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Nerf the Trident Drowned

So, I understand the desire to have the Trident in the game, and I'm not here to argue that the Trident Drowned is an unfair or unfit way to get it. My problem is, especially with the standard depth of rivers having increased so drastically since the introduction of the Drowned, there's a pretty good likelihood of getting Drowned in your river biomes, and if they happen to spawn in with a trident, it's a terrible day all in all. Oh, and also? On Bedrock mob spawn rates are different enough that Drowned spawn in even more frequently. The fact that a player can't build their home on a scenic riverbed without getting pelted by tridents is just ludicrous.
The Trident was designed to be comparable to an unenchanted Diamond Sword in damage, and with it being a ranged weapon on top of that, a mob that can infinitely shoot them is a nightmare no matter how you look at it. Add on the fact that they can't be shot with arrows due to their home being the water, and the only reliable weapon to face them down with is the Trident itself, which isn't cool for obvious reasons. If to kill Trident Drowned you need to kill Trident Drowned, that doesn't work.
My nerfs I'd propose would be:
1. Lock their spawning to specific Ocean biomes. They were designed to be Ocean themed anyway.
2. Decrease their fire speed. I get not making them pick back up the tridents from a coding standpoint, but as it stands they're just impossible to deal with.

 

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    Just started a game on normal difficulty just trying to enjoy minecraft with my girlfriend, hop in the water simply to scout the nearby area and we were both bombarded by 3-5 drowned WITH TRIDENTS!!! We just looted some stuff from a village so we wanted to go reclaim our items. We spent the last 20 minutes trying to kill these guys and get our stuff back from the very start of the game. Eventually got fed up with it and are now giving up on the whole idea. Overall I prefer terraria and hadn't been on minecraft in a while, now I remember why. They know how to balance things or at least quickly change things when brought up by their player base.

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    They are way overpowered. The fire speed is too fast. They see you from a mile away. They will chase you to the end of the earth too.

    I ran from one at night time onto the shore and he followed me onto and after sprint hopping for like a hundred blocks I thought I would have lost him, however I kept sprint hopping for another 300-400 blocks to explore the area. I stopped to craft something and I heard the trident impacting the ground not too far from me. He'd followed me for nearly half a kilometer. It's kind of a ridiculous common enemy.

    It should either be nerfed, far less common, or only spawn in certain places. Or frankly a combination of those. 

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    My concern is more for villages with extensive structures that extend into river biomes, especially if those structures are also elevated such that they can be targeted from deep within the river.  There's little defence against trident-wielding drowned as iron golems sink quickly and the the drowned still persist in the day when the village is supposed to be safe.  I don't want to build a 10-block high wall around the village or trap each villager in a trading-hall style setup but until trident-wielding drowned are altered in some way that's the only way to guarantee their safety.