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More expensive light sources should provide higher light levels

Currently glowstone, sea lanterns, end rods, redstone lamps, jack o'lanterns, fire, lava and torches all emit similar light levels of 14 or 15. That isn't so interesting as a mechanic and it limits control of mob spawning and building options. End game items should be more useful than torches.

I suggest that the more expensive items should emit more light. For example, torches stay at 14, lava and fire at 15, jack o'lanterns drop to 12, glowstone and redstone lamps raise to 18, end rods to 20 and sea lanterns up to 22. At those levels, sea lanterns would prevent mob spawns even hidden behind trap doors and chests to allow more building options.

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• March 18, 2020 22:00
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  • March 18, 2020 22:37
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  I saw another post here about redstone lamps emitting more or less light depending on the redstone input. I fully support that idea but didn't include it here to avoid repetition. :)

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  • July 05, 2020 21:55
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  I was coming here to post this exact suggestion. This is a MUST imo. Having a 15 block max on light sources makes lighting larger areas almost impossible without basing your design around the lighting itself. The easiest solution is just like the OP said, a more powerful light source. Sea lanterns are the obvious answer without adding a new block. They're expensive and even look like they should be brighter than the other light sources lol. Increasing their light level to 25-30 would give the builder so many more options. 

  The scale that people build on in this game is way larger than when these light levels were determined, it would make sense that the lighting options would change to accommodate.