Easily the worst part of the update. I've always used slab stone as an alternative to cobblestone because it doesn't... you know... make me want to rip my eyes out. It used to provide a reasonable alternative to cobblestone, allowing it look better at the cost of twice the stone and twice the effort in laying it out (though more if you consider some of the properties of the stone)
Now we're left with no other option besides smelting all of our stone using disturbing amounts of coal. Was this really necessary?
inb4 "use a texture pack" as since Beta those are 100% of the time designed really poorly with one decent texture (cobblestone) for people too lazy to put effort into making things look nice. Not to mention it's nice to allow other people to not have their eyes bleed if they're using default textures as well.
A very interesting and well thought out economic idea, but there is one very important thing to remember: this is not EVE Online. Part of the beauty of Minecraft is that anyone can do any task, and that you can create anything you want to so long as you have a bit of patience and the know-how. You don't have to spend three hours killing Creepers in strange ways to win over the blue print to learn how to make a stick of TNT, you just gather the materials and use the wiki or your common sense to construct it. The economy should stay simple just as the game should stay simple; to me, creating an enhanced and complicated trading system and economy would be almost as bad as updating the default graphics or putting gravity on all objects in the game. Would some more elusive items be neat? Absolutely. However, a player shouldn't have to go, "Oh, I need this last piece for my creation. Too bad I'm not a miner and can't realistically go get it myself; instead, I'll have to sacrifice an arm and a leg because it's too hard for me to get on my own, seeing as I'm already focused elsewhere."
In my opinion, economies will build themselves alongside communities; they'll balance themselves. We don't need to have it beaten over our heads like an MMO would do to us.
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2-3 chests of cobblestone went into just this.
Not enough. Not nearly enough.
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Now we're left with no other option besides smelting all of our stone using disturbing amounts of coal. Was this really necessary?
inb4 "use a texture pack" as since Beta those are 100% of the time designed really poorly with one decent texture (cobblestone) for people too lazy to put effort into making things look nice. Not to mention it's nice to allow other people to not have their eyes bleed if they're using default textures as well.
Make it go away!
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In my opinion, economies will build themselves alongside communities; they'll balance themselves. We don't need to have it beaten over our heads like an MMO would do to us.