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Remove Dispensers? (hear me out)

Dispensers are important for Redstone and have great functionality that shouldn't be removed. So why then did I title this Remove dispenser? With the recent addition to using enchanted and half-used bows in dispensers crafting was added I accidentally used my super bow and crafted the most expensive dispenser of my life. It was this that gave me an idea! What if that bow made my dispensers a Super Dispensers that gained the enchantment effect of my bow. And from there the idea to remove dispensers was born.

I think Droppers being so close to dispensers should be updated with a new Slot. This slot can take a number of items to change the way the dropper behaves. Adding a Bow would make the dropper work as dispensers effectively combining the blocks together. This could mean that enchanted bows can give droppers certain effects like fire arrows, infinite ammo, shoot further and only non-enchanted items take no durability to keep things balanced.

But theirs even more. Other Items like Crossbows could be placed in the slot for new functionality.
The Dropper with nothing drops every signal > 0 input
The Dropper with Bow dispenses every > 0 input
The Dropper with Cross Bow dispenses every 2x > 0 input so 1st input shoots, 2nd 'Click' nothing, 3rd Shoots, 4th 'Click' nothing, replicating the reload of the crossbow. Place a bucket inside this one you get the dispense of water, then the collect water, with just the bow it only dispensed and doesn't collect.

Imagine the possibilities!!

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  • April 10, 2020 17:35
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  I ran out of Characters but I wanted to list some cool effects enchanted Bows and Crossbows could have. But First I think in addition to the Bow and Crossbow ender pearls or chorus fruit could be used as a randomiser without it the dropper selects the items in order giving the ability for both ordered and randomised behaviour.
  
  Universally

  • Unbreaking  = Enchanted bows and Crossbows last longer before breaking in the new slot.
  • Curse of Vanishing = the Bow disappears reverting it back to a dropper.
  • Infinity = Infinite use of Items or ammo.

  With arrows, snowballs, fire charges and other projectiles would be basically as expected

  • Flame = Fire Arrows
  • Power = Shoots Further
  • Punch = More Damage
  • Multishot = Shoots multiple at once also uses 
  • Piercing = Hit through Multiple Enemies

  With TNT

  • Infinity = Infinite TNT to replace TNT Dupping with a more legitimate method.
  • Power =  Will shoot the TNT out 1-6 blocks away based on the level of Power.
  • Punch = Nothing
  • Multishot = Places a TNT on Adjacent Blocks too. Pointed up or down, 5 TNT placed, Pointed sideways 3 TNT is placed.

  With Flint and Steel, Sheers, Bonemeal

  • Power =  Increases Distance these items work, so for flint and steel it can light 1-6 blocks away based on the level of Power same goes for sheers. Consumes more of the items or durability
  • Multishot = Increases the width range by one on either side of the facing block. Consumes more of the items or durability
  • Piercing = Works through walls.

  With Wearables, Bottles, and Buckets, Enchantments, do nothing and also items with no dispenser functionality could do nothing are dropped out like usual as it is, afterall, an Item dropper.