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Making every biome relevant! (Specialize plants)

I feel like alot of biomes are visited once and then left lonely after the player has the needed Resources.I Think this makes choosing biomes very useless and your home really loses some theme since you have all the world's plants in your Backyard.


My suggestion:
I Think Everything that can grow should grow differently in different biomes, but the plant's/crop's homebiome should make it grow the fastest! For example: Wheat grows the fastest in normal Oak type forest biomes or plains, but it grows much slower in colder/hotter biomes. This would make the game alot better imo. Every World you make would be unique since you will have easier access to some Resources. Multiplayer would become alot more fun. Players would be able to communicate more and everyone would "need" each other more and social interaction would increase as you trade more resources.I also Think that animals should spawn more depending on biome however I Believe that is the case.

What to consider:
Now there are some things to consider for balance. The buff that makes crops grow faster in it's biome must be high enough so people actually travel there or set their home there. I would say that +50% to +100% speed would be a good idea! However if that makes the entire game too easy then the regular growth speed can be kept in the homebiome and just make it slower everywhere else! Or do a mix of both!


All and all:
I Think this is a very easy and small change that can be implemented and I hope it will be.

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    Cool but I am not sure how this would be implemented. What if their was a mode called realistic mode with this in it, along with thirst bar and stuff.

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    JakeZulu it's very simple to implement, mojang shouldn't be afraid to make the game better. I didn't suggest this to make the game more realistic but instead to make it a better game with more replayability and this too helps multiplayer interaction become better. If there are too many modes it's harder for people to choose and it will split communities.

     

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    I say go with a little bit of both positive and negative, but add more dimensions to crop growth than just the biome it's in. Farming is really easy right now and it needs some challenge. For example, the growth of each plant could be influenced by:

    • The biome/dimension
    • The altitude
    • Sky access and/or type of lighting
    • The season (if added)

    Some plants would be affected more by certain factors than others. Under very good conditions, crops would be slightly more efficeint than they are now. Under poor conditions, crops would grow slower and give poorer yields. Under bad conditions, crops might even die. For example, some crops might grow more efficiently if given sky access, but also be more succeptible to freezing in a taiga biome or during winter when exposed to the sky.