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Walls around the overworld

I got this idea from the obsidian walls that used to be around during the old days of Minecraft. Maybe in most biomes, random walls (sort of like nether fortresses in the over-world) could spawn randomly with a large span of appearances. 

Some could be fully constructed, while others a withered. Some may be built out of different blocks, ranging from cobblestone to red sandstone (biome dependent). Length can range from as low as 20 blocks to a couple hundred. Some may be hollowed, others some might not. Could be only a couple blocks high or up to 15. The walls could go multiple directions, allowing them to be followed even more. Chests found on/in the walls should be rare.... And the loot would usually only compile of food, building materials and stone or iron materials/tools. Other loot could be biome exclusive, like gold can only be found in Mesas and coal in Mountainous biomes.

I really think this idea would make Minecraft really cool to explore... bringing back the awe players used to have when finding strange things they never seen before.

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    I do not understand why this would be cool.

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    The variety is neat, and adding a new reason for the players to explore. Encountering one of these could also be its own challenge. Once you find one, you can either go around it, over it, under it, or along it. This would add structure generation never before seen in Minecraft... Basically these would actually be the most unique structures in the game, with so many possibilities of generation.

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    Pardon the meme, but...

    We're going to build a wall... and make the mobs pay for it!

    XD

    But seriously, this sounds like a neat idea, especially if they have a similar appearance to Nether Fortresses: It could look like a certain ancient Asian civilization had been trying to protect itself from invading mobs or players.

    As Charles Hillman said, encountering such a structure would present some neat challenges, especially if some of the walls contained hard-to-break blocks such as Obsidian, or annoying blocks like Gravel or Sand holding back a stream of Water or Lava! Heck, why not have an explosive trap? There are almost endless possibilities for generating these, and Minecraft needs more structures like that.