Pointed Dripstone Connected to a Water Source Should Speed up Oxidation

Pointed Dripstone Connected to a Water Source Should Speed up Copper Oxidation

By using a mechanic similar to one already in the game, Minecraft's oxidation mechanic can be improved in a fair and logical way. 

Currently, there is no fast, easy, and logical way to oxidize copper building materials. Players who wish to build with the exposed, weathered, or oxidized variants of copper will do one of two things:

1. Place all their copper side-by-side (no gaps between the blocks) and wait forever just to get the desired level of oxidation. This method is far more common by players unfamiliar with technical copper mechanics that are never explained in-game. This method is very slow and undoubtedly leads to unneeded frustration.

2. Spacing their copper apart by five blocks. This "grid" method greatly speeds up the oxidation process, but it is not logical and requires a large area to place the copper down.

My proposed idea, however, uses a mechanic similar to the "cauldron-filling" mechanic used when a cauldron is placed under pointed dripstone connected to a water source. It works in the exact same way except by replacing the cauldron with whichever copper block you wish to oxidize. This process shouldn't be instant, but it should at least be faster than the 5-block "grid" process.

While this process isn't something most players will discover alone, they may see the connection when they learn that pointed dripstone can be used to fill lava or water cauldrons. Even then, it's far more logical than the methods we have in today's game.

Thank you!