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Man, those wings are small.

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Looking for an update on this texpack. To 1.8 ... 1.9 ... whatevs

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I kind of agree, but if you had told a Beta player about stuff like potions or the Enderdragon, they would have said the same thing. On the other hand, this suggestion is awesome, and if we had been playing Minecraft with Boats Evolved all along, we probably wouldn't be saying it doesn't fit the theme. So you probably shouldn't reject a suggestion just because it doesn't fit the theme (unless it's something that's really against the theme of Minecraft, like guns or planes).

But maybe Minecraft isn't ready for Boats Evolved yet. Although I fully support this suggestion, I would agree that maybe Mojang should wait a few updates before adding it in. The problem right now is that there isn't that much stuff to do in end-game other than build, so if they went full-blown Ocean Update, then ships would be the end game of Minecraft. Especially on multiplayer servers, it would turn into PirateCraft. And while shipbuilding is a fun end-game goal, it wouldn't be good if that was all there was to do, because Minecraft isn't supposed to revolve around shipbuilding. So I think this would be a great addition to 1.11 or 1.12, after we get maybe a few mob updates, a combat update, etc. to balance out the large amount of ship-related content with non-ship content.

This whole thing is starting to sound like conservative vs. liberal debates in real life. Like on one side is old people who dislike change, and the other is usually younger players who are okay with it. Back in 1.0, the debate was about the Enderdragon and potions. Before that, it was the Nether. Even horses in 1.6 (which was like a year ago) were preceded by a huge debate. And believe it or not, I was on the anti-horses side back then, but now I'm ok with horses. Back to my analogy (and moderators, I'm sorry this is sounding like a politicial post) in real life, there's the debate about gay marriage today. Before that, it was black rights, then women's rights. Religious stuff aside, the point is that people opposing the change are against it because it's not something they're used to. So-called "Minecraft conservatives" today, are the group of people that are against suggestions like Boats Evolved because it doesn't fit the theme of Minecraft. However, they're ok with potions, despite "conservative players" back then being against potions. Or the dragon. Or horses. Or black people having the right to vote. The point is, historically in Minecraft there have always been huge updates that many people loved but some opposed, and they end up being accepted and nobody complains.

Tl;dr: Don't oppose a suggestion just because it doesn't fit the theme of Minecraft. Judge it on whether it's a good idea, adds to gameplay, etc.

Also sorry if I offended anyone's political beliefs, I just thought it was a good analogy for what tends to happen with every major update in Minecraft.