Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27130828-20161013034121

Banner Function

Currently in order to claim land a banner must be placed on a block of precious ore. However, this can be a little odd looking in builds. So I think that a second option should be placing the block inside the banner like the vanilla beacon does with ingots. The difference would be that the banner doesn't consume the block and it could be taken in or out. This would allow banners to claim land without being placed on precious precous metals. Banner could also be placed on walls and still claim land. I think it would help with making builds look better without sacrificing claiming land.

Chunk Loading

This has been a topic discussed before. Chunk loading would be very handy for farms and other automated functions. I propose that a banner could be used as a chunk loader. Inside the banners gui could be a toggle for chunk loading. The radius of chunk loading could be determined using the blocks of precious metals. So the chunk would be loaded and banner protected. The chunk would only load when the banner is toggled to it.

Arguements against- I've heard arguements against chunk loading because of lag. On single player worlds, it is pretty simple, if your computer can handle it do it, otherwise don't. For servers, there could be a toggle in the config file that can allow chunk loading or not. This would allow servers to decide if they want chunk loading or not. 