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Lunge and Spear Damage

I was testing around with the spear a little bit, and overall, It felt deeply unsatisfying, these are the main reasons why:

1. Lunge, it simply takes WAY too much durability for the amount of distance you go, you'd be better off using a trident.

2. Damage, It's lacking in this department, according to my testing, it takes 4 hits with a base netherite spear while sprinting to kill a normal zombie, that's around 5 damage points per charge, In my opinion I feel like it should be able to 2-3 shot a normal zombie with a base diamond/netherite spear

To sum up everything, the Lunge enchantment is severely underpowered, and the spear doesn't do enough damage while charging, I think a good solution to this could be buffing Lunge to maybe only take 5ish durability, and you are able to pair Lunge with Charging.

 

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    This testing is very flawed, while I think their *jab* damage should be increased; their charge damage doesn't, you can 1 hit a zombie just by moving faster than just sprinting, not to mention; Sharpness V exists

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    I like Jab attacks being low damage as they are right now, especially considering attack reach and enchantments.

    Fully agree about Lunge enchantment’s durability as a cost being way way too punishing. I honestly think it should be costing hunger instead of durability, that way it would actually impact combat without you needing to grind to repair your spears or reenchant new ones

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    Yes, I think Mojang has overdone the extra damage cost of the lunge enchantment. They need to bring that sucker down a notch or two. The point of Minecraft updates shouldn't be "how do I keep players in check", it should be "how can I make the game more fun for the players."

    It feels like Mojang is trying to punish us for enjoying the new features. They worry too much about how "overpowered" or "broken" a new feature is. It feels like they are missing the point.

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    You’re meant to be ride a mount for the charge attack to be most effective.

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    It should use hunger.
    I'm thinking every 3 uses should use 1 hunger and 1-3 durability used correlating to the level and the jab attack should also scale with relitive velocity (like the hold attack) which also means you can do less damage if they or you move away.

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    I'm not sure why we even called it a "spear" when what they meant was a lance. Genuinely all I wanted with this update was a throwing spear similar to the Trident, but with more land based enchants. It doesn't make the trident useless if you're spending more time in the water because you'd still have Riptide and Impaling, plus Channeling. 

     

    This was just kind of a letdown. Lunge literally makes the weapon worse because the goal of the spear is to *keep things away from you*. So you lunge (and lose food, which nothing else does to you) and now you're too close to them. There's literally no point in that enchant. Honestly I just want a rework

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    ^
    The drop is themed around mounts, so the new weapon is useful when riding mounts. Lunging lets you gain speed, which helps with the charge attack.