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The Archeology Brush doesn't quite "mesh" with Vanilla

... pun intended. But let me explain what I mean

First things first: WOW. I'm incredibly excited for Caves & Cliffs, it seems like you guys have done PHENOMENAL work.Everything looks fantastic, and one feature that caught my eye was Archeology. But I also have some problems with it as it was presented in the trailer. 

The clay pot mechanics are super cool, they perfectly fit the game in my opinion. But not too sure about the brush.

On one hand, the brush excavation animation makes for a nice little reveal, it's fun. On the other hand... it feels distinctly "appart" from the rest of the game's more basic mining and block mechanics. It doesn't feel vanilla-y. I would've loved it as a mod, but as part of the base game, I think it should be adjusted to blend in with the game's base mechanics.

One feature already in the game that uses "archeology" is the underground fossils; maybe Dig Sites should have their own buried treasure. If you'd ask me how I'd change it, I might make the brush it's own tool that allows for archeology drops when used on excavation site blocks.

You could have the artifacts appear on the dirt or gravel's block texture, but if you mine it with anything other than a brush (or, alternatively, just a feather! No need for a new tool) it won't drop the artifact, only dirt or gravel.

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    I dont want archeology, it doesn't feel like minecraft and kinda would the minecraft vibe for me.

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    Another note: if we're adding a brush to the game, it should get the same treatment as any other new tool, and it needs to be more useful that just for the archeology part of the game.

    • If added, brushes should turn path blocks to dirt, grass to dirt, remove some of copper's corrosion, etc. Maybe using them on furry animals like cows, sheep, horses, dogs, etc. heals them.

    They need to integrate better with the game and its mechanics, same as for shears or any other tool.

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    yeah i didnt really think the whole archeology thing fit that well. I thought the whole concept and everything surrounding it was weird. maybe in education edition but not minecraft.

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    Unpopular opinion from me i guess XD i like archeology especially since the brush texture will change to be more minecrafty

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    the old pottery shards would probably look better if they look like clay tablets (by this I mean that they would look better and also fit better into the game if they were more rectangular)

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    also maybe make teirs for the brushes

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    It appears there is either already an existing thread on this topic (or something very similar), it's a list of items/mobs/ideas, contains a previously rejected idea, is a bug or support issue, exists, or it is too general and is being removed by our team.  Please check out this link (https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/360004442111-Creating-Great-Ideas), be sure to use search, and join existing threads in progress (we read ALL the comments). Thanks!

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    Thanks for bringing back the post in the right category :-)

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    Yes, I wholeheartedly agree. For me, when they were introducing archeology I was expecting something like new structures that would spawn partly buried under ground and you could dig around them to unearth the structure. With chests inside maybe the clay pot shards could be found only in those chest and that would be neat... But the way mojang presented archeology seemed(sorry mojang) quite awefull. To be honest first of all it looked like a cheesy mod, wich I understand appearence would change, and second of all the mechanics dont feel "Vanilla-y" at all. Im quite dissapointed with this feature and while certain parts of the feature could be cool if worked on, the other parts are just not very minecraft-like. I'm shure i'm not the only one that feels like this please help me think of more ideas to hopefully correct this new feature before it changes the minecraft we love in a negative way.