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RalphKastro wrote:actually, the blue head projectile can destroy even obsidian
He only attacks with the blue wither skull when the player isn't within his aggro range, though, so, if you stay inside the arena during the whole fight, he won't blow anything up.

Edit: Just noticed we're getting a bit off-topic. Sorry about that =X
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Hmm.... i will have to try beacons out as I wonder if the sfs beacon in the nether means that you will set your spawn to the nether.... that would be great for my nether base! I will give it a go and let you know what I find ;).. now to kill a wither boss...
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I haven't gathered enough materials yet for a SFS beacon, but I think there's more to it than simply setting your spawn point. I don't know much about coding, but I doubt something this simple (while useful) would've taken a whole week of FC's time. I suspect we'll be seein more of this one.
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The steel beacon allows you to set your spawn anywhere, End, Nether and Overworld...
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Ceunon wrote:
RalphKastro wrote:actually, the blue head projectile can destroy even obsidian
He only attacks with the blue wither skull when the player isn't within his aggro range, though, so, if you stay inside the arena during the whole fight, he won't blow anything up.

Edit: Just noticed we're getting a bit off-topic. Sorry about that =X
No, the beginning blast can destroy obsidian too.
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Ceunon wrote:I haven't gathered enough materials yet for a SFS beacon, but I think there's more to it than simply setting your spawn point. I don't know much about coding, but I doubt something this simple (while useful) would've taken a whole week of FC's time. I suspect we'll be seein more of this one.
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If people are really eager to know everything at the start here's a hint.
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Extreme Boyheat wrote:If people are really eager to know everything at the start here's a hint.
Errrr...that shouldn't do squat.

I suspect you may have jumped the gun in thinking you had this one figured out man :)

Also...800 levels? Are you sure you're playing legit here?
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Haven't gotten around to an infernal enchanter.
Edit: that chest isn't what I meant. :P
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Extreme Boyheat wrote:Haven't gotten around to an infernal enchanter.
Uh huh. And you just happened to have a nice round number like 800 at the time?

You're digging yourself a deeper hole here man...
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It's pure coincidence I swear. :(
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Precisely level 800 - no experience towards 801 at all!
7 months, 37 different border checks and counting.
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Extreme Boyheat wrote:It's pure coincidence I swear. :(
You know, I can understand an honest mistake. So obviously calling me stupid when I call you on it though...not so much.

Probably best to take a vacation at this point to prevent further damage.
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Minor observation on the SFS beacon. Although it is going to take a massive amount of work to finish a beacon, even a one layer beacon should be extremely useful in certain situations.

Specifically, It occurs to me that there have been complaints before that people working on large sky projects -- even with a powerful featherfalling enchantment --- had no way to deal with the fall. A well placed one or two layer SFS beacon could be useful for picking up where you left off in the event you fell off your skytrap.

Incidentally, I have to say I like the fact that the SFS beacon, at least as big as I got it, is not so much a "choose where you respawn" deal as a "make this specific area safer to die in" deal.

Subtle distinction but a cool one.
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The Phoenixian wrote: Incidentally, I have to say I like the fact that the SFS beacon, at least as big as I got it, is not so much a "choose where you respawn" deal as a "make this specific area safer to die in" deal.

intresting, so your saying the SFS beacon basicaly decreases the area of HC spawn with each level? so with level one you might spawn just say a couple of thousand blocks away instead of several thousand?
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odranoel wrote:intresting, so your saying the SFS beacon basicaly decreases the area of HC spawn with each level? so with level one you might spawn just say a couple of thousand blocks away instead of several thousand?
From what I understand, SFS beacons let you respawn at their location if you die within their range, so with a lvl 1 beacon if you die in a 20 or so block range, you're good to go.
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FlowerChild wrote:
Foxy Boxes wrote:I would check if this works myself, but new computer = no old world.
Does the SFS beacon work in the nether?

Gratz! That's actually an extremely relevant question ;)
Still haven't quite reached the point where I can test this, and I didn't see anything on it, so I thought I'd ask. Anyone figured out what's meant by this?
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The great randomo wrote:The steel beacon allows you to set your spawn anywhere, End, Nether and Overworld...
I believe this is what FC was referring to Foxy Boxes.
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DNoved1 wrote:
The great randomo wrote:The steel beacon allows you to set your spawn anywhere, End, Nether and Overworld...
I believe this is what FC was referring to Foxy Boxes.
I honestly doubt it. I don't think he would have had to leave hints if it was just about the spawn point. I've been caught up in mass producing sfs that I didn't really have time to experiment. I had forgotten how fun sfs production really was from when the device was first hinted at, I mean expanding your processing capabilities, coming up with a much better design that is worth tearing up the old one, going full auto, going fully efficient, these things are incredibly rewarding, personally satisfying, and useful at the same time. I believe a lot of players are missing out on this, I've only been compelled to do it twice: now, and back when the device was first hinted at, and even back then when my machines were a semi-auto mess I remember thinking that even without releasing the device it was truly awesome.
Well, to sum up, I have a level two sfs beacon which I have no idea whatsoever what it does, but it was so fucking worth making. Thank you FlowerChild for adding this, and I'm really looking forward to knowing what it does, but until then I've had a blast making it.
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Holy shit. I only have one beacon block atm so when I decided to build a full obsidian pyramid to see what it does I had to rip the beacon block off of my glowstone beacon. I knew there were activation/deactivation sounds for beacons but I was not prepared for that. Lol, that scared the shit out of me. Nice, FC.
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What is the obsidian beacon meant to do? I have one set up but it doesn't seem to have any effect on ECs in its radius.
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The great randomo wrote:What is the obsidian beacon meant to do? I have one set up but it doesn't seem to have any effect on ECs in its radius.
I don't think anyone has figured it out yet :)

At least, I haven't seen any posts indicating that people have.
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FlowerChild wrote:
The great randomo wrote:What is the obsidian beacon meant to do? I have one set up but it doesn't seem to have any effect on ECs in its radius.
I don't think anyone has figured it out yet :)

At least, I haven't seen any posts indicating that people have.
Well the wiki claimed that it
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However, I've seen nothing of the sort :/
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FlowerChild wrote:
The great randomo wrote:What is the obsidian beacon meant to do? I have one set up but it doesn't seem to have any effect on ECs in its radius.
I don't think anyone has figured it out yet :)

At least, I haven't seen any posts indicating that people have.
Lol I posted and thought that it made skellies miss you... then I realized... I have projectile protection on my armor! lol! well i have a 2 level one and can't figure out what it does... it looks nice in my lake though :)
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The great randomo wrote: Well the wiki claimed that it
The wiki is also not cheat free, so please don't post anything from it here.
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