Ugh, why is Minecraft so complicated under the hood?

I thought I had the indexing of items down, but apparently there are many more that aren't simply of a certain type. Not only weapons and armor can have enchantments of a certain level. Banners, fireworks and potions are even more complicated with a variable number of modifications on multiple levels. That's going to make it a whole lot more difficult to store in the database and find the price of items when a player tries to sell them. I'm not sure if it's even possible at all at this point... 🙁

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MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M

Yeah its too complicated to properly enjoy it in my opinion. I enjoyed the simplicity of it in the past, the graphics were square because it was practical, it didnt need to be complicated to be fun and relaxing. The sugar cane update was the final update i played, then it started going downhill for me.

NerdyPotato ·

@MartinTheFirst playing has become more versatile as well indeed, but under the hood it's even worse. Lots of deprecated methods, extra levels of data, etc.

MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M

@NerdyPotato Are you employed at microsoft mojang?

NerdyPotato ·

@MartinTheFirst nope, just a hobbyist plugin developer.

MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M

@NerdyPotato oh I see!