Mountains are great, but they're only one biome. Minecraft terrain is relatively flat and somewhat repetetive, and I think it's the perfect time to introduce more variation and height elevation when it comes to terrain noise.
I've been tweaking values for the noise settings over the past few weeks/months to offer a demo of what a terrain generation overhaul could look like, given a revamp, since words only go so far;
To be specific, I'm only proposing a tweak to the highlighted values, not to biomes themselves. If Mojang implements this change, rivers would probably need to be tweaked to better cut into hilly terrain.
With a change like this, the hope is that we get cliffs, hills, valleys, plains, all spread out in all the biomes, including but not limited to mountains.
You could have a relatively flat Forest biome, with a bumpy Plains biome next to it. Each biome could have a lot more variation just by changing the noise settings of the Overworld. You could have beautiful vistas wherever you look, and each new world would feel unique.
I'm also talking about a reduction of floating terrain by increasing the density factor. Having slightly more amplified terrain generation would better use the new maximum height.
Does this fit the scope of the update? Well, I just think we need some kind of better terrain to make worlds feel more unique and special, like how the old "Glacier" seed was cherished by the community back in the day.
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