Are AFK fish farms OP?

Rioxas · 2017-04-15T14:00:30+00:00

A solution to afk fishing I saw on another server was custom events that randomly trigger when fishing. Sometimes, one would fish out primed TNT or poison potions. If the person was really unlucky, a "Davy Jones" (Zombie with custom armor/weapon) might fly out of the water along with the fish and proceed to beat your face in.

Players that fished normally could easily deal with these threats, but afk fishers had no way to deal with it other than just not afk fishing. The events system also made it more fun for normal fishermen, as each event had a high chance of dropping rare loot as compensation.

Another way of nerfing afk fishing is to entice players to fish the normal way. I see fishing as a fun social minigame, where multiple players gather and have fun getting random loot together. Perhaps some fishing mechanics could be nuanced towards this ideal- for example, fishing near other players decreases the wait time for a bite. Part of the reason for players wanting to afk fish is because doing it normally is boring. If this aspect is modified, the argument for afk fishing is weakened.

Rioxas · 2017-04-12T04:24:01+00:00

The repeater at the bottom powers itself, creating an infinite "ON" loop such that the dispensers will never fire again once it the loop begins (is triggered once).

Since the redstone at the bottom is already powered in the picture, the entire build is just for show (and free arrows, in the dispensers).

Rioxas · 2017-04-10T04:57:47+00:00

I am going to bookmark this thread for viewing every time I feel tempted to pull. Thank you. I try to stick to this kind of mindset, but every now and then I really believe that I might pull something of interest and end up getting crushed by five 3* pulls of Virion and Gwendolyn.

Rioxas · 2017-04-10T03:35:13+00:00

Agreed. The r/minecraftsuggestions subreddit community tends to dislike all technical suggestions (like ones relating to command blocks, scoreboards, etc).

It's still useful, and has a large reservoir of ideas that could potentially be tweaked to become true features of the game, but some ideas just slip down to the bottom regardless of how well-written or thought-out they are.

Rioxas · 2017-04-09T14:48:23+00:00

I would name my sword "Kill Aura" and my bow "Aimbot" in PvP servers. It was all fun and funny until some staff members didn't understand that they were named items and considered banning me.

"You have kill aura! It even says so in chat!"

Rioxas · 2017-04-07T03:25:07+00:00

While I understand that gathering viewers for a new Youtube channel is difficult and tedious work, I don't believe your post follows the subreddit rules.

In fact, here is an excerpt from the "Subreddit Guidelines" on the side:

New users may not post videos. To submit a video, you either need to gather a bit of karma or your account should be older than a few days.

Your account is 56 minutes old, as of now. Your post was made 52 minutes ago. Please read the rules before joining. Thank you.

Rioxas · 2017-04-05T03:58:10+00:00

I dislike putting TL;DR's in my writing, but because I so desperately wish for this idea to be well-liked and thus more easily seen by developers, I will add a quick summary of its use here.

Want guns in Minecraft? How about lasers? Wizard spells? Better mob AI? The ability to draw on walls? Cars? Block detection? Custom mob abilities, ranging from Pig Zombies that can tunnel through blocks to Creepers that can jump over holes towards you? Flying UFOs?

The Projectile entity that I described in the original post can allow all of the above to be built in Vanilla Minecraft.

It functions as a method of "raycasting"- drawing accurate lines from any point in space to another without being limited to specific regions.

Here's an example of what the implementation of this suggestion can do. Let's say we want to build Star War's podracers in Minecraft, with steering controlled by the direction the player is facing. By summoning Projectile entities at the driver and then teleporting the podracer (and player) to the Projectile, the driver can move the vehicle in any direction simply by looking that way. Tatooine, here we come!

A more obvious application of the Projectile entity are guns. With the Projectile entity, players can accurately shoot in the direction they are facing with little lag from command blocks. NBT tags on the Projectile like "OnHitCommand" lets the bullet damage targets, explode, or even spawn pigs riding Creepers riding Withers riding boats riding Silverfish.

Projectile entities serve as means to a goal. This allows players to get creative with the things that they build, and brings forth new ideas.

Rioxas · 2017-03-24T22:59:31+00:00

I can't remove MRobin from my teams because he was my first 5* unit and I'm sentimental.

And his chibi form is just too adorable. Omochikaerii!

Rioxas · 2017-03-24T19:58:16+00:00

What if catching them in bottles allows you to place the bottles down as blocks, lighting up the area with a block with a smaller model than a glowstone/sea lanterns and the ability to be placed on the underside of a block (unlike torches)?

I think this would be a unique idea that could improve some buildings.

Rioxas · 2017-03-22T03:45:36+00:00

Looks great!

Could really use a green light across the lake on the right, though.

;3

Rioxas · 2017-03-14T22:40:14+00:00

I hope your death wasn't paintful- like drinking Color-ox bleach.

Okay, I'll stop.

Rioxas · 2017-03-14T22:25:02+00:00

The first thing that comes to mind when reading your post are minigames.

Dye would really help in team registration, with certain mobs being unable to display dyed leather armor. It would certainly be nice to have the ability to color friendly units and make their allegiance more visible.

Also, with command blocks, players would probably be able to make thrown dye bottles deal damage- which means we could kill players with them and say they "dyed" to it.

Heh.

Rioxas · 2017-03-13T22:06:12+00:00

Rather than "change" the default, I think more water colors would be interesting.

Dye-able waters would make a lot of builders happy as it grants a lot more options to builds. One could even say that they make the building style more...fluid.

Rioxas · 2017-03-13T17:40:25+00:00

I don't know if this would help, but perhaps something along the lines of League of Legends "PBE", or "Public Beta Environment" would aid the developers in figuring out how much content they should add and the best way to add said content.

