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Iron Golem Squads and Armor/Attire

This might seem strange, but if there were ever plans for future village updates it might be an interesting idea if you could group iron golems into squads. You could assign them to different colors by offering them a different kind of flower. This could result in a quick texture change that shows which squad the iron golem belongs to and there could also be special armor, or attire that can come with this to show their colors more profusely. This might also be interesting if you tether them together using leads. I must admit though, tethering them by the nose, while funny, seems a little cruel. 

I'm editing this post because there is an additional feature I wish to suggest. Once you give an iron golem a particular flower which assigns it the color associated with that flower then whenever you hold that same particular flower that is when all of the iron golems with that color follow you. If you place down a flower the iron golem will immediately be drawn to that flower allowing the player to be able to control their squads own pathfinding. Just make sure to watch your iron friends in flower forests since they could get distracted.

In multiplayer, if a player attacks another player, then iron golems of an assigned color would immediately attempt to defend their commanding player even if that means having to face down their own kind. I'm sure they would much rather be sniffing the flowers though. 😍

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    Please forgive me for responding to this post, but I had another idea that goes along with this concept.

    Once a flower is given to an Iron Golem, its texture could change to incorporate that said flower on the vines that hang on its right shoulder.

    To change "squads," you simply give the golem another flower. I'm sure Iron Golems aren't picky, they love every flower. Just remember to watch them around flower forests or else they'd get too distracted and walk away from their posts.

    Another quick edit, but I wanted to add that goat horns could also be used to assemble or lead assaults in battle.