drowsiestprince
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5 months ago I have mixed feelings on the End suggestion. Rather than eliminating flight entirely, I think it'd be better to add an obstacle instead. Perhaps forcefields around the crystals that need to be broken? The dragon breathing fire at you midair? Or perhaps having phantoms spawn in the End to chase after those in flight. I think that'd give a fun additional use to them, which they definitely deserve to receive. They're very fun to fight when in flight, especially with a polearm. Just difficult enough to be rewarding, but not too difficult to be punishing.
The sirens from Equestria Girls/later episodes of MLP are actually seen to be capable of flight, which would be my suggestion for a flying mob! However, I do also quite like the pegasus zombie suggestion as well. In regards to mobs, I definitely hold a preference for things from the canon show or already existing in Minecraft but expanded on for MLP.
I'm a big fan of the better skeleton aim pitch, and the ability to knock pegasi out of the skies with a well-timed arrow or magical blast.
In regards to no flight in enclosed spaces, I'm less keen toward. I think it's unnecessary, and makes things a little less fun. However, you could have the wind system be altered for caves to automatically flow toward the exit to increase difficulty (as well as accuracy to real life), as you would be flying against the wind to fly further into the cave system.
For "deadzone" blocks, I think a redstone block that generates a strong wind current in whatever direction the block is aimed in could be more fun instead, and have more practical uses on top of that.
No flying in the nether has the same issue of just not being very fun. Heat rises, so having additionally strong wind currents in the Nether should give some mild nerfing while still providing the fun of attempting to fly through the current nonetheless, and should you get stronger with higher levels, you can eventually work towards gaining the ability to better fight these winds and stay afloat more easily, allowing a goal to aim for.
In general, I do think all the points made are valid points to be brought up, I just think the first solution for nerfing should always be adding obstacles rather than eliminating uses of the feature entirely.
EternaDash
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Pegasi Are Kinda Ridiculously OP. I Would Know, Playing As One All The Time. The End Fight Becomes A Literal Joke, The Void Means Absolutely Nothing, Mobs Cannot Threaten You In Any Way Whatsoever, And You Can Even Fly Indefinitely If You Click V To Stop And Start Flying Periodically Mid-Air. Is It Fun? Yeah, Admittedly. Does It Throw Balancing Out The Window? Also Yes.
I Have A Few Ideas On How To Nerf The Pegasus So You Can't Just Make Everything "Lightwork No Reaction: The Game."
Have No Flying In The End Until The Dragon Is Defeated. Maybe The Dragon Has Some Kind Of Spell Preventing Flight, Maybe The Crystals Are The Cause. Regardless Of However You Wish To Spin It, The Fact You Can Cheese The Crystals Or Straight Up Leave To The Outer Islands For Free Is Silly, And Just Temporarily Removing Flight Whenever The Dragon Is Alive Would Fix That.
Add Flying Mobs That Pose A Threat To Pegasi. Maybe Pegasi Zomponies Can Fly, And More Frequently On Higher Difficulties. Maybe There's Entirely New Monsters That Live In The Clouds And Only Attack Anypony That Dares To Enter The Sky, Think Crawltipede From Terraria. For The Nether, Perhaps A Mosquito Thing Like How BetterNether Seems To Do It, Idk I Don't Have Ideas For The Nether. For The End, A Simple Fix Would Be To Change How Phantoms Spawn, Making Them Spawn In The Outer Islands Like Regular Monsters, Would Also Make Repairing The Elytra Easier. You Could Also Give Endermares The Ability To Fly, But Honestly Something With 40hp, That Can Teleport, AND Can Fly Would Probably Be A Tad Overkill.
Give Skeletons Better Aim And Priority On Flying Pegasi. Just Making It More Difficult To Fly Around When There's A Skeleton Isn't A Bad Idea On It's Own. It's Simple, It's Effective, Occam's Razor For The Win. Though This Doesn't Really Help If The Pegasus Flies Well Above The Skeleton, But That's Why I Suggested Flying Mobs.
