I was playing around with the rocket crossbow and realised that a "launcher" block would be very fun for turret-making and base defense.
The recipe could be the same as the dispenser or the dropper, or maybe slightly more expensive to balance it out as a mid-end game item. For example, redstone block instead of dust.
In short it would act as a more powerful dispenser focused on dealing damage. It would be able to shoot spears, tridents, explosive rockets... (downward rockets too?) possibly even higher velocity arrows that can actually do damage underwater. As far as balancing goes you could make it so it has the same reloading time as the standard crossbow, meaning that the total damage output wouldn't be completely overpowered and it would keep the dispenser relevant.
Since this would be a primarily offensive block, you could prevent it from launching certain things (TNT, normal blocks) so that it doesn't replace the dispenser.
To make it coherent to the game, you could update some of the structures (ocean monument/ruin trident traps for example) or dedicate a new structure for it (abandoned villager outpost? sunken battleship?)
I understand it's not the most "minecrafty" idea but I believe it could be a refreshing addition for people into redstone, SMP players and the kind of people that build hidden doors and passages in their singleplayer world (myself included)
Hope you read this!
-Lofty7000
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