Placeable items (torches, blocks, etc.) in right hand, summonable by right click. Tools (swords, picks, etc.) in left hand, summonable by left click. Can anyone find any situations where this wouldn't work?
EDIT: This makes Steve left-handed. **** just got real.
-or maybe you have the option of using a torch in the offhand as a portable source of light. Seems reasonable with the pervading darkness in vast caverns and whatnot. =P
14 is better. You get 50% more Lapis Lazuli, and there is no decrease in efficiency when you come across those annoying lava pools that end exactly at layer 12. Mining at layer 12, if you hit one of those, you have to mine a meter, fill it in, mine a meter, fill it in, etc... Mining layer 14, you miss those pools, but still hit all the explore-able caverns.
Depends on what kind of strip mining you are talking about... There is a lot of mis-use of mining terms in Minecraft in general, and confusion as to which method is which often as well.
I mean feet at level 12. I believe that is what you are saying as well. No?
Serious question (Phoenix this is right up your alley), what am I missing from avoiding caverns. I generally find them to be very risk/reward. Usually 1000 risks for every reward.
The increase in efficiency is only 6.25% mining fingers, but the gain you get from that is completely lost if you mine them separately from the tunnel.
I could see that method working, though it isn't what I would call elegant.
To some degree efficiency takes a back seat to aesthetics and enjoyment methinks.
When you mine a 2x1 tunnel, you don't waste any time walking. All of your travel time is included in the mining. When you start back-tracking is when efficiency % starts to go down.
That largely depends on when you stop timing the mining. For example, mining a 2 x 1 tunnel is great but upon finishing you must walk all the way back to the beginning which is all lost time.
By mining the fingers at this point, one would travel the necessary distance to leave the mine and recoup some of it in the form of more materials.
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That said, take your time and make it awesome.
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Wait. So I can mine water?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
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I'm off to bed. Happy mining.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Why?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Ps - "**** just got real" where is this from. I say it all the time but don't remember where I got it from.
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THAT.! Would be cool.
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I mean feet at level 12. I believe that is what you are saying as well. No?
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IDK, I generally avoid them.
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Agreed.
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Level 12 is the best if you want diamonds, obsidian, etc.
Soooooo I guess if you expanded that on forever then yeah that works too.
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LOL. Currently I use a 3 x 2 (width x height) tunnel. I then branch of with 3 x 2 x 8 tunnels every 2 blocks.
It looks something like 2 blocks, 3 x 2 opening, 2 blocks, 3 x 2 opening for the length of my main mineshaft.
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I could see that method working, though it isn't what I would call elegant.
To some degree efficiency takes a back seat to aesthetics and enjoyment methinks.
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Game over.
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That largely depends on when you stop timing the mining. For example, mining a 2 x 1 tunnel is great but upon finishing you must walk all the way back to the beginning which is all lost time.
By mining the fingers at this point, one would travel the necessary distance to leave the mine and recoup some of it in the form of more materials.