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Redstone Revamp + Specific Buffs

The redstone system is an infinite energy source that makes no logical sense. When I power anything with a lever it gives the block affected, infinite power. Therefore, I suggest a new redstone block called the, "Redstone Battery" which could be charged in different (but not too confusing) ways to power other processes. It could be powered by a new furnace called the, "Redstone Furnace" that could be wired up to the Redstone Battery and could charge it. You could wire up more than one Redstone Furnaces to increase the rate at which the Redstone battery charges. The redstone battery could then be connected to any other block in order to power it. Why I think you should add this: this would encourage players to design infrastructure, an aspect in Minecraft not yet explored. It would also allow for more game play on the late game or just more things to do and challenges to overcome. Thank you! (Along with this addition I would recommend nerfing torches, and make natural light source blocks unobtainable to encourage the use of redstone lamps.

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• November 22, 2024 08:18
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  • November 22, 2024 20:37
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  This would completely destroy literally every redstone contraption currently in existence.

  And no natural light source?! Redstone lamps need glowstone, which comes from the nether! You want players to go torchless for the entire early game!? Torches and light are essential to the Minecraft experience, I would need to travel to the nether or a trial chamber just to stop zombies from spawning in my house and mines?! How do you want me to mine if I can't see what I'm doing and constantly fighting mobs? And if you don't want infinite redstone signals then that means that each and every light source I produce will be draining from some redstone battery which will need to be constantly recharged.

  I'm not really as outraged as I'm pretending to be, its just fun.

  Ideas like this are never going to be implemented unless the entire Minecraft community changes, you're asking for Mojang to change the fundamental mechanics of the game by making natural light sources unobtainable. Minecraft can change, but not that much. The same with redstone, it's true that it's not as widely used as light, but that's because it can be complicated. Your idea would make it more complicated, making it harder to use. And those who do use redstone would be outraged because they need to rework all the contraptions to include these new batteries and furnaces.

  The battery and furnace idea is cool, but rather than nerfing all of redstone and light, it should be an powerful upgrade in some way.

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  • November 22, 2024 20:52
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  Your goal is to encourage players to design infrastructure, which is a good goal and something I might like, but there are other ways to do this. What if you add a new light block crafted with some hard to get materials (maybe something from the end, or is that to hard for most players), this light block acts as a regular light source but mobs touching the light are effected, mobs grow up faster, lay eggs/drop scutes faster, and drop slightly more loot when killed. Players have slightly increased regeneration and saturation (they get hungry slower), and mine slightly (only slightly) faster. Hostile mobs attack slightly slower. This light block can only be charged by your redstone battery which needs the redstone furnace. A block like this has many small benefits, but enough that putting them around you constructions is profitable (assuming the furnace isn't to costly).