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Cape slot unlocked by advancements

Wouldn’t it be cool if you had an extra slot on your back in Minecraft to put banners there to use as capes! The use of banners for capes would make up for the fact that no new capes are being given out due to the Minecon Earth livestream, but people with normal capes would still be special because you can’t craft banners that look like Minecon capes, and banner capes wouldn’t change the appearance of elytras. This “cape slot” would be unlocked after some advancements have been made. I feel like advancements are kinda useless at the moment, because they don’t - to my knowledge - affect gameplay in any way. If you could unlock the usage of capes with advancements that would give more players the incentive to achieve advancements.

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    MacchuPicchu96

    People with normal capes will still be special because you can’t craft banners that look like Minecon capes, and banner capes wouldn’t change the appearance of elytras.

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    No support from me on any of these ideas. You can easily just keep your shulker boxes in your inventory; they don't take up much space at all compared to the amount of storage they give. Wearing chest plates and elytra together is too overpowered, there is a reason that Mojang wants you to choose between the two. Finally, while your banner-cape idea is interesting, the whole point of capes is that they are hard to get; your idea would rob capes of all value because everyone would have access to them. 

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    I like the idea of banner capes, but I disagree on the advancements idea: they shouldn't modify the gameplay. I don't see any reason why you shouldn't have that slot as you spawn in the world, that's not an advantage at all, pure esthetics.

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    Thanks for the response James! I still think players should never, ever be able to have a chest plate and elytra at the same time. (You should also probably delete it from this post because other people have suggested it before, but you can always add your advancements idea as a comment on other people's posts).

    However, your edits to the banner-cape idea are quite good, and I like the idea a lot more now. I'll give you a vote just for that.

    I appreciate your openness to criticism, by the way :) Have a great day!

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    I like this idea and I think you should address that in bedrock, achievements are still a thing and advancements don’t exist.

     

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    I disagree that chest plate+elytra is too overpowered, because   elytra is already super endgame. however maybe you should have to weld them together somehow with, like, a dragon egg or something.

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    MacchuPicchu96

    But good point on the other back slot uses; I have removed the shulker box idea because it was dumb, but maybe you unlock the back slot near end game so the elytra + chestplate isn’t too overpowered. I still really want banner capes though :)

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    Support with the cape idea

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    It would be nice to have access to custom capes in the launcher skin menu. Like you have to choose a free cape in a list but you don't have access to fully customable capes, that way you can't have the minecon ones if you didn't go to the minecon.

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    nice

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    first of all, you can still get capes. I think the idea of banner capes is great, as it means you can show off your banner without having a shield on you. The special capes are impossible (mostly) to replicate as banner so they are still unique.

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    @MacchuPicchu96, the elytra-chest plate wouldn't be to op if it was compatible with leather tunics and ONLY leather tunics.

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    Capes are earned. Minecon capes and others would be much less valuable. Not to mention that Advancements can be modified by map makers (and this would be invulnerable to commands)

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    Achievements need more purpose. There is zero satisfaction in getting the achievements besides saying you were able to complete all of them. This is one really good idea that brings purpose to achievements.

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    I do like the idea of certain recipes being unlocked via progression through advancements, I feel this would be a nice way to add recipes for currently uncraftable items without making them immediately available. There could be an advancement that grants you saddles for having tamed a mount. Or perhaps we can get a recipe to craft tridents after visiting an ocean monument. Name tags could just as easily be unlocked by taming our first pet. 

    But capes? Capes are for cosmetics, and even then they are handled in a weird way that makes it so not everyone has them.

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    It should be unlockable after defeating the ender dragon, love this idea

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    Capes should remain extremely rare. That's the whole point to them.

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    I think it would be a great idea if players would be able to craft a cape in the same colors as banners and put banner patterns on these capes. They would be worn as an armor piece and since the MINECON capes are not crafteable with banners, theese would be special.

    Also, elytras could be dyable and players could also put patterns on elytras.

    Theese ideas could greatly add to the customization aspect of weareables to minecraft, so every player or faction can have a personal design and have it on their shield, cape, elytra and base.

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    In Bedrock to

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    We should be able to customize them like banners and not lose them if we die

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    if capes are purly cosmetic, then i see no reason why they arnt onlocked by advancments, and it would just be a tiny reward thet doesnt affect gamplay

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    Maybe this cape slot can be used for elytra too.

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    No support from me because of two reasons:

    The capes would make the 'normal' capes not as special.

    The idea that the cape slot would be unlocked after enchantments kind off ruins the point. Minecraft is a game where you don't have to unlock advancements to do things, that's the fun part about it.

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    More capes = more character design!

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    Advancements are only on java edition though

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    No. It would take the coolness out of having a cape. Now when you see someone with a cape, you know they have gone to Minecon or are a Minecraft veteran. Capes are supposed to be special and only obtainable by Mojang giving one to you.

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    MacchuPicchu96

    It says the idea is “completed”; what does that mean?

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    A new tags system is rolling out, read the home page of this site. I think the "completed" is a bug, though, it's supposed to say "updated"

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    Nova ok thanks I have removed that part from my post. I still really want an awesome cape though! :D

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    @MagicDiamond40 My original post included some other ideas such as the back slot also being able to have Shulker Boxes for backpacks, and also for elytras so you could use them in conjunction with chestplates, but I removed them because they were bad ideas or already posted, and decided to focus on the main idea for the post (banner capes)