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Smithing Table lets us both upgrade and sidegrade

I see a posts about the Smithing Table upgrading diamond gear to netherite gear, and I'm all for it. However, I think this idea misses the same thing a lot of newer features have been missing: depth.

First, let any tool be able to be upgraded in a Smithing Table to any other material without losing enchantments. This gives it a use in all stages of the game, which keeps it from being a station you only use once and then never again.

Second, create at least five different "endgame gear" types with five different materials, each having different properties. Make it so that the Smithing Table allows us to sidegrade diamond tools to one of these without losing their enchantments.

Why a bunch of different ones? To prevent there from being a single "best" gear. Diamond for ten years, now Netherite? Any fundamental feature that gives us a straight answer as to what is best lacks all capacity for weighing pros and cons, which means the feature is lackluster at best. I've always thought that Minecraft's challenges and obstacles are primarily caused by player decisions, and not by the various mobs and traps. Please give us the ability to make more choices to determine our own challenges.

Edit: This idea is partially canon now, allowing the smithing table to upgrade diamond to netherite. Unfortunately, it's not as fully realized in the snapshots yet, but I think given time we'll see more and more "upgrades" possible with the smithing table. 

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    Yeah. Crafting tools and armor needs to have more reward and be more fleshed out. The smithing table could fix that!

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    Definitely a good idea, I would love to have more sub armor

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    I think the upgrading part might be a bit op as is. If after upgrading thevtool to the next tier, it starts at around 25% durability, then that might help.

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    This would make chainmail more useful as well! I was about to write this myself, so +1

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    I think it'd be nice to add improvements like +1, etc. This would make it so I could have a +1 diamond plate. This is what I was hoping for when I saw the UI in the latest snapshot. This would add a huge depth and value, and many variations. Just because I don't have access to diamonds yet, but I have a smithing table, I'd love to upgrade my iron mail to a +1 or +2 etc.

    To go even FURTHER, you could allow us to add manual elemental enchantments (wouldn't go against putting books on with an anvil, as it'd only do elemental). But wouldn't an ice sword +2 sound awesome to freeze a zombie in place? Combine ice cube block with ancient debris and you get 'ice dust' or something, which you could apply to a sword to upgrade it. Now some more depth, combine it to an armor and now you have cold resistance (in case PVP, or an enemy were to attack with cold).

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    I would love to see more smithing upgrades to diamonds and not just netherite.