blast resistance? Is it flammable? Does it smell bad? How do I mine it? With what? Do you like onions?
I suppose you could still sell everyone on the "it's just for aesthetics and that's all it does" angle, but that will be really hard. You'd need to have a really sweet looking texture already prepared to make anyone excited over that idea.
Otherwise, you're on the right track. The nether is very samey, and could use more substance to it! I just don't know if that substance is, you know, blocks that do nothing and are essentially interchangable with dirt.
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Otherwise, we're just sort of picturing dirt with a red-tinted photoshop filter.
Does it have any special properties? Is it warm? Does it emit light? Does it melt snow and ice? If I throw a porkchop at it, does it cook? What if I pour water on it? How does it react to lava? How about gravity? Do mobs like it? Is it tasty? What's the blast resistance? Is it flammable? Does it smell bad? How do I mine it? With what? Do you like onions?
I suppose you could still sell everyone on the "it's just for aesthetics and that's all it does" angle, but that will be really hard. You'd need to have a really sweet looking texture already prepared to make anyone excited over that idea.
Otherwise, you're on the right track. The nether is very samey, and could use more substance to it! I just don't know if that substance is, you know, blocks that do nothing and are essentially interchangable with dirt.
Keep trying though~
Superpop is so underground, he lives with a Diglett!