Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-29145474-20180105203932/@comment-33185350-20180105234013

Overall this is a fantastic suggestion. Your ideas for the mining features are a level of detail and accuracy that would make spelunking way more interesting in the mod. I am all for it. Two things to note, however:

1. These mining features are from the real world, and are made for mining real world ore veins (large slanted diagonal ones, running for long stretches underground) not Minecraft ore veins. I would really like to see this kind of realism in the mines but it brings up the question of whether or not ore veins in Minecraft and other underground features should be more realistic. Also you can’t pan for gold in rivers in Minecraft.

2. The Gold Rush was an American thing. The Easterlings love gold, and of course they would mine it and desire it, but I wouldn’t make it too American. It doesn’t really fit them as an Asian / Middle-eastern faction (not entirely sure what exactly they are).

To fix this I would recommend maybe removing the panning structures and cabins. That would make it a little more fitting for the faction.

Otherwise, kudos and nice work!