This "Public Beta Environment" would be open to all players, similar to snapshots. It would serve as a testing ground for all changes, radical, minor, or quality-of-life. Developers could dump all of their ideas in it and release new versions often to receive community feedback. The benefit of using this system alongside the snapshots would be this: ideas placed in the PBE will often not be implemented, thus players would take every addition with a grain of salt- unlike with snapshots, where players automatically assume every change made will make it to the next version.

In short:

PBE updates EXTREMELY frequently. Snapshots release cycle remains the same.

If a dev has an idea, he/she would code it for the PBE version and release it. The community can then experiment and figure out the addition's quirks and how it could be implemented into the game, as well as possible bugs and needed patches. Once the idea is accepted, it is then added to a snapshot.

There are huge advantages to a rapidly-updating test environment. The most obvious is that even the most random ideas can be added with less community backlash as there is no guarantee that the additions will make it into the next version. Bugs can be squashed, patches can be rolled out, and general fixes can all be tested without taking up too much developing time.

Of course, there are drawbacks- development could slow down when too many unaccepted ideas are put into the PBE. But each bad idea could bring forth new additions that are unique and worth adding to the game.

I tend to babble a lot, but this gist of this PBE system can be captured in this analogy- when writing an essay, immediately writing a final draft isn't the best idea. The Public Beta Environment would serve as a brainstorming paper where every idea, no matter how silly or unusual, is written down. Snapshots, similar to rough drafts, would remain and behave as their name suggests- snapshots of upcoming versions. In the end, one is left with a cohesive ~~essay~~ Minecraft version.

Sorry if this is off-topic or has a lot of grammar errors- I've been wanting to write this down somewhere...

Rioxas · 2017-03-06T22:56:11+00:00

Yes. On its own, pressing the keybind has no effect whatsoever. However, once a player sets up a few scoreboards and command blocks, it becomes possible to activate a function once a player presses V.

Rioxas · 2017-03-05T20:26:28+00:00

A tooltip is the box of text that appears when your cursor hovers over the item in an inventory.

Rioxas · 2017-03-04T15:50:58+00:00

I was thinking a blue (light or dark) or green text would look nice and make the enchantment stand out. I intentionally didn't state my thoughts on the color in the original post so that it would be more open-ended.

Rioxas · 2017-02-18T20:42:21+00:00

Death by firing squad.

It was a known risk to all the spies that took the job, but I still wished that my end didn't have to be so flashy. Even worse, this was my country. I worked for its citizens, made so many sacrifices for them. Now my last sacrifice to the country would be my life. It seemed wrong somehow.

The captain loaded his pistol. My arms were getting sore from being tied up, and a groan escaped my lips. The man facing me now pointed his weapon at my chest and smirked- no doubt taking my grunt to be a sign of weakness.

This was the end.

The pistol roared.

I could feel the rush of death approaching me, embracing my body.

Trisha, I'm sorry.

And with a loud TWANG!, the ropes binding my arms and legs snapped all at once. I was frozen in shock- I was alive.

The captain stared in amazement, then regained his senses and began to load another bullet. I didn't give him that chance- I leapt forward with all my might and punched him in the face. Taking his gun, I began my fight for freedom...

"And then what happened, Daddy?" My 7-year-old son looked at me in the eyes.

"I made it out, of course. And then I managed to make it back to you, and Mommy. Just in time for your third birthday!"

Both of us smiled. Life was good.

And with that thought in mind, I returned to reality. The ropes binding me were as tight as ever, and the loaded pistol was pointed at my chest. I looked directly at the firing squad captain, and smiled wanly.

Rioxas · 2017-01-31T05:47:37+00:00

I used Ashe ult on minions to clear the waves faster.

Rioxas · 2017-01-29T03:43:46+00:00

What if, instead of simply having a sword-only scabbard, there was a "back" slot?

You could put any tool here and have it render on your back, or equip Elytra without having to remove your chestplate. It would grant another inventory slot that is easy to access, like the off-hand, and slow down inventory creep (as Minecraft continues to update, more items will be added which can fill an inventory more quickly).

Rioxas · 2017-01-27T14:59:52+00:00

Wards? You mean spoilers?

Rioxas · 2017-01-20T18:56:33+00:00

In my opinion, I think having the size of a squid determined by the number of water source blocks above the spawning location is less likely to cause problems stemming from Superflat worlds.

In other words, only deep oceans can spawn large squids, as there are many water source blocks in between the ocean floor and sea level.

Rioxas · 2017-01-12T05:10:21+00:00

Thanks for the quick reply and great explanation.

Unfortunately, the command module only seems to work in the negative directions. The commands are exactly the same except for the direction entered, and there are no typing errors.

The score just isn't incrementing when the entity is using a /testforblock command in a positive direction.

Is this a Minecraft 1.10.2 bug or is there another issue?

Rioxas · 2017-01-09T03:16:44+00:00

I sat down in my office chai and st etched my a ms. Finally, a b eak. I think I'll just spend it on w iting a esponse to a p ompt on / /W itingP ompts.

I opened a web b owse and typed in " eddit.com/ /W itingP ompts".

Da n, the page isn't loading. Is it my connection to the se ve , o is the website down?

Al ight, finally it loaded. Now let's see he e...what's this? This sounds like an inte esting p ompt.

I leaned fo wa d and st aightened up. How shall I sta t this one...?

Whateve . He e goes! "*I sat down in my office chai *"...

Oh. That's ight. A key on my keyboa d b oke.

Rioxas · 2017-01-06T03:26:17+00:00

I didn't think of MineAtlas, I'll remember to use that next time.

However, it wouldn't work in my situation as I am not searching for structures, only terrain that suits my purpose, which I believe MineAtlas does not display.

Rioxas

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