Make Pegasi Lose Mana When Damaged While Flying, And Potentially Knocked Out Of The Sky If On Low Mana Already. Combos Great With Previous Points About Skeletons And Flying Mobs. The Fact You Can Kinda Just Tank An Arrow To The Face Mid-Flight And Not Have Any Real Turbulence Feels Wrong, But I Can Also See Flying Mobs Being Able To Do That At Random Being Kinda Annoying. So Maybe Tie It To Difficulty And Level, Or Even A Gamerule. mana? stamina? pegasi don't use magic, but whatever, i'll keep calling it mana for simplicity.
Have No Flight In Enclosed Spaces. Being Able To Fly In A Cave Makes Them A Whole Lot Less Dangerous, Even Though Caves Are Meant To Be That. There's Tons Of Mobs Spawning From The Lack Of Light, The Deeper You Go The More Spawn. But In Big Areas Underground, You Can Just Nuh Uh That And Escape Scot Free. So My Idea Is To Just Remove The Ability To Fly If The Area Is Too Enclosed. Simple In Concept, Though I Can Imagine It Might Be Harder To Code Than Just Flying Enemies.
Add Spells To Counter Flight. Only Really Useful In A PVP Setting, But Who Said That Was A Bad Thing? Maybe Some Kind Of Spell Like How Pokémon's Gravity Move Works. Maybe Something Along The Lines Of A Homing Projectile, Think Magic Missile. Maybe Even Just A Beam Spell That Acts Like Hitscan, That Would Make Targeting Flying Pegasi A Lot Easier Seeing How You Don't Need To Adjust For A Projectile's Arc And Speed. Ideally, These Spells Would Have Other Uses Outside Of Just Countering Pegasi And Their Ability To Fly, But They Should Have That Usage Still.
Add A Block That Creates A Flight Deadzone. Focusing On PVP Again, A Block That Generates A No-Fly Zone In Exchange For Something Like Valuables Sounds Invaluable For Somepony Who Doesn't Want To Account For Going Over Their Defences Entirely. Mini-Idea: Do The Same With A Magic Deadzone Generator, Since Spells Can Be Just As Ridiculous, And Pegasi Could Even Use Those To Counter Anti-Flight Spells On Their Land.
Have No Flying In The Nether. Seriously, The Lava Oceans Just Become A Non-Issue As A Pegasus, And Bastions Can Be Cheesed So Easily By Flying Above Piglin Brutes And Dumping Lava On Them From Out Of Reach- Or Better Yet, Tricking Them To Fall Into Lava. So An Easy Fix Is To Just Disallow Flight In The Nether Entirely. Maybe You Need Some Kind Of Special Item To Allow You To Fly In The Nether, Kinda Like A Wings Of Icarus Type Accessory. Would Bring Back The Challenge That The Nether Is Meant To Have.
Have No Infinite Flight With Clicking V Occasionally. Ok This Is 100% A Bug/Exploit, But Here's How It Works: While Flying, And Low Enough On Stamina To Take Damage, Click V To Stop Flying, And Click V Again Quickly To Start Flying Again. For A Bit Of Time, You Won't Take Any Damage. Then Just Repeat Whenever The Screen Flashes Red. Regardless Of Any Other Suggestion I've Made, This Is Easily The Most Important Addition Since It's Pretty Clearly An Unintended Feature That Makes The Usage Of Mana Whilst Flying Useless.
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Wow, This Is Easily My Longest Issue Yet. But I Had A Lot Of Ideas I Wanted To Pitch, And Also That V-Flight Bug As I'll Call It. Hope Some Of These Get Considered, Especially The Idea Of Phantoms Regularly Spawning In The End Since You Already Get The Elytra In The End, And Phantoms Drop Membranes Which Are Used To Repair The Elytra, And It'd Make Phantoms More Interesting Rather Than That One Thing That Appears Sometimes At Night, And- honestly, my issues with how mojang designed the phantom are for another day. Have A Good Day, To Anyone Who Actually Read All Of This.