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Iron is too easy to get right away; reduce the Y level iron generates

There is leather armor in minecraft, but iron armor is so much easier to obtain due to being right below the surface. This doesn't make sense progression-wide, you should have to explore at least 32 blocks down into a cave to get iron. Iron should only generate at level 32 or below to add more progress to the game.

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    Everything about ore generation and mining is going to change so that finding a certain ore has a unique strategy and technique to it. We don't know what y-levels the different ores will generate at after the update, and it probably won't matter as much after certain strategies are developed. It is still to early to determine how ore generation should change. It is certain is that they have a plan, and I think we should wait and see what they do with ores before giving feedback.

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    This would cause players to get torches and have to go deep down, possibly stumbling upon a new cave biome while doing so. But to balance this, because Iron is a very versatile resource, it should generate more under y33.

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    NO DONT GIVE ANOTHER SNAPSHOT THAT MAKES THE GAME UNENJOYABLE

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    Yes!! Eaxctly this. I was exactly typing this into a post. Iron and diamonds are way too easy to get and the game would be so much more interesting if it took longer. The caves are deeper, iron should be too!

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    I agree SO MUCH. Especially since it’s so much more useful than gold. We should make it at least 2-3x more rare!