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Opinions On Enchanting by jeb_in Minecraft

[–]syal 0 points1 point ago

Holy poop that's a lot of text.

Opinions On Enchanting by jeb_in Minecraft

[–]syal 1 point2 points ago

I don't know if this has been said already but i don't feel like goin through over 600 comments at 11:45pm, to check for someone with the same point. here goes:

The real problem here isn't the amount of xp you need to get to level 50. In my opinion it's supposed to be hard/challenging/time consuming to get extreme enchantments. The actual problem with enchanting at the moment is that it's almost impossible to gain xp the intended way, and/or without causing large amounts of server-side stress

I think that you should also gain xp from mining ores.

As i said, in my opinion, you should gain xp from mining different kinds of ores. the amount of xp you would get should vary relative to the ore you're mining. the different values of the ores could be something like:

  • Coal: 1 xp
  • Iron: 5 xp
  • Gold: 10 xp
  • Redstone: 10 xp (i don't know, maybe a bit too much, since there's a ton of this stuff when you get far enough down)
  • Lapis Lazuli: 15 xp (not sure, but i think this is about as rare as diamonds, but not nearly as useful. therefore they should give more xp that other ores but still not as much as diamonds.)
  • Diamonds: 50 xp

The game is called Minecraft, and i think we can all agree that the biggest aspect of the game are Mining, Crafting and Building. I don't log onto my SMP server thinking "Oh boy, today will be swell! i hope to slaughter a lot of hostile monsters!" (well maybe sometimes).

Another option could be to make crafting grant xp. Of course not every recipe should yield our precious green orbs. Maybe something like, crafting armor, tools and weapons could give a mere 5 xp pr item; not too mush, and not too little.

These options would also take away stress from servers, because right now people have to make xp-farms, that can build up a ton of lag. As a lot of other fine gentlemen/ladies have mentioned in this thread, it is very boring and repetitive to farm xp.

On another note, if you're playing on a medium to large server, monsters begin to become scarce, thus making it even harder to find monsters and gain xp the intended way. The other day i was curious about how long it would take to get to level 50 by only killing monsters that spawn at night (I ran this test on a medium-sized server). Keep in mind i only did this for 30 minutes so my results may be VERY unaccurate (because really, who has the attention span to kill monsters for over 30 minutes?). I calculated how much xp i had gotten using the charts found on how much xp it is needed to reach every level (found here). The (possibly inaccurate) result was a shocking 25 hours! and that's without breaks.

Another major problem with enchanting is grinding xp for hours and the getting efficiency III for 50 levels of xp. at level 50 it should not (again, in my opinion) be possible to gain such low-quality enchantments. There should be less randomness for high level enchantments. While still not throwing Efficiency IV, Unbreaking III, Fortune III at every pickaxe, at least one max level enchantment should be minimum for 50 levels of xp. Because seriously, you're squeezing the souls of 925 monsters into a single tool.

One thing that REALLY bores me out of my mind is putting a pickaxe in the enchantment table and taking it back out, just to repeat it againandagainandagain. You get it. When i want to spend my, hard earned, 50 levels of xp i want to be able to spend it without having to hunt down the possibility to use them. A possible fix, as others have stated in the comments of this thread, could be a slider for how many levels you would like to use on the inserted item.

One final thing before i conclude my suggestions toward enchanting in Minecraft: A disenchantment table. I have at least 3 pickaxes lying around with Efficiency II, that i got from bad enchantments. I just made new ones (i'm very rich diamond-wise on my server) with better enchantments. Now these 3 pickaxes are more or less useless until i run out of diamonds. A disenchantment table should, of course, be very hard to acquire. for example it could involve an enchantment table and some eyes of end or something. The function of this item would simply put, be to destroy the enchantment from an item (possibly at the cost of 2% of durability).

And that, ladies and gentlemen is probably the longest comment i have ever writen on reddit the internet.

help with full metal alchemist by steezenuggetsin anime

[–]syal 1 point2 points ago

Watch the Fullmeta Alchemist: Brotherhood. it's a remake of the anime, and this one follows the manga more precisely. i finshed FMA a couple months ago, and i just picked up Brotherhood, and i love it!

I'm feeling philanthropic. I'm going to choose 3 people. What game do you want? (Steam,PS3,XBOX) ill choose 3 people on Friday. by GetGhettoBlastedin gaming

[–]syal 1 point2 points ago

F.E.A.R. 2 please. it's the only game of the series i haven't found on sale yet.

[Suggestion] Recipe books by syalin Minecraft

[–]syal[S] 0 points1 point ago

That'd be a cool feature. besides it would be a bit weird to randomly wake up in a deserted world to find a book with instruction on EVERYTHING

Just my wife playing Diablo 3, while I sit with my baby. (she loved diablo 2) by fakeyouverymuchin gaming

[–]syal 1 point2 points ago

If you took a picture of it and posted it here, i think reddit would do 6 backflips and then explode

Just my wife playing Diablo 3, while I sit with my baby. (she loved diablo 2) by fakeyouverymuchin gaming

[–]syal 1 point2 points ago

"look, a female playing a videogame. where's my karma?"

Jeb: I decided to restore @notch's old Golden Apple and give it an effect proper for its crafting cost by redstonehelperin Minecraft

[–]syal 3 points4 points ago

Untill you die, maybe? could be cool. Jeb would just have to set a limit to how much maximum health it would be possible to have.

bro moments by xxbzrk99in trees

[–]syal 0 points1 point ago

this movie was my childhood. Damnit i think i've watching it like 20 times. untill my mother thought it was a good idea to throw the original VHS thingy out. tears were shed when i found out.

What's your opinion on "pro players" playing in public servers? by WellByein battlefield3

[–]syal 28 points29 points ago

As long as they don't cheat i don't see a problem with them playing a game they're good at. You simply experienced a bad case of lots-of-butthurt.

the thought of what ponies would look like without eyes crossed my mind so i had my try with photoshop. by syalin mylittlepony

[–]syal[S] 0 points1 point ago

that would mean their eyes would be right next to their horn (and rainbow dash's non-existing horn). and that i just silly

the thought of what ponies would look like without eyes crossed my mind so i had my try with photoshop. by syalin mylittlepony

[–]syal[S] 1 point2 points ago

NOTE: i don't know the source of any of these pictues. got them off 4chans /mlp/ board.

i keep getting this message after 1-2 minute on any server. Any help? by syalin battlefield3

[–]syal[S] 1 point2 points ago

so far i got it 4 times.

I tried to recreate the Windows XP background, Bliss, in Minecraft. by Blouditin Minecraft

[–]syal 0 points1 point ago

if you don't have a monitor in a high enough resolution, just upload the world on mediafire or something and i'll be happy to take a high-res screenshot for you. mine is in 1920x1080 so that will satisfy a lot of the people aksing for a high res version.

This seriously has to stop by melenaiin Minecraft

[–]syal -2 points-1 points ago

Maybe not all of us enjoy looking at huge builds that look like something we've all seen before

So where is this guy skating? by syalin photoshopbattles

[–]syal[S] 1 point2 points ago

I seriously am not joking when i say: "Who is Tony Hawk?"

So, I just finished playing Portal (Yes, for the first time) and I have a couple of questions. by ciberajin Portal

[–]syal 3 points4 points ago

oh lawdy.

Sorry mate, that wasn't even intentional :)

So, I just finished playing Portal (Yes, for the first time) and I have a couple of questions. by ciberajin Portal

[–]syal 1 point2 points ago

it means Genetic Lifeform and Dick Operating System.

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