What would make enderman actually scary?

[edy131]

Okay, i'm making this topic for 1 reason: the current endermen are not scary
And as such, I came up with some ideas on how to make enderman actually make you shit your pants;

1) There may only be 1 enderman spawned in the world at any given time (and significantly reduce spawning rate; make it spawn as rarely as a stronghold)

2) The enderman does not de-spawn

3) The enderman avoids light at all costs, and the second it comes into contact with light, it teleports a far distance away from the player, but not as much that the player won't be able to see it (it could stick to the shadows of a cave, watching the player... waiting.)

4) If the enderman is about 30 blocks or less away from your position, it makes creepy idle noises, but only if it's not in your field of view

5) You cannot harm the enderman except with a golden sword, and he has a considerably high ammount of HP

6) The enderman simply avoids water, not be harmed by it

7) Other mobs stay at least 10 blocks away from the enderman

8) The enderman can burn-out torches (but only if you're looking away, and you can re-ignite them w/ flint&steel)

9) The hostility system for them works the same, but if the player gets too close, the enderman teleports away, albeit only if they're passive

EXTRA) Make pumpkins not shield you from the eyes of an enderman

Feel free to post any comments or ideas on how to make enderman fill your pants with bricks =D

 

[SideSlyGuy]

Or just leave them as they are. Because nothing about minecraft will ever be scary, because its not meant to scare you. The Endermen are fine they way they are. If you want to fight more challenging monsters go to the Nether.

OR If you really want to change something, learn how to do some programming.

 

[edy131]

Or just leave them as they are. Because nothing about minecraft will ever be scary, because its not meant to scare you. The Endermen are fine they way they are. If you want to fight more challenging monsters go to the Nether.

OR If you really want to change something, learn how to do some programming.

Except notch himself stated that he wanted to make enderman scary; and also, this is just a list of suggestions, not a petition for notch to change them. But you have to agree, as of now, endermen are kinda pathetic

 

[SideSlyGuy]

Or just leave them as they are. Because nothing about minecraft will ever be scary, because its not meant to scare you. The Endermen are fine they way they are. If you want to fight more challenging monsters go to the Nether.

OR If you really want to change something, learn how to do some programming.

Except notch himself stated that he wanted to make enderman scary; and also, this is just a list of suggestions, not a petition for notch to change them. But you have to agree, as of now, endermen are kinda pathetic

The only real complaint I have about them is that they don't drop the block they're holding when you kill them.

 

[gabe12301]

...They shouldn't use their teleport to run away. I havn't been able to get a single ender pearl because the endermen are cowards and keep running away. I was chasing one across the Great planes of minecraft (flat sprawling hills) and