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Diamonds are still too common

Snapshot 21w06a was just a test for the new cave generation, but 21w07a decided to modify ore spawn rates to balance out with the new larger caves. However, because large caves are still quite common and relatively safe, the new diamond rates still feel too high. I've created a Survival world to check out the new caves, but even with the rarer big caves, diamonds are still too common.

Diamond spawn rates should probably start at y=-32 to provide players a greater challenge.

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• February 18, 2021 01:32
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  • February 20, 2021 05:05
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  Yeah, they're too common. I think they should spawn in smaller clumps, along the line of 2-5 diamonds per vein instead of 4-8.

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  • February 22, 2021 14:42
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  yea.... diamond needs to be tweaked a lot.

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  • February 24, 2021 03:00
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  I played 21w07a, and got 10 diamonds on my first caving run. I did no mining, all of these were sitting in the caves. 
  
  I would theoretically be able to make an enchanting table within the first few days in a world. The game shouldn't let me speed run through the first 3rd of the survival's content. Getting deep can be difficult but the vast increase in surface area the new caves have makes diamonds way easier to get. I don't think should spawn significantly more frequently then they do in 1.16.

   

  I think iron & coal have a less extreme issue of over-abundance due the the cave changes and higher spawn rates and I think their rates should be nerfed slightly too.