Sponges are just annoying - no matter how many I place here I am making no more progress removing water than if I had just put stone or some other block here instead:
It got rid of the water, but the same mechanic that is used for the 2x2 infinite water source fills it back up. Sponges are much more useful if you want to get rid of water in an enclosed area.
1. I'd say 5000 blocks, for the reasons they had, and also... if I had a horse, it stands to reason that somewhere near my spawn, I could just train another one.
2. A wooden house is much easier to rebuild and attain materials for.
3. Likely a dungeon... if not for the loot, it is a good sense of accomplishment. (Also, abandoned mineshafts can be found fairly easily)
It looks to be the first real adventure dungeon, with own mobs and even a restricted ability to break blocks, because of the fatique effect. It looks like Minecraft is going the more detailled and in depth way, started with the horses. Maybe now it feels a little bit modded, but after a few months or a few updates, it becomes just part of the game, together with the more simplistic old mobs and structures. I don't see a problem with that. Minecraft can contain multiple styles pretty fine in my opinion, if they are not too different from each other. And that is still not the case with this structure.
However, I think that the structures are not quite finished yet and that there is more to come, like the mentioned special weapons. This is just a first shot.
I agree with you, in that everyone tends to dislike updates that are new, or "unnatural", but always gets used to them. I mean, when the Wither came out, I don't remember everyone loving it at first, but now it feels like it's always been a part of the game.
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It got rid of the water, but the same mechanic that is used for the 2x2 infinite water source fills it back up. Sponges are much more useful if you want to get rid of water in an enclosed area.
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2. A wooden house is much easier to rebuild and attain materials for.
3. Likely a dungeon... if not for the loot, it is a good sense of accomplishment. (Also, abandoned mineshafts can be found fairly easily)
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I agree with you, in that everyone tends to dislike updates that are new, or "unnatural", but always gets used to them. I mean, when the Wither came out, I don't remember everyone loving it at first, but now it feels like it's always been a part of the game.