On the world I am currently playing on I have not only got BoA on 4 out of 7 level 30 diamond sword enchantments BUT I have got it on 3 out of 8 level 30 book enchantments also...
Why is BoA (one of the most useless enchantments) so common?
I find I am in a similar predicament on every survival world i have ever had. Along with servers. Atleast smite is useful thanks to 1.6, helping against the zombie apocalypse. So we have something to be happy about.
Your just having bad luck. Sometime streak of the same enchant happen when your not lucky. Example, In my world I have 5 Enchanted diamond pants that all got Projectile projection IV. All of them where in a row. And by the way, Bane of Arthropod isn't completely useless. Keep it for when you find a mineshaft as it one-hit cave spider, which's really helpful to not get the poison effect.
Your just having bad luck. Sometime streak of the same enchant happen when your not lucky. Example, In my world I have 5 Enchanted diamond pants that all got Projectile projection IV. All of them where in a row. And by the way, Bane of Arthropod isn't completely useless. Keep it for when you find a mineshaft as it one-hit cave spider, which's really helpful to not get the poison effect.
A diamond sword with Sharpness V one-hits caves spiders, and is effective against all other mobs; regular spiders are the only mob that BoA is really better for and they aren't enough to warrant it (maybe on Hard, since I've heard spiders have potion effects, but I don't play on Hard or know how common that is); carrying two swords also uses up inventory space.
Also, I mainly use enchanted books because I don't want to get useless/unwanted enchantments (they are also needed if you want some top-level enchantments); whenever I find or get a BoA book, I either leave them or throw them away.
Why is BoA (one of the most useless enchantments) so common?
Is the game trolling me or something?
Wait for time
In the break of new dawn
We will never meet
When the spider apocalypse comes, will you be ready?
A diamond sword with Sharpness V one-hits caves spiders, and is effective against all other mobs; regular spiders are the only mob that BoA is really better for and they aren't enough to warrant it (maybe on Hard, since I've heard spiders have potion effects, but I don't play on Hard or know how common that is); carrying two swords also uses up inventory space.
Also, I mainly use enchanted books because I don't want to get useless/unwanted enchantments (they are also needed if you want some top-level enchantments); whenever I find or get a BoA book, I either leave them or throw them away.
TheMasterCaver's First World - possibly the most caved-out world in Minecraft history - includes world download.
TheMasterCaver's World - my own version of Minecraft largely based on my views of how the game should have evolved since 1.6.4.
Why do I still play in 1.6.4?