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This is exactly why I picked the spot that I did.

Just south of spawn, roughly 200 blocks, is a Mesa biome. It will be admin-claimed but with trust public. If the biome starts to look too torn to shit, i’ll just regenerate it. But it’ll really really have to look bad for me to do that. And it will not be done often as to prevent abuse.

The other biomes, there are going to be plenty of. At least enough for everyone to have their own ice spike or mega taiga. I mean, our map is huge. The map is going to be even bigger once 1.7 lands. I’m not concerned.

Here is my honest opinion about this. I’m going to be quiet frank about this. Outside of the new red sand that is found in a mesa biome. all the other clay has been in game for quiet some time, and if you were really going to make something out of clay you would of done it by now.

Red Sand on the other hand has never been in game, and I can understand the appeal of going to get some red sand. But I’ve already heard countless people in main chat, getting ready to ruin the biomes when they come out, Just because they want resources that they will most likely never use.

Quiet frankly this is a Mojang problem and they shouldn’t of introduced a medium-hard to get resource such as clay in such abundance. This only leads to people getting a hard to get resource quicker than they normally would of, leading to a messy biome.

Mesa biomes are extremely rare, and have roughly the same spawnrate as the Mushroom Island biome, with that said, It wouldn’t be ideal for someone with a real interest to build there, (even though it’s a large biome) Because players will be constantly taking the clay and leaving a mess behind.

I don’t really have a suggestion that would be favorable toward the player base in regards to the Mesa Biome. But all I can hope is that on a 18+ server. If people choose to take advantage of the new biome, that they do it in a respectful and orderly manner, that doesn’t disrupt the large portion of the biome.

Due it’s rarity we may only see 1 to 3 of these on the map.

For those who want clay just because, I ask that you don’t even bother, but I encourage those who need the clay for projects to do so in a orderly fashion and not ruin the biome. But that’s just my two cents.

Thanks for everyones input and Jack’s reply.

In direct reply to Alerius – i’ve had a plan for a large manly clay built project since I heard about the new biomes. While I would also be taking clay from a mesa biome I would also quite like to build it inside the mesa biome itself.

A good option also would be to set up specific mine sites in a mesa biome where you can dig out the interior but leave the exterior unchanged. That way people can still use it aesthetically.

Quote from Jackalmen on November 11, 2013, 16:56<br />
This should shorten travel time and not require quick travel.

Oh dear, I was relying on having that to help move all of my stuff out to the new biomes. I have 40 double chests of logs and leaves to move, not even counting anything else I’m taking from my base. I predict a lot of AFK minecart rides in my future.

And Al, I do use clay for building, but I never really harvest more than I need, and I used it sparingly, as my base is sandstone and that doesn’t match clay very well. Even now, clay is a pain to collect, and I live in an ocean surrounded by the stuff. It takes me about 30 minutes to fill up my inventory with un-smelted clay blocks. I could do the same thing in a mesa biome in about 3 minutes. Big difference in speed.

Clay is also going to be a key building block for the Rapture project that KingJay and I sort of want to do (but haven’t discussed in detail yet). Harvesting all of that from the bottom of a swamp/river/ocean would be a pain.