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Final-Fan on 23 January 2011

That is ... way too much effort being put into NOT mining obsidian.  It's not that hard if you have the diamond pick in the first place. 



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thetonestarr on 24 January 2011

Did you even read what I said? It has nothing to do with not mining it and everything to do with not hunting for it down in caves or dealing with possibly dying because you had to work around lava. I assure you, it's a LOT less effort and much safer as well.

Anyways, you HAVE to have a diamond pickaxe to even mine obsidian. Any other pickaxe will just destroy the block, and it'll take about a minute to do so at that.



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Final-Fan on 24 January 2011
thetonestarr said:

Did you even read what I said? It has nothing to do with not mining it and everything to do with not hunting for it down in caves or dealing with possibly dying because you had to work around lava. I assure you, it's a LOT less effort and much safer as well.

Anyways, you HAVE to have a diamond pickaxe to even mine obsidian. Any other pickaxe will just destroy the block, and it'll take about a minute to do so at that.

Did YOU read what I said?  In a "good" lava cave, you can get 200 obsidian almost as easily as you can get 20.  Basic caution will keep you safe when mining a lava lake. 

Like I said, if you're exploring a natural cave, the hardest part of mining obsidian is having a diamond pick in the first place. 



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Metallicube on 24 January 2011

Dammit Notch, what's with the spiders being able to climb walls now! I went back to play Minecraft for the first time in months just to relive my expierences of the past and check up on any new potential updates. So I go strolling across my great wall and imagine my surprise when 3 spiders jumped me and chased me all the way back to my palace before finally finishing me off. Now I have to go back and revamp miles of wall to accomidate the new super spiders!



Final-Fan on 24 January 2011
Metallicube said:

Dammit Notch, what's with the spiders being able to climb walls now! I went back to play Minecraft for the first time in months just to relive my expierences of the past and check up on any new potential updates. So I go strolling across my great wall and imagine my surprise when 3 spiders jumped me and chased me all the way back to my palace before finally finishing me off. Now I have to go back and revamp miles of wall to accomidate the new super spiders!

I thought he'd said that creepers had formerly been able to do that, and he just swapped them with spiders?  I hate the Spiderman spiders, but ninja creepers would be worse. 

Also, how are you going to "revamp" anything?  Short of making an enclosed tunnel or building right to the top of the sky I don't see how ANYWHERE is safe. 



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Ninpanda on 24 January 2011
Metallicube said:

Dammit Notch, what's with the spiders being able to climb walls now! I went back to play Minecraft for the first time in months just to relive my expierences of the past and check up on any new potential updates. So I go strolling across my great wall and imagine my surprise when 3 spiders jumped me and chased me all the way back to my palace before finally finishing me off. Now I have to go back and revamp miles of wall to accomidate the new super spiders!

Aye, annoying, isn't it? I've almost died so many times I can't count, because those bastards always climb on my roof during the night, and the second I step outta the door, the  f***ers jump down and drive me off a cliff.

Nowadays, I always double-check that there's no one lurking on the roof, before I step outside.



Metallicube on 24 January 2011
Final-Fan said:
Metallicube said:

Dammit Notch, what's with the spiders being able to climb walls now! I went back to play Minecraft for the first time in months just to relive my expierences of the past and check up on any new potential updates. So I go strolling across my great wall and imagine my surprise when 3 spiders jumped me and chased me all the way back to my palace before finally finishing me off. Now I have to go back and revamp miles of wall to accomidate the new super spiders!

I thought he'd said that creepers had formerly been able to do that, and he just swapped them with spiders?  I hate the Spiderman spiders, but ninja creepers would be worse. 

Also, how are you going to "revamp" anything?  Short of making an enclosed tunnel or building right to the top of the sky I don't see how ANYWHERE is safe. 

Nope, creepers just bounced around stupidly like the other enemies. Creepers climbing walls would be downright horrifying. Before the update, I was able to walk along my wall/road from one side of the continent to the other without getting touched. Now I take 8 steps and I'm gang raped by those damn dirty leaping spiders.

Apparently, if you build an overhang or lip bordering a wall, that's sufficient to keep the spiders off. But it's still a pain as I have a TON of wall to rework now. Guess that's what I get to commiting so much to such an early game build :/



Final-Fan on 24 January 2011

You know, if he's going to give them the ability to be fucking ANYWHERE, he should have made it so they can't OUTRUN YOU TOO. 



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theRepublic on 24 January 2011
Metallicube said:
Final-Fan said:
Metallicube said:

Dammit Notch, what's with the spiders being able to climb walls now! I went back to play Minecraft for the first time in months just to relive my expierences of the past and check up on any new potential updates. So I go strolling across my great wall and imagine my surprise when 3 spiders jumped me and chased me all the way back to my palace before finally finishing me off. Now I have to go back and revamp miles of wall to accomidate the new super spiders!

I thought he'd said that creepers had formerly been able to do that, and he just swapped them with spiders?  I hate the Spiderman spiders, but ninja creepers would be worse. 

Also, how are you going to "revamp" anything?  Short of making an enclosed tunnel or building right to the top of the sky I don't see how ANYWHERE is safe. 

Nope, creepers just bounced around stupidly like the other enemies. Creepers climbing walls would be downright horrifying. Before the update, I was able to walk along my wall/road from one side of the continent to the other without getting touched. Now I take 8 steps and I'm gang raped by those damn dirty leaping spiders.

Apparently, if you build an overhang or lip bordering a wall, that's sufficient to keep the spiders off. But it's still a pain as I have a TON of wall to rework now. Guess that's what I get to commiting so much to such an early game build :/

Ah, that should make it fairly easy to rework my tower.



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goddog on 24 January 2011
Metallicube said:
Final-Fan said:
Metallicube said:

Dammit Notch, what's with the spiders being able to climb walls now! I went back to play Minecraft for the first time in months just to relive my expierences of the past and check up on any new potential updates. So I go strolling across my great wall and imagine my surprise when 3 spiders jumped me and chased me all the way back to my palace before finally finishing me off. Now I have to go back and revamp miles of wall to accomidate the new super spiders!

I thought he'd said that creepers had formerly been able to do that, and he just swapped them with spiders?  I hate the Spiderman spiders, but ninja creepers would be worse. 

Also, how are you going to "revamp" anything?  Short of making an enclosed tunnel or building right to the top of the sky I don't see how ANYWHERE is safe. 

Nope, creepers just bounced around stupidly like the other enemies. Creepers climbing walls would be downright horrifying. Before the update, I was able to walk along my wall/road from one side of the continent to the other without getting touched. Now I take 8 steps and I'm gang raped by those damn dirty leaping spiders.

Apparently, if you build an overhang or lip bordering a wall, that's sufficient to keep the spiders off. But it's still a pain as I have a TON of wall to rework now. Guess that's what I get to commiting so much to such an early game build :/


the lip works, mines made of glass, had it there before the update, its funny to watch them try and climb up after you, it also gives you a way to have them follow you into traps where you can harvest thier goods



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