Okay, well I just got 1.9 PR3 and I decided to play with it on my ancient ALPHA world. Well, I started my Alpha world, spawned stuck in the ground some where, and I died. I then respawned in a completely new chunk with no ALPHA terrain to be seen ANYWHERE, so I checked out around for a while, and Lo and behold I found two 1x1 glass towers in the ocean. Pretty close to spawn too, I guess if you are in Creative. And last time I checked, those glass towers mean they are strongholds. So it's a bittersweet moment for me, because I don't believe I'll ever find my beloved ALPHA creations again. But then again, I found a stronghold right by spawn.
Does anyone know how I can get my ALPHA stuff again, or is it lost forever???
Also, since I'm such a nice guy, Ill give you guys the info so you can check it out for yourselves.
I've attempted at starting up Minecraft 6+ times now, and the server refuses because either it's overloaded or under maintenance, and I'm thinking it's the latter. Which pisses me off. Is anyone else unable to play Minecraft right now?
Minecraft Name: jcrazy (everything is lowercase)
Favorite Videogame: Portal 2
Why do I want to join: I want to join because I haven't really found a server that fits me and I am hoping this will be the one.
That sounds Magical, Magickal. In my opinion I would wait 'til 1.8. And I would use Creative mode, but unless you are feeling hardcore then go ahead and do it all legit.
Right, because we definitely can't take a short jaunt around the house and find six bones without any effort almost every morning.
To OP, if you're going to make skeletons better, you need to make sure that they aren't overstepping boundaries and becoming better versions of zombies. Notch's design patterns show that each hostile mob presents a unique combat experience. If skeletons pull out any kind of melee, I'd want it to be weaker than a zombie. That reinforces their place as a primarily ranged mob while also rewarding players who can exhaust their arrow supply, or get too close for them to use their bow.
Right. I'm not planning on making a mod for this, if you're wondering. Just my vision as how skeletons should be nerfed if they were going to be nerfed in the future.
And to respond to your concern with the skeletons being stronger compared to a zombie, they wouldn't because there will be a mob of skeletons swarming after you, and having something more powerful then a zombie coming after you all at once would be unfair. So I agree with you.
EDIT: Been thinking, and I was wondering if it would be better to have the skeletons weak with the sword damage but quicker in step be a good idea?
When it's your first time playing Minecraft, Skeletons might seem like a very hard mob to kill with their unlimited arrows and their aimbot AI. But then after awhile of playing the game you might find yourself skirting around them and avoiding their arrows, and killing them with ease.
To get to the point, my suggestion is this: Skeletons will have a limit on arrows, maybe between 5-10. After using up all their arrows, they will put there bow away and draw a sword, an iron sword preferably. From there they will attack you as Zombie Pigmen do, and the skeletons in the immediate vicinity will all draw their swords and attack you, as it is too easy to just shoot down one skeleton without his bow.
And that is my suggestion. If you have any ... suggestions on my suggestion you want to send my way, It's fine. I can take constructive criticism.
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EDIT: Nevermind, found it
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Does anyone know how I can get my ALPHA stuff again, or is it lost forever???
Also, since I'm such a nice guy, Ill give you guys the info so you can check it out for yourselves.
Seed: 5569402166673106447
Coordinates: X: 12
Z: 44
There you go!
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Favorite Videogame: Portal 2
Why do I want to join: I want to join because I haven't really found a server that fits me and I am hoping this will be the one.
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Right. I'm not planning on making a mod for this, if you're wondering. Just my vision as how skeletons should be nerfed if they were going to be nerfed in the future.
And to respond to your concern with the skeletons being stronger compared to a zombie, they wouldn't because there will be a mob of skeletons swarming after you, and having something more powerful then a zombie coming after you all at once would be unfair. So I agree with you.
EDIT: Been thinking, and I was wondering if it would be better to have the skeletons weak with the sword damage but quicker in step be a good idea?
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To get to the point, my suggestion is this: Skeletons will have a limit on arrows, maybe between 5-10. After using up all their arrows, they will put there bow away and draw a sword, an iron sword preferably. From there they will attack you as Zombie Pigmen do, and the skeletons in the immediate vicinity will all draw their swords and attack you, as it is too easy to just shoot down one skeleton without his bow.
And that is my suggestion. If you have any ... suggestions on my suggestion you want to send my way, It's fine. I can take constructive criticism.