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Fire charges could be more useful

Fire charges are pretty fun. Making them requires a bit of effort, and after all that work you put them in a dispenser as a trapor for some other use, but beyond that using it yourself just makes fire, and unlike flint and steel which is easier to make, the fire charge is a one use thing.

It's a very niche item really. specific only for traps and lighting fires via dispenser. outside of its redstone application for only two or three functional uses within the range of redstone it really doesn't do much.

You can't cook with it, you can't brew with it as an ingredient or fuel, and flint and steel are less expensive without breaking on the first fire lit. 

It would be nice if it had other applications, like being used to throw fire balls in the same way blaze throw them. 

 I'm sure there are other ways to make this item more useful, that's just the first idea that comes to mind.

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    It seems like its main purpose is for the making of fireworks, the kind that explode and make pretty colors, not the kind you use to fly.

    Although I agree that it would be nice if you could us a fire charge in your hand and get a fireball, instead of it being a very expensive and one-time use flint and steel.

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    I think you might be confusing fire charges with firework stars.

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    I would support adding fire charges as a throwable item as long as it was accompanied by a decent cooldown.

    It would be so fun once you got a good supply of gunpowder and blaze rods :D

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    Me?  I guess I left out a step, but fire charges are made into firework stars, which make the fancy type fireworks.

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    I think there should be a cooldown of 3 seconds

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    What if it acted as a temporary fire aspect?
    You would craft your sword or axe with a fire charge, you would get a 5 minute enchantment for fire aspect. 
    simple as that

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    With the addition of crossbows and them being able to fire fireworks making them shoot fire charges would be great.

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    This is a great idea, as fire charges are useless when compared to flint and steel. They should be throwable, with a cooldown like the enderpearl

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    Maybe fire charges could be used inside of the firework recipe (not the firework star recipe) to increase damage? Fireworks as ammunition in crossbows does not make crossbows an alternative to a decked out, power V bow. This could change that (of course not making it too overpowered). It would make firework ammunition worth gaining and using.

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    Here's how I think throwing Fire Charges should work:

    - They have the same cooldown as the snowballs in the combat snapshots

    - Same range as a snowball

    - They should also set blocks on fire, activate portals, campfires, and ignite TNT