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Pickaxes should do more damage to armor durability

I think pickaxes should have a use in combat, just to add even more variety in what people use in fights. I think they should do more durability damage to armor than other weapons.

It would be interesting to have to choose whether to go for breaking your opponent's armor with a pickaxe or using a stronger weapon to take them out quicker using a sword/axe/etc., and I think that's why it would be fair as well, since there's a tradeoff.

Another idea is to allow the Piercing enchantment to be put on pickaxes, and what this would do is completely bypass the opponent's Unbreaking enchantments depending on what level Piercing you have, allowing you to break their armor more effectively.

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    Damage of armor depends of your damage, so axes already melt your armor really fast with critical hits, you'll reach a level of breaking 15 armor hp per hit with a diamond pickaxe just to "balance" it in diamond tier, which is insane, and even then if the other weapon gets more damage buffs they'll be even stronger. So making armor break fast with pickaxes would be already pretty unbalanced, especially when destroying low tier armors.

     

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    Marko Nx's got a point. It'd be cool as an enchant, though, maybe only triggering when your pick is fully charged.

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    A dedicated enchantment for pickaxe is not a really good idea it should be something that efficiency takes care of not piercing

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    I agree with this! We need more variety in combat equipment. I think it's a fair idea for pickaxes to have lower damage, but being able to shred through the enemy's unbreaking equipment much faster. It also gives an incentive to carry extra armor sets.

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    It should be only for pickaxes that could break the same ore too like iron to diamond and diamond to netherite,leather and chain should be unaffected

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    Not leather or chain

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    Buena forma de cambiar el combate agregando el pico como forma de daño a la armadura del oponente y talvez generandole daño puro segun el daño de tu pico de desactiva la protección de la armadura

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    A good idea on paper but if you simulate it, you would either die before breaking the armor if they use Swords/Axes, or you'll be at bay if they use Hoes/Tridents. So in a PVP situation, they're still gonna be useless offensively.

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    Dude this idea is really good it would be nice for interrogations on an smp because you could break their armor