Given the cost and time needed to craft a beacon, the effect should be world wide. Once a player has visited the proximity of a beacon, the effect stays until player death, or perhaps is intentionally cancelled by the player.
The whole deal with grinding for wither skulls + wither kill = lousy reward is making Minecraft smell slightly of MMO-itis, which is a bit concerning IMHO.
The Wither.
Really? Its SUPPOSED to be challenging.
Really? He fails at that.
Minecraft is an easy game to pick up and play; it takes real skill and hard work to get dimonds, enchanted stuff, and many other more complex things.
Not really, for diamonds all you have to dig in a straight line below layer 16. If you hit rock with cyan specks in it, mine it.
For enchanted stuff, all you need is a mob grinder or a mine.
For the skulls, you need a nether portal, access to a nether stronghold, and lots and lots of time.
Making mines is so easy that a beginner could do it. Mob grinders are tougher, and you might die while grinding on wither skeletons, but the biggest challenge is not getting ed off at the wither skeletons not dropping your skulls.
Dont fight it if you dont like it. Dont like all these recent updates? Go get MCNostalgia and downgrade ( with the fact there will be barely any servers ).
Mods are not, and never should be, the answer. They break compatability with a lot of other mods that could be fun, but are hindered by the core features. They also divide the playerbase.
The Wither itself is hard to kill; its supposed to be. But with well-thought through tactics, you can defeat it with relative ease.
*sigh* I can't believe I have to say this AGAIN...
Tactics are IRRELEVANT. He is a GEAR CHECK. There is no place for tactics in this fight; either your gear prevails, your gear fails, or you did something sleazy with bedrock.
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Did something happen to you in your childhood to give you this unreasonable fear of rutabaga?
*sigh* I can't believe I have to say this AGAIN...
Tactics are IRRELEVANT. He is a GEAR CHECK. There is no place for tactics in this fight; either your gear prevails, your gear fails, or you did something sleazy with bedrock.
Unfortunately, these forums being what they are, you can probably repeat it over and over and over, and.... well, you know what the result will be. Whole lotta nothing
I'm getting tired of pointing out Beacon faults, myself. I think the biggest annoyance isnt that people dont listen (because some actually DO), it's that it accomplishes next to nothing in terms of feedback that the devs might actually listen to. At least not yet anyway. Neither the Wither or Beacon have yet recieved any of the DESPERATELY NEEDED balance changes.
At least the Wither though doesnt (for now) drop anything truly USEFUL. It's bad enough to have to fight it for something useless.... it'd be even more annoying for a time-gobbling gearcheck boss like this to be in the way of something genuinely useful that players might truly want for practical reasons. For now, at least, the stupid boss can just be ignored.
People are actually complaining about the wither? o-o I beat him with enchanted iron sword, and protection 1 iron armour (with a good bow ) and seriously if you don't like the updates don't play!
Unfortunately, these forums being what they are, you can probably repeat it over and over and over, and.... well, you know what the result will be. Whole lotta nothing
The irony is that the "gear check" crowd is similarly ignoring the 85 people who have posted saying they beat him without amazing gear, as well as some who have died with great gear and bad tactics.
So all "gear check" is really saying is that if you spring for better gear, you have a better chance of winning. What horrible game design! Gear should have no point whatsoever! I hate Minecraft but post on the forums every day!!1!
The whole deal with grinding for wither skulls + wither kill = lousy reward is making Minecraft smell slightly of MMO-itis, which is a bit concerning IMHO.
Really? He fails at that.
Not really, for diamonds all you have to dig in a straight line below layer 16. If you hit rock with cyan specks in it, mine it.
For enchanted stuff, all you need is a mob grinder or a mine.
For the skulls, you need a nether portal, access to a nether stronghold, and lots and lots of time.
Making mines is so easy that a beginner could do it. Mob grinders are tougher, and you might die while grinding on wither skeletons, but the biggest challenge is not getting ed off at the wither skeletons not dropping your skulls.
Mods are not, and never should be, the answer. They break compatability with a lot of other mods that could be fun, but are hindered by the core features. They also divide the playerbase.
*sigh* I can't believe I have to say this AGAIN...
Tactics are IRRELEVANT. He is a GEAR CHECK. There is no place for tactics in this fight; either your gear prevails, your gear fails, or you did something sleazy with bedrock.
Unfortunately, these forums being what they are, you can probably repeat it over and over and over, and.... well, you know what the result will be. Whole lotta nothing
I'm getting tired of pointing out Beacon faults, myself. I think the biggest annoyance isnt that people dont listen (because some actually DO), it's that it accomplishes next to nothing in terms of feedback that the devs might actually listen to. At least not yet anyway. Neither the Wither or Beacon have yet recieved any of the DESPERATELY NEEDED balance changes.
At least the Wither though doesnt (for now) drop anything truly USEFUL. It's bad enough to have to fight it for something useless.... it'd be even more annoying for a time-gobbling gearcheck boss like this to be in the way of something genuinely useful that players might truly want for practical reasons. For now, at least, the stupid boss can just be ignored.
Step up your game, man, bro,dude whatever.
So all "gear check" is really saying is that if you spring for better gear, you have a better chance of winning. What horrible game design! Gear should have no point whatsoever! I hate Minecraft but post on the forums every day!!1!