I always liked brewing concept, and i make sure to brew new drinks when they are introduced just for the heck of it, but truly drinking alcohol serves no real purpose, you just get nausea from it, sure it restores hunger but there are so many other options for that, also i think the effects are not exactly realistic, now full disclolsure, i never got drunk myself, since i cant´t stand the taste of alcohol, but i spent a lot of time among drunk people, and drinking a bottle does not immedietely throw them to the floor, it makes them bolder, and sometimes more agressive, but the negative effects only set in later. So here is my suggestion, instead of alcohol just dropping you straight down i suggest it gives you speed and strength bonus depending on the potency, when this expires then the nausea sets in, so for example you could drink a potent red wine before going into combat, if you can win before the first effect wears off you are good, and can sit out the nausea, but if you run out of time before you will get nauseated in the midst of battle, a risk you can take if you want. I think it would make alcohol a lot more interesting mechanic then it already is.
fairly sure that the impared coordination sets in at about the same time as the courage boost, its only the hangover that comes later which is not included in the effects.
Interesting thought there, to give a little capability boost before the downsides make themselves noticeable to you. Any additional dosage of alchohol should negate the positive effect pretty rapidly though, so only controlled dosage of the boostign substance would be of avail to a character that lacks real courage. I think it would be useful to connect that notion to this thread:
Maybe the Player (You) gets drunk you rarely start to punch everything without control, same goes for the NPCs, only that if you do kill the NPCs you don't lose alignment since it's just self-defense.
Maybe the Player (You) gets drunk you rarely start to punch everything without control, same goes for the NPCs, only that if you do kill the NPCs you don't lose alignment since it's just self-defense.
The thing is that there is really limited use to this, Minecraft is a game after all, there is seriously limited use for alcohol in it´s present state, so it is just a novelty, the mechanic i propose would allow you to use alcohol to your advantage but with serious drawbacks if you miscalculate, if you enter battle drunk and the initial timer runs out you are pretty much done, you can´t hit anything and you can´t even run away, and with stronger alcohol gving longer buff (and more serious consequences) it becomes more risk, more reward situation, it would be IMO interesting game mechanic instead of just a novelty that players would use once or twice to see what it does and then promptly forget it.
Alchohol has several helpful effects, wether it be insensitivity to pain, insensitivity to cold, increased physical capacity, more relaxed movements, less quivering, boldness, energy- these are all hard to replicate exactly.
However, I think that, with small hidden effects (such as a very slight damage resistance, slower tick damage from frost, faster speed, resistance to fall-damage, or quicker bow-drawing) it would give a purpose to drink a beer or two before battle- and would be incredible to have in the game when alchohol is drunken in small amounts.
SIDENOTE: I believe that the stronger and longer Nausea you have, the bigger the damage-resistance would be, up to 1 full damage resistance MAX.
Another thing to note would be the negative effects, such as lack of coordination, (which comes in later), increased urination (hunger, perhaps?), vomiting, hangovers (blurry screen the day after, maybe with hunger and slight random nausea effects? Fish & cram would heal this like Milk-)
Maybe the Player (You) gets drunk you rarely start to punch everything without control, same goes for the NPCs, only that if you do kill the NPCs you don't lose alignment since it's just self-defense.
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Maybe the Player (You) gets drunk you rarely start to punch everything without control, same goes for the NPCs, only that if you do kill the NPCs you don't lose alignment since it's just self-defense.
The thing is that there is really limited use to this, Minecraft is a game after all, there is seriously limited use for alcohol in it´s present state, so it is just a novelty, the mechanic i propose would allow you to use alcohol to your advantage but with serious drawbacks if you miscalculate, if you enter battle drunk and the initial timer runs out you are pretty much done, you can´t hit anything and you can´t even run away, and with stronger alcohol gving longer buff (and more serious consequences) it becomes more risk, more reward situation, it would be IMO interesting game mechanic instead of just a novelty that players would use once or twice to see what it does and then promptly forget it.
Essentially, yes. It's a novelty feature and/or for roleplay purposes. Nor do we want to make alcohol seem too enticing and risk misleading people into abusing alcohol in real life.