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Barrel Changes

After watching this video, I had an idea that I wanted to share.

 

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Minecraft 1.14 / 1.11: ALL 5 Chest Comparisons + Giant Barrel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f23OuBpATL8

 

My idea has to do with the lack of significant differences between chests and barrels.

I think that in order to make them sufficiently unique storage blocks, Barrels should only be able to store ONE specific item, but have the storage capacity of a double chest.

I think this makes sense given the real-life functionality of Barrels. And in real life, they never really store different kinds of items, only one type per barrel.

So players would have to decide if they want a chest with a capacity to store 1728 items, divided up into 27 different types, OR a barrel that can store 3456 items, but only of one type.

 

Otherwise, to me, they basically seem like the same storage block, only with different textures and names.

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    This is a great idea! Also, to think.... If the barrel could only store one item (and others would get stuck in the hopper), it could also add some cool ability to sorting contraptions.