I agree they should be smeltable, but that should not increase level of corrosion, but do the exactly opposite thing!
Guess how smelting oxide ores works?
In high temperatures and in absence of oxygen gas (O2, present in the air) carbon from coke acts as a reducing agent and takes the oxygen from the ore, leaving pure metal. Here's example with iron ore, hematite:
Fe2O3 + 3 C -> 3 CO + 2 Fe
And back to minecraft - why would anyone do this? To retrieve the copper ingots, or when willing to build from non-weathered copper for whatever reason.
If anything should make weathering the copper faster, it should be sprinkling with water - as saltwater increases oxidization rate - or putting copper blocks near lava or campfires, as heating copper when it has access to oxygen in fact makes it corrode faster.
Regarding wax - I agree, it should be removed should it happen to be on the smelted block.
Dwarf gamer found:
Buildings - square, not round
Materials - from rubble mound
Dark caves - lit 'n' cleaned out
Settlements - deep underground
Farmability - to grinder bound
Shields - made creepers but sound
Axes and crossbows - taking mobs out
So I think it would be a good idea to make copper blocks smeltable, regardless of the corrosion level unless it's fully corroded.
The idea I have in mind is when you smelt copper blocks, regardless of corrosion, they will corrode one step further, just to save time.
And if you smelt waxed copper blocks, the wax will "melt" which will allow them to corrode once again.
I think this would be a very useful feature and I would be very happy if Mojang added it to Minecraft.
thanks
I agree they should be smeltable, but that should not increase level of corrosion, but do the exactly opposite thing!
Guess how smelting oxide ores works?
In high temperatures and in absence of oxygen gas (O2, present in the air) carbon from coke acts as a reducing agent and takes the oxygen from the ore, leaving pure metal. Here's example with iron ore, hematite:
Fe2O3 + 3 C -> 3 CO + 2 Fe
And back to minecraft - why would anyone do this? To retrieve the copper ingots, or when willing to build from non-weathered copper for whatever reason.
If anything should make weathering the copper faster, it should be sprinkling with water - as saltwater increases oxidization rate - or putting copper blocks near lava or campfires, as heating copper when it has access to oxygen in fact makes it corrode faster.
Regarding wax - I agree, it should be removed should it happen to be on the smelted block.
Dwarf gamer found:
Buildings - square, not round
Materials - from rubble mound
Dark caves - lit 'n' cleaned out
Settlements - deep underground
Farmability - to grinder bound
Shields - made creepers but sound
Axes and crossbows - taking mobs out