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Super-Sticky Pistons that don't drop blocks

For Honey to be a proper stand-in for Slime in redstone, it needs its own version of a sticky piston. However, rather than leaving it at that, why not have the piston not leave blocks behind? Since honey is canonically stickier in-game, it makes a lot of sense.

In Java edition, one of the major quirks of sticky pistons is that they can leave a block they push behind if they are deactivated quickly enough afterwards, and it allows for a lot of interesting things to be done.

So why have a piston that doesn't do this? Mostly quicker "slimestone" contraptions, I imagine. While being able to leave a block behind is great, it also means that you have to design around it, making things slower so that blocks don't get left behind when you don't want it to happen.

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    "Super Sticky Pistion" Isn't exactly the nicest sounding name. Something like "Honeyed Piston" might work better.

    Although it's a nice concept, I'm not sure if this is necessary. Honey isn't really a stand-in for slime. It's something to be used in addition to slime.

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    MinunCraft Honey only really became something to be used "in addition to slime" because Mojang folded to the community's demand that honey and slime should ignore each other, though--at least assuming that feature is what you were referring to. As far as piston contraptions are concerned, the only notable difference is that honey blocks are transparent, and can't transfer a signal. (Well, obviously there's also the fact that it carries entities along as well, yes).

     

    MostLoki1585581 Slime is still bouncy and negates fall damage. There is also the recipe for magma cream, which may actually be easier than trying to find naturally spawning magma cubes. It is also (currently) far easier to craft slime blocks than honey blocks, even if you do need 9 slime balls.

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    I agree, except for the extra sticky part. I just want a normal sticky piston crafted with honey. Maybe with a different texture too.

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    ALL REDSTONE PEOPLE NEED THIS UPDATE

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    Just play on bedrock :3 (all bedrock players feel my unworking redstone pain)

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    you basically have exactly the same idea as me. I was just going to post the same thing!

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    These blocks should hold onto whatever is attached when it is moved with another piston. (even when it is retracted!!) I would use them allll the time. 

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    I think this would be great because it adds a feature of Bedrock redstone to Java (sticky pistons that don't leave blocks behind), while also adding a Java feature to Bedrock (regular, slime sticky pistons leave behind blocks). It's like two-way parity.