Is my beacon ostentatious enough?
I'm kinda puzzled as to the real utility of beacons. They just don't seem to be useful enough for the investment. That's 164 emerald blocks (1,476 emeralds), plus all the time spent killing wither skeletons. It only gives a 50 block radius, which would barely cover my small compound, and wouldn't cover my entire mine. Heck, it doesn't reach my mine from there, since I'll have to dig out a placement for it if I want it to help my mining efforts.
You can only choose one of these benefits:
- Speed - this is fun to run around my base with, but it's also giving me a bit of motion sickness.
- Haste - I haven't tried this yet, but it's going to be a bit of work to get the beacon into a position to use it for mining.
- Jump Boost - who needs increased jumping around their own base?
- Strength - again, who needs a strength boost inside their own base?
- Resistance - Are there lots of people setting up fight clubs around beacons?
With the four level pyramid you can optionally get Regeneration, but again, I'm in my own base, where I have lots of safety, food and potions.
Hydra Chicken! I think I cut off it's head one too many times.