I would like to propose an update for the strider to make it feel more natural and built in to the Minecraft world.
First change I would make is biome dependent Striders, this would adhere to the warm, and cold variants some of the farm animals got during the spring to life game drop.
Next change I would like to see is for the concept of the striders balding to be expanded, maybe the baby striders can have full wigs of hair, and thanks to the new golden dandelion you can keep the baby striders young and with shears you can change up their hairstyles. I think this would be an excellent thing for Mojang to do in an upcoming game drop because of all the possible marketing and merch that could come from this.
Pretty much all I had to say, feel free to comment if you have any other ideas for the Strider.
by Admirable-Piano6149
3 Comments
This is a cool concept it would work well in vanilla
Striders could definitely use a little love. Variants would be a nice touch, especially since Mojang already started doing warm/cold variants for animals. The merch pitch is whatever, but shearable baby strider hairstyles is honestly a funny idea and it wouldn’t really affect balance.
I’d be down for strider variants, since it would make them feel less like a one-off mob and more like part of the Nether ecosystem. I’m less sold on the “marketing/merch” angle though, that usually isn’t a great reason for gameplay changes. But the idea of baby striders having more hair and being shearable for cosmetic styles is actually pretty fun and harmless.