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Remove phantoms they break the game

I know the phantom has been chosen at minecon to be new mon for minecraft but i hate it! Thats because its annoying to have to keep sleeping just to keep the phantoms away. Also it breaks faction and survival servers because you cannot really sleep because usually no other players are sleeping. Thats why phantoms shouldnt be in minecraft plz at least add a gamerule to prevent specific mobs from spawning or make phantoms exclusive to hardcore mode because... its just plain dumb.

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    I mean, we can't really remove them at this point. We have the Potion of Slow Falling and the "Two Birds One Arrow" advancement. Instead, we should move them to The End.

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    In my opinion, Phantoms should have a higher chance of spawning the more you sleep, and not burn in the day, instead they would flee and dispawn when they are far from the player, that way it would create a balence of having to survive some night, instead of promoting skiping nights all the time. Also, phantom sould be able to pass through blocks to make the "dig a hole in the ground and hide awaiting the day" strategy less viable without punishing newer player as they would not spawn unless you sleep for multiple days. they could also prevent the player from sleeping if they are there and killing them reduce the chance of other phantoms spawning. That way, it incentivise players to face the night instead of hiding or skiping it.

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    I'm not a fan of phantoms either, but at least you can turn them off, unlike other undead mobs. They really should give power to the player and allow us to turn off or on the mobs we want or don't want.

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    well hey, don't blame Mojang for this...blame the people because they chose it...Mojang only made it an option...

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    You tame a cat and let it follow you. Phantoms are afraid of cats and they will not hit you if the cat is near you.

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    I would actually like to see a game setting that disables Phantoms without disabling other mobs. I just don't feel that it adds anything to the game, and since I usually end up playing Skyblock and it usually takes a long while before I can get a bed built I'm almost always dealing with them unless I either switch to peaceful or hide in a closed room while I wait for them to go away. Neither of which is fine. Peaceful ends up being too easy while hiding in a hole is boring.

    I get that there are mods that do this, such as "NoPhantomNoCry" but this really should be a vanilla setting considering just how much of an impact these have.

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    So, quite a few comments are telling people that this CAN be turned off, but the method of doing so isn't always available. In order to disable phantoms you need to have cheats enabled and then type the following:

    /gamerule doInsomnia false

    This does disable phantom generation for both single player maps and servers. However, again, it requires that cheats be enabled. If the world was created without cheats it would require an external program to turn them back on.

    This means that the option of disabling phantoms requires the use of cheats or mods, whereas disabling all mobs simply requires changing to peaceful mode. That just doesn't make sense to me. This should be an option within the GUI of single player or a server setting.

    Other comments would commonly say that we don't have to sleep - just touch a bed - and, well, this is true. You can carry a bed around and every 3 nights just drop it somewhere, get in, then get out, and continue. Kind of tedious though, and for skyblock maps it's usually a long while because I have the ability to make a bed.

    That just leaves death. The thing is though one shouldn't be required to die just to make a mob go away. 

    Now, others have pointed out very good alternatives to removing the phantom outright, and I'd have to agree with them. Making it spawn in some other way, or not spawning in the light, would help. They can already spawn during the day if during a thunderstorm and at light level of 7 or less, so tie them to that light level.

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    Schauen sie sich mein Beitrag an hier habe ich aufgelistet das man Mobs An und Aus schalten kann bevor man eine Welt betritt. Man sollte Mobs für Oberwelt, Nether und End eigenständig An und Aus schalten können unabhängig der anderen Dimension.

    https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/360077241932-Mobs-An-Aus-schalten-option

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    Bruh, you can literally just turn off phantom spawning with one of the GameRules, it's really not a big deal. And they aren't that dangerous if you're an experienced player... all you have to do is sleep and it's not even a problem (even in servers, if you sleep in a bed until the screen stops getting darker then it resets your sleep cycle count that causes them to spawn. It doesn't even have to turn back into day).

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    umm I think phantoms are a great mob they are the backbone of the elytra and they are easy ways to troll your friend on a private server plus creeper are the same as phantoms they are annoying

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    Maybe not remove, but make them not spawn in creative mode. It’s pretty unsightly to have them circling over your build.

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    I think the idea would make the game too easy. Plus, the world voted phantoms into the game so that would be a major disappointment to them. Also, phantoms are amazing mobs and their membranes are too useful to leave minecraft. Elytra are hard to get, and the membranes are very helpful. Sorry I dont agree with this. It would be good but also something most people would be upset about. 

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    I don't think they should be removed, I know this is 3 years old and clearly they haven't been removed, but I do think minecraft should go for the night time event system that other survival games take advantage of and make phantoms a special mob that spawns on a special night. That way regular players don't need to constantly sleep to avoid them, and players who want the membrane will have an event where they can get them. This event can effectively disable sleep for that night, it could be called "the sleepless night" and phantoms can show up during this. The event can be somewhat rare but spawn more than just 2-3 phantoms so that players who want the items can get them. Another reason this method would be way better is that players who haven't slept in a while won't suddenly be caught off guard by phantoms. They will see an announcement that says it's a sleepless night and will know what's about to come.

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    Phantoms are meant to encourage sleeping and not staying up all night. We need them to repair elytra. They are needed to support the game’s structure, and I would hate to see them removed. 

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    I love phantoms, they’re part of my zoo!

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    I am NOT a fan of this mob because of the nighttime dynamics being destroyed in this game. Okay. So I have to go and find a bed every several days and SKIP out on survival building because of a mob that was AN AFTER-THOUGHT in this game? I get it. New dynamics are fun for some folks out there. But this mob is ultra annoying because of its speed, sounds, appearance rate and the fact that it curbs any night time activities that I would otherwise have DURING a survival building session. So instead of doing productive stuff during the night. I have to crawl in a hole and wait it out until morning if I am EXPLORING greater distances or shelter the night out. Skeletons, Zombies, Creepers, Its all good! But This insanely fast mob that descends down on a player and throws them off balance or a ledge. Not having it. I  dont even play survival mode anymore specifically BECAUSE of this MOB. I get it. folks need their elytra repairs and their potions. But something needs to be revised for the best of both worlds.

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    Why Does This Guy Who Hate Phantoms Thinks Phantoms Are Emoji Movie Now Guys

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    please stop saying this, i would rather keep something rather than let it go, this mob is very unique one we havent ever seen in minecraft, 2nd there is a gamerule to prevent phantoms, 3rd the community voted for this mob, if you still dont agree with then just play peaceful mode

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    As said in previous comments...

    1- remove Phantoms with the DoInsomnia gamerule command. If you're not the server owner maybe ask them idk. If they refuse maybe consider switching for another server.
    2- you don't need to sleep, just get in a bed, get out, there your insomnia is over with a power nap.
    3- cats hiss at phantoms and scare them away. Plus they follow you, purr, and IF YOU SLEEP they have a chance to drop you a gift (including phantom membrane! So you won't even have to hunt birds!)

    1-hack in survival (unless it's hardcore, then you asked for it), open world to LAN, enable cheats, run the gamerule, leave your world, join back, there you go.

    2-"but I don't want to build a house just to SlEep" you can already sleep at dawn. But it's not dark enough for mobs to spawn. Just yeet your bed in the open, sleep-or don't. You got in a bed, you can now pick it back and resume on building/exploring/farming.

    3-"BUt I doN't WaNt To TrY aNd gEt Cats" well well well too bad. Just know it's there, it awaits you. Meow.

    It's the only flying hostile mob in the overworld (for now). People are just frustrated there is a mob that require them to leave their comfort zone because they can't just straight up shank them like the others.

    Nighttime was meant to be dangerous outside in the open. If you are top gear and can just go fight monsters then the game will eventually send phantoms to spice up the night and match your newfound powers. Just sleep to bring the difficulty back down.

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    phantom should be replace with mob D 

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    I don't think they should remove it I think they could do something similar like just making it where you can turn on and off phantom spawns

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    Bronze alpha910

    You can literally already turn off Phantom Spawning using gamerules.

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    Personally, I don’t think that they should delete them, but rework them. Their design is awesome and could be an interesting addition if they remove the insomnia and bed parts.

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    yea Phantoms sucks i go in Minecraft when phantoms spawns i go out because they break my fun! people says go sleep or make the /gamerule command haha im laughing bree im on a server i cant use command or sleep :D MINECRAFT REMOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

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    and you say yes our community voted hahaha i laugh i laugh so much now haven't you seen the video where it was revealed? our community is mega manipulative :) a user force most of them indirectly by saying we make a competition if you vote because you get what dis that: D that's how it works on Twitter and Reddit, sometimes also on Instagram. decide for yourself don't let others tell you what
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    Phantoms are actually quite cool, imagine if you could tame them with rotten flesh so you can ride them and cure them from being an undead the same way with zombie villagers. These blue flying cat-mantaray-dino-lizard-bats need more love

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    Phantoms literally destroy the most important aspect of minecraft: player freedom. We can't even explore for three days before being attacked by this demon. I had to travel for 5 days to find my first village and the minute I headed back home after being shot by a skeleton, I get airbombed by a phantom and lose all of my stuff. It's ridiculous, they should at least include an option to remove them from your survival world with no affect on achievements

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    Okay... people have been complaining for far too long...

    for the people saying "the phantom killed me while I was afk:

    That was your own fault for not covering your head, just as it would be your fault if you built up really high and afked but forgot that spiders could climb and one kills you and you lose everything. you wouldn't go around complaining about spiders climbing, you learn your lesson and next time cover your feet.

    "They destroy the survival gameplay"

    no, they don't, they just add a new aspect to the game. A new challenge, an obstacle if you will. The gamemode is legit called Survival.  Honestly just get a bed and sleep

    "They were an afterthought" 

    Well so was the End at some point, as well as the nether, potions, enchantments etc.

    "But I want to build at night!!!"

    You can. for two whole nights, then sleep. wash, rinse repeat. OR get a cat. OR DONT BUILD AT NIGHT why would you anyway??? AND phantoms are far from the only nuisance for building at night. Like, creepers and skeletons? Darkness???

    "I just wish you could turn them off"

    you can...      /gamerule doInsomnia False

    "They just shouldn't have added them"

    Well I'm sorry, but, there was a community vote, so if you are angry at anyone, it should be the community, not Mojang's feedback page...

    ALSO DONT JUST POST A COMMENT THAT SAYS I AGREE... ON ANY PAGE... THAT'S WHAT YOUR VOTE IS FOR...IF YOUR GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, SAY SOMETHING RELEVANT TO CURRENT CONVERSATIONS OR HELPFUL TO THE TOPIC OF THIS SUGGESTION.

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    Just go to sleep, and the Phantom will go away.

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    They really need to do something about them