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(Plains Biome) Decrease the amount of waterholes

This suggestion is probably going to be controversial but I feel like they should really decrease the amount of waterholes that generate in the Plains biome. I know they can be useful for obtaining water without having to locate a river or an ocean but there's simply way too many waterholes in the Plains biome.

Take a look at this image: https://prnt.sc/lprvu5

 

In the 1.14 update, they introduced the new look of villages. 4/5 villages I managed to locate in the normal world, they all had certain houses that spawned on top of these waterholes which ultimately resulted in the houses getting destroyed. That's not the only problem though. A lot of people find the Plains biome to be the perfect place to settle down and build their own towns and cities but the amount of waterholes there are makes it an annoyance for people to build without filling in the holes first or building over it (which can result in mobs spawning in them). I'm not asking for this feature to be removed entirely but its generation could definitely be decreased.

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    This is necessary.

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    Agree.

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    Or decrease the amount of waterholes in every biome

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    This, and the lava holes that show up everywhere have never been novel. 
    They've always been an issue since I started playing in 2011! 

    They need to be restricted to only SOME biomes, and dereased by A LOT! 
    Except in Swamps. That fits well there. 

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    They should completely get rid of 'waterholes' and replace them with a 'pond' structure which is more rare. I also think cave entrances should be slightly more restricted as well, as they are too common and look ugly

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    I 100% agree.

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    Completely agree with the pond idea, it would look nice.

    Either way, waterholes need to go.

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    Exactly. These water holes serve no purpose but to get in the way of people trying to build. No one likes them and they aren't realistic at all. I agree that the few lakes that should generate should be shallow ponds, not holes.

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    Make Plains Biome have a chance to spawn a lake or two, but remove the water holes entirely with or without lake feature.

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    Water lakes were removed in Caves & Cliffs Part 2, yay!