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Light Blocks in survival

I love the "new" Light Block I've seen in the snapshot and am certain that I am not alone. It could be the lighting solution for big caves and a cure for torch-spamming. My pitch for a survival implimentation would be a new craftable tool: the glow spray (working title)

Recipe:

Leather - copper ingot - X

X    - glow ink/glow berries - X

X  - water bottle -X

It would work like flint and steel, placing a Light (lvl 15) instead of Fire.

Not enchantable, has durability.

For tuning the light level I imagine a Fan, which will also be the only tool to break the block.

Recipe: Version 1 (personal favourite)

Feather - Feather

Honeycomb - Feather

Recipe: Version 2

Paper - Paper

Stick - Paper

When holding either tool, you can see and interact with the Light Blocks. Using (right click) the spray on a dimmed Light Block returns it to lvl 15 and uses the durability as if a new block was placed. To place a Block against a Light Block you have to crouch. Using (right click) the Fan on a Light Block lowers the light level by one. When dimming a lvl 1 Light block, the block breaks. Breaking (left click) with the Fan destroys the block fast but not instantaneus.

 

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    Light blocks aren't supposed to help survival players, they're supposed to be a mapmaking tool for adventure map creators.

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    One word buddy... no.

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    I'd say make it even simpler: smelt the Glow Ink into something like "Glow Powder."

    This would work pretty much just like the current light source block, but with the added ability to break it in Survival. In my opinion, the easier it is to use, the better. If you need a special item to place or remove it, players may decide it's not worth the effort and just use lanterns and torches. The players that push through that could get irritated by the tedium.

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    To the opposition:

    This should not render other sources of light,like torches,lanterns or other light emitting blocks, obsolete. Rather it would expand the pallate you can use. One particular use-case would be to light up the ceiling of a mega cave, as a long term project like a base, without a change in the light engine. It would also give copper as well as glow ink/berries an additional purpose. Withholding this magnificent tool for decoration and spawn control from survival players doesn't feel right to me and so I thought up this survival friendly solution.