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Remove "Mending" from the trading list

And also, maybe patch some trades. Villagers are really easy to exploit as of 1.15, and Mending is such a powerful enchantment. You perfect your god armor and keep it forever, basically. Plus, now that we have andvils and all, I think the enchantment is too valuable to be on the trader list, but a perfect reward for exploration in the form of Mending books.
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    Villagers traded mending before 1.14, and at the time it was not overpowered. It's the new trading mechanics that made it overpowered, so I don't think removing mending from villager trading is the best solution.

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    They should give you better books based on popularity instead of lowering their prices imo. Mending villagers used to be valuable before 1.14 but with the new mechanics, they're literally so common. Another way to change it would be to increase the price of rare books to be much higher.

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    I don't think it should be removed but I think the enchantments they offer need to keep their rarity. High level enchantments should not have the same chance to be offered as low level ones.

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    What is wrong with keeping the armor you worked so hard to obtain?  I think a better option would be to cap the XP cost increase on the anvil to double the cost of the first repair.  That way it still has a significant cost, but it is manageable.

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    Takes a lot of work to put together a trading hall, and to get the mending price lowered. I think mending should stay as is, because all of the work that is put into it should be allowed to succeed.

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    I couldn’t agree more. Balance is so important for keeping effort and reward equally. Not only has it become very easy to get a mending villager. But also the trades have become more unbalanced. Why should I bother to trade fish or coal when I can get 1 emerald for 1 stone or a mending book for 3 emeralds+book?  I think a mending book should be at least 48 emeralds worth. Sometimes prices rise a little but quickly drop again. I suggest setting the value of items to a more fixed value. For example 32 Stone = 8 coal = 6 fish = 4 leather = 1 emerald. And if the same items are sold in high quantity’s raise the price for a longer period of time so players are motivated to trade a larger variety of items with different villagers.

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    Mending is a treasure enchantment and shouldn’t be available through trading just like soul speed and swift sneak. i also think frost walker and the curses shouldn’t be available there ether. Also it isn’t balanced in the slightest all you have to do is plant sugar cane and trade for a mending book which usually costs around 10-15. And you can just keep replacing the book stand thing till you get the trade

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    Maybe not all trades, but just the first trade to make mending not obtainable with trade cycling.

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    why is mending even considered a tresure enchantment when you can trade it from villagers

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    With the Trade Rebalance, hopefully Mending is limited to Swamp Villagers.