1. Too easy to use this beast to grief on an SMP server.
2. Nearly impossible to kill (I could barely bruise it with diamond armor and a diamond sword, along with potions)
3. Way too darn fast.
4. As of right now, just pretty much worthless.
I don't like 1.8.
I don't like 1.0.0
I don't like 1.1.
I don't like 1.2.
I don't like 1.3.
1.4.2 IS A DARNED TERRIBLE BEAST IN MY OPINION!
I killed the Wither with iron armor and an iron sword... Thats it... It's either you suck, or I am good. Also, next time, don't fight a Wither, and don't use the features in the updates. No one is forcing you to use them.
I think I've found the root of the issue: You complain too much. I've been waiting a while for a mob that was actually difficult to kill, now I've got it. Also, what's wrong with the past updates?
It depends on how you want to play it. The wither is a monster if you have mobGriefing on, and you try to fight it head on in an open area. If you fight it pragmatically (ie: the opposite of spawning it in a wide open area), it ranges from not hard to a complete joke. Spawn it in a 2-high room made of stone-ish material and the thing'll get stuck in the ceiling, unable to attack you, and taking suffocation damage. At that point, you just hit it until it dies. You can even do it with a stick, though it'll be slow going. It takes all the challenge out of the fight, yes, but given how obnoxious farming wither skulls is, I'd rather guarantee my victory than waste my pop items.
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<Whiteblade_> You're a twisted twisted soul Amehtta. <Whiteblade_> Did you know that?
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I don't understand the grief argument. You can grief with your fists, or a pickaxe, or a load of TNT. All of which are easier to get and use than the wither.
I slapped it to death with an iron sword and iron armor after suffering two deaths. I'd have probably not died at all if I hadn't forgotten all of my arrows at home. This was on Easy, though.
Just spawn it in a mineshaft and watch as its pathfinding coughs up a lung. Even if it's in the open, it can only do so much to outmaneuver you- and you can just draw it into a cave.
I like the challenge of the Wither. I walked a long way away from my nether base and spawned it, and was able to kill it with some strategic pillaring and a couple golden apples.
I think this beast is even easier to kill than the ender dragon, because you don't have to climb up 1 million towers to destroy an never ending amount of energy sources.
I just snipe all the endercrystals with 20-some arrows, work smarter not harder. lol
1. Too easy to use this beast to grief on an SMP server. Put a whitelist on your server if you don't want griefers.
2. Nearly impossible to kill (I could barely bruise it with diamond armor and a diamond sword, along with potions) Opinion. Anyways, it's supposed to be hard to kill. That's, you know, the POINT of a boss.
3. Way too darn fast. Opinion. See above.
4. As of right now, just pretty much worthless. It provides an actual challenge to this easy game and gives you access to the beacon, which honestly needs some work.
I don't like 1.8. Why?
I don't like 1.0.0 Why?
I don't like 1.1. Why?
I don't like 1.2. Why?
I don't like 1.3. Why?
1.4.2 IS A DARNED TERRIBLE BEAST IN MY OPINION! Why?
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Super Hostile maps I've completed: Spellbound Caves (Yeah, I pretty much suck.)
Getting rid of the thing on a server is easy, there are a ton of plugins that can remove mobs, and reverse greifing, but if you prefer you can use a Power 9001 bow with a custom Eotech Sight and fuzzy dice.
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"I am legally obligated by the State of Idaho say that best thing that ever happened to Minecraft was potatoes"
Hard to kill does not mean you pretty much require the best equipment available. That's called a grind, Mojang. Same with the enderdragon, it's just a gear check with no strategy at all.
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Neckbeards! Doctor Cichocki does not approve of stupidity and neither do I, stop the spread of damned useless rules!
See, I have a problem with the wither for a completely different reason. Yeah, it's difficult but that makes it fun. My problem is that I was stupid enough to make it on the surface of a plains biome. It took two shots at me, then buggered off to kill all the cows and piggies. I agree it's probably a bit too fast, since I did have trouble catching up with it's trail of destruction....but you're meant to play smart and build it underground I think. The real problem with the wither is it's bloody attention span. I made one in the end on creative for teh lolz, switched to survival....and the damn thing ignored me to munch obsidian towers and spit on endermen. Like a kid in a candy shop....sigh. At least the enderdragon acknowledges me as a threat.....
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Why do creepers only ever show up when you're building something important?
1. Too easy to use this beast to grief on an SMP server. If the server owners are too worried about people griefing with the Wither, then I am pretty sure they would install a plug-in to help make it griefer-free in some way.
2. Nearly impossible to kill (I could barely bruise it with diamond armor and a diamond sword, along with potions) That is why you fight it in a small cave and just attack it head-on with Enchanted Diamond Armor, where it can't fly out of range.
3. Way too darn fast. Again, fight it in a cave.
The bold words are my answers. Not even going to respond to reason number four because the answer is way too obvious (Which is to downgrade).
Single Player: Build a small room made of about 40 or so obsidian, trap it inside, then leave one block exposed and hit it through the hole in the little shack / room you made, and bam. No grief, and killed without taking much damage. If you want a challenge minus the grief, make a bigger room made of obsidian, then fight it.
Multi-Player: WorldGuard once it's updated. Allows people to still spawn it, but turn of wither-block-destruction. Playing vanilla / bukkit without WorldGuard multiplayer? Then use /gamerule mobGriefing false.
There, I just fixed the Wither issue for you. That'll be $100.00.
Every Minecraft update sucks! I hate optional things! If I whine and rant, maybe they will remove all their hard work! I am fully possible to downgrade to an update that I like but I decide to just tell everyone my opinion that Minecraft sucks!
2. Nearly impossible to kill (I could barely bruise it with diamond armor and a diamond sword, along with potions)
3. Way too darn fast.
4. As of right now, just pretty much worthless.
I don't like 1.8.
I don't like 1.0.0
I don't like 1.1.
I don't like 1.2.
I don't like 1.3.
1.4.2 IS A DARNED TERRIBLE BEAST IN MY OPINION!
How About a Bow? -.-
the only "Hard" part i see about the wither is that it will be immune to arrows if it's health is reduced to half
Just spawn it in a mineshaft and watch as its pathfinding coughs up a lung. Even if it's in the open, it can only do so much to outmaneuver you- and you can just draw it into a cave.
Super Hostile maps I've completed: Spellbound Caves (Yeah, I pretty much suck.)
...but that's just like, my opinion, man.
Stop Playing Minecraft.
Still Wanna Play?
DONT FIGHT HIM.
Hes Optional.
"I am legally obligated by the State of Idaho say that best thing that ever happened to Minecraft was potatoes"
The bold words are my answers. Not even going to respond to reason number four because the answer is way too obvious (Which is to downgrade).
Single Player: Build a small room made of about 40 or so obsidian, trap it inside, then leave one block exposed and hit it through the hole in the little shack / room you made, and bam. No grief, and killed without taking much damage. If you want a challenge minus the grief, make a bigger room made of obsidian, then fight it.
Multi-Player: WorldGuard once it's updated. Allows people to still spawn it, but turn of wither-block-destruction. Playing vanilla / bukkit without WorldGuard multiplayer? Then use /gamerule mobGriefing false.
There, I just fixed the Wither issue for you. That'll be $100.00.
Every Minecraft update sucks! I hate optional things! If I whine and rant, maybe they will remove all their hard work! I am fully possible to downgrade to an update that I like but I decide to just tell everyone my opinion that Minecraft sucks!