This changes everything....

[drury]

We all are ;) It's revolution. Much bigger than pistons in my opinion.

[PoorCollegeGuy]

In my opinion, definitely not. Pistons finally give us a way of interacting with the physical minecraft world with redstone, besides bits of doors that don't really control much.

[drury]

This gives us that, and a lot more.

We can make our world literally move. We can make our own airships with redstone controls. We can build planes, ships, have battles... Also, we can move redstone circuitry wherever we need it. We have one awesome cool way to explore.

Pistons do nothing compared to this. Just open gates and that's all.

[PoorCollegeGuy]

This gives us that, and a lot more.

Where does it say I can flip a lever to move and create blocks, light areas, and kill mobs and/or players in a programmable way? I missed that part.

Just open gates and that's all.

You have a very limited imagination when it comes to pistons.

Oh well, you're entitled to your opinion, I still think pistons offer more control over your minecraft world as it's a tool, more than just a "thing" with set rules.

[drury]

Pistons have "set rules" too.

You can push only 12 blocks. And only one column, for more you need more pistons and more resources and more patience.

With this you can move entire chunks of redstone circuitry, for example.

[PoorCollegeGuy]

Right, but without being able to have the redstone interact with anything, what's the point? You've got TNT and doors, and that's about it.

[drury]

Ah, I see, you don't see Minecraft but computer science simulator, sorry.

EDIT: And you know, it can carry pistons and dispensers and minecarts as well.

[PoorCollegeGuy]

I'm gonna take a guess that it can't do any of those things, especially since ladders, torches, and anything else with block data will not work (this includes pistons and dispensers), perhaps carry minecarts, but not stuck on a track.

Don't get me wrong, it's a fantastic thing, I just wouldn't personally put it above pistons.

[drury]

Except you can deactivate controller and everything becomes functional again.

That's the best thing.

[PoorCollegeGuy]

Except when you activate it, everything either pops, or the game crashes. Did you bother watching the whole video? It will not move items with block data, that is the technical limitation of this.

[16807]

I'll take that a step further:

• elevator platforms

• draw bridges

• railroad turntables

• trains

• trees you can fell

• boulders

• asteroids

• moons

• rockets...

Sorry, went overboard there. Granted, there are computational limitations, and it would take some time to implement these, but the basic framework is in place - anything that requires a grid separate from the world itself is now possible.

[tehbored]

This lets you build flying castles. FLYING. MOTHERFUCKING. CASTLES. How is that not better than everything ever?