I definitely support some of these ideas.
Crafting specialized blocks would be very helpful.
For example, say you wanted to make a bed to heal some health faster.
Craft 6 bed blocks and put them on the floor in a bed shape. As long as the blocks don't stack they will be difficult to move and so will not make food obsolete for mobile healing. On that subject, food should really stack to 4 or so, something small but at least more efficient than trying to bring bedding with you.
I have a slight problem with the redstone generators though. Perhaps power should be different from redstone power.
Otherwise how will generator power interact with regular power? Will red torches do the same as a generator? Will it provide a different amount of power? How will you measure that power? Redstone is normally just on or off; it's just been used for signaling more than power supply so far. I know Notch doesn't want electricity, but the generator power will need to be differentiated from the torch power somehow.
As for craftable NPC's/autoturrets, what keeps a town from just covering their walls with these things and being impenetrable above ground? Could the NPC's or autoturrets be killed or burned down?
Then there's the issue that tunneling would be the best way to break into a city. Any sort of sensor tower should probably detect anything within 6-10 blocks horizontal and 64 blocks vertical, to ensure that if the enemy tunnels you at least get some warning before they pop up and murder everyone.
The automatic trading post is an excellent idea, I think that alone would cause people to want to stay in an area.
Mostly with this post I'm just trying to address a few concerns that some people mentioned about consequences of a few of the items, and bring up a whole lot more concerns that should probably be addressed before anyone considers adding them to the game.
I have to agree with Umbristopheles here.
Even the people ranting against calling it "Hell" are referring to it as "Hell".
It's already rooted, and not likely to change, unless someone starts an epic meme that refers to it in a different way.
Being an atheist myself, I'm not getting why some atheists have a problem with this.
It's in a game, it's not real.
Though I do kind of like the "Hades" idea, has a nice ring to it. Though Hades as I recall was supposed to have some frozen parts (of course so did Hell if you go by The Inferno).
Really, as long as it's descriptive and sounds good, I can't see the problem.
If anyone really doesn't like the new mode they can just keep playing the old version, but at least try it before you start ranting about how crap it is.
It would be nice to see a mode selector or something in Minecraft though. For people who just like building/collecting have a mode that is basically SSP on peaceful. Adventure mode, where building is tough and the only fairly easy resources to collect are food/weapons. Hardcore mode where you can do anything you want (if you can survive) and enemies jump out at every turn.
These are just examples, but I think they might be helpful. Of course, it might turn out like Dwarf Fortress, where there are several modes, but almost nobody plays anything besides the main one.
And another thing: Portable light source.
Maybe have the torches or lanterns cast light while in your belt (not hand because you need to mine), but it would really be helpful (and more fun) to be able to walk around caves, so you can see, but not take all of the danger out of cave exploration.
Then you'd end up with the situation where, while exploring cave, most people just take a lantern with them and head out. But if you want to spawn-proof your cave, you have to go the extra mile, so to speak.
As it is right now, spawn proofing is just an automatic side-effect of being able to see while mining.
I think the mental image most people have when you mention "Hell" describes the screenshots in the PCGamer article fairly well.
Unless there is another name that someone can think of describe it better, I can't think of any good reason to change it. Even most of the Christians I have talked to don't care.
Oh, one other thing I forgot about.
I would like to see the ability to make embedded redstone circuits.
So you could make redstone circuit on a workench/electronics bench and have it all come out as one single item.
Sort of ICs for redstone. I think that would go a long way toward making redstone more practical to use in the minecraft world.
For example, a 1 byte memory cell could be made into one block instead of taking up a 20x20x20 block area.
I'd like to see some kind of underwater breathing apparatus, with underwater generated caves.
This would enable underwater spelunking, which would be a lot of fun.
You would also need water-proof torches or a flashlight though. Some kind of light source that works under water.
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Crafting specialized blocks would be very helpful.
For example, say you wanted to make a bed to heal some health faster.
Craft 6 bed blocks and put them on the floor in a bed shape. As long as the blocks don't stack they will be difficult to move and so will not make food obsolete for mobile healing. On that subject, food should really stack to 4 or so, something small but at least more efficient than trying to bring bedding with you.
I have a slight problem with the redstone generators though. Perhaps power should be different from redstone power.
Otherwise how will generator power interact with regular power? Will red torches do the same as a generator? Will it provide a different amount of power? How will you measure that power? Redstone is normally just on or off; it's just been used for signaling more than power supply so far. I know Notch doesn't want electricity, but the generator power will need to be differentiated from the torch power somehow.
As for craftable NPC's/autoturrets, what keeps a town from just covering their walls with these things and being impenetrable above ground? Could the NPC's or autoturrets be killed or burned down?
Then there's the issue that tunneling would be the best way to break into a city. Any sort of sensor tower should probably detect anything within 6-10 blocks horizontal and 64 blocks vertical, to ensure that if the enemy tunnels you at least get some warning before they pop up and murder everyone.
The automatic trading post is an excellent idea, I think that alone would cause people to want to stay in an area.
Mostly with this post I'm just trying to address a few concerns that some people mentioned about consequences of a few of the items, and bring up a whole lot more concerns that should probably be addressed before anyone considers adding them to the game.
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Could you post the source code to the plugin? Others might be able to debug it and get it work in 7 and other OS's.
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Even the people ranting against calling it "Hell" are referring to it as "Hell".
It's already rooted, and not likely to change, unless someone starts an epic meme that refers to it in a different way.
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It's in a game, it's not real.
Though I do kind of like the "Hades" idea, has a nice ring to it. Though Hades as I recall was supposed to have some frozen parts (of course so did Hell if you go by The Inferno).
Really, as long as it's descriptive and sounds good, I can't see the problem.
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It would be nice to see a mode selector or something in Minecraft though. For people who just like building/collecting have a mode that is basically SSP on peaceful. Adventure mode, where building is tough and the only fairly easy resources to collect are food/weapons. Hardcore mode where you can do anything you want (if you can survive) and enemies jump out at every turn.
These are just examples, but I think they might be helpful. Of course, it might turn out like Dwarf Fortress, where there are several modes, but almost nobody plays anything besides the main one.
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Maybe have the torches or lanterns cast light while in your belt (not hand because you need to mine), but it would really be helpful (and more fun) to be able to walk around caves, so you can see, but not take all of the danger out of cave exploration.
Then you'd end up with the situation where, while exploring cave, most people just take a lantern with them and head out. But if you want to spawn-proof your cave, you have to go the extra mile, so to speak.
As it is right now, spawn proofing is just an automatic side-effect of being able to see while mining.
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Unless there is another name that someone can think of describe it better, I can't think of any good reason to change it. Even most of the Christians I have talked to don't care.
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I would like to see the ability to make embedded redstone circuits.
So you could make redstone circuit on a workench/electronics bench and have it all come out as one single item.
Sort of ICs for redstone. I think that would go a long way toward making redstone more practical to use in the minecraft world.
For example, a 1 byte memory cell could be made into one block instead of taking up a 20x20x20 block area.
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This would enable underwater spelunking, which would be a lot of fun.
You would also need water-proof torches or a flashlight though. Some kind of light source that works under water.