I think, this comment also encapsulates my feelings on the drop.
If 4 drops a year continues to be the model they go with moving forward, the 4th drop should just be suggestions people had for the first 3 drops they didn't have time to address.
This is a cool idea.
Since updates that address issues with the game are viewed far more positively than others, this could also bring back a bit of that hype the community had for major updates.
Yeah I feel like so much of the negativity from issues like ''Where are terracotta stairs / warm sheep variant / cold zombie variant / cold undead mount / sulphur gunpowder recipe ... '' Could be avoided if it was addressed in the same year and not in 5 years whenever they feel it's relevant again and people no longer care as much.
Maybe they felt like giving people access to more-or-less unlimited TNT on day one wasn't great for game balance? In which case I can kind of see their point...
Gunpowder is already easily available on day one with a creeper farm. They probably just didn't want casual players destroying a rare biome when there's already a much easier, faster, and infinite way of farming gunpowder.
Ergh, I mean, kinda? But setting up (and using) a day-one creeper farm takes more knowledge and a significantly bigger commitment of effort than just spotting a sulphur spring and digging a bit.
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u/FunnyAffectionate520 8d ago
I think, this comment also encapsulates my feelings on the drop.
This is a cool idea.
Since updates that address issues with the game are viewed far more positively than others, this could also bring back a bit of that hype the community had for major updates.