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PvE combat needs work in the late-game, there's no incentive/challenge

There's a problem I've been noticing in Minecraft. The combat part of the game is nonexistent in the late-game, and at this point, most players just build and build. It gets boring.

I like to level up my character, but there should be stronger mobs to actually use my strong characters on, and unique drops for beating them. Piglin brutes were a good addition, but they give you nothing and they don't respawn, which makes challenging combat limited. Most mobs don't have any exciting rare drops, and there's no reason to actively hunt mobs at night. What about rare powerful mobs that spawn on the fields at night, like Lynels in Zelda? They can spawn after many days have passed, on certain moon cycles, to prevent overwhelming newbies. Mobs using shields will also make the cleaving & piercing enchantment useful in survival PvE.

A sidegrade like Tridents can be really fun rare drops to mobs, and it gives more depth to combat, better than players spamming the highest tier equipment.

For players who like Minecraft's combat gameplay moreso than tedious building, we can add bits and pieces of what makes Terraria fun into Minecraft. Hytale seems to understand this and is trying to combine the best of Minecraft and Terraria, and I'm hoping Minecraft can do the same!

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• January 18, 2022 07:23
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  • January 21, 2022 18:23
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  A clever way to give near-infinite replayability to PvE combat is to give unique equipment drops with randomized stats to mobs.

  For example, a magic staff might drop as 2 damage, whereas another staff drop will have 1 damage but with faster attack speed. An armor might drop with 2 health bonus, whereas another will have 3 health and increased move speed.

  This will also create a multiplayer economy in Minecraft, where players trade their rare high-stat equipments with each other. It's a simple RPG system that a lot of players liked on Minecraft Hypixel servers, and in other MMO games. It gives tons of replayability and incentives to mob combat!

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  • January 25, 2022 19:18
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  Here's another idea for infinite PvE replayability: infinite dimensions, like in the April Fools 2020 update. You make a portal to a temporary dimension, kill the boss and get the loot, and after getting out the dimension will disappear, and players can start the loop again. It's a simple RPG loop that makes combat very replayable.

  Minecraft worlds aren't truly infinite. Hardware limitations prevent your worlds from reaching gigabytes. But this idea will make exploration and combat truly infinite, with randomly generated dungeons, enemies, and loot. The end update would be the perfect time to fit this infinite dimensions idea.

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  • January 30, 2022 04:28
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  Maybe every time you do something it makes mobs have a higher chance of deleting your hardcore world. 

  ex. go to the nether ==> spread a new zombie virus variant burning everything in their way and immune to heat/cold

  do more raids ==> more magical illager variants, pillagers wear armor

  Also, mobs should be able to overrun and destroy your base instead of just wandering around.

  ex. Creepers strategically explode to let zombies into your base

  Fire zombies burn everything(making stone more brittle and easier to breach)

  Armor and tools could break quicker, and a weight system could limit the armor and weapons you can bring into battle.

  Finally, mobs should have better AI, and pillagers should try to axe pvp you(woah...). Maybe a crystal pvping illager? LMAO