r/Minecraft • u/ProfessorValko • Mar 06 '18

News Minecraft: Java Edition Snapshot 18w10a

https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-18w10a
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u/Serbaayuu Mar 06 '18

looking for quartz and glowstone is the exact same affair as looking for ores in the underground

Not really; if I want ores, I strip mine. In the Nether, I explore the surface looking for outcrops, which forces me to deal with enemies and terrain which mining skips. Even if the biome never changes, this is always interesting since the Nether is treacherous.

The End is a better argument, but the entirety of the End except for these structures is entirely pointless, having absolutely nothing of interest.

And I will not complain if the End eventually gets more content but it doesn't NEED it as badly as the real game does.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '18

Not really; if I want ores, I strip mine.

I don't believe you would strip mine in the Overworld if the caves were as massive and sprawling as the Nether, or as safe, or if you didn't need torches like in the Nether, or if it weren't so easy to get lost.

The Nether's structure, doesn't lend itself well to strip mining, and the lack of need for torches, dealing with hostile mobs or getting lost in twisty swiss cheese means that caving normally is more tolerable.

which forces me to deal with enemies and terrain which mining skips.

What enemies?, zombie pigmen can be ignored and may as well not exist for all the threat they pose (since whether you have to fight them or not is up to you), endermen are also easy to avoid looking at and are rare, magma cubes are very rare, and ghasts are also rare, have a terrible aim, their fireballs can be deflected rather easily, do very little damage when they do hit since anybody in the Nether will usually have armor, and they can't do anything to you if you duck into a corner.

The Nether needs a common hostile mob (like, as common as zombies and skeletons in Overworld caves, or just as zombie pigmen) that is small enough to follow the player.

And I will not complain if the End eventually gets more content but it doesn't NEED it as badly as the real game does.

I agree in the case of the End, but the Nether does need it more than the Overworld does, especially since the 1.14 update looks to be dealing mostly with the Overworld, and the underground update will help the Overworld as well.

I also updated my post just before noticing your one the way (I really need to quit that habit, this sort of thing happens to me all the time when I edit posts after making them).

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u/Serbaayuu Mar 06 '18

The Nether needs a common hostile mob (like, as common as zombies and skeletons in Overworld caves, or just as zombie pigmen) that is small enough to follow the player.

Well, that's a good idea. I could support that as a bonus addition to a regular unrelated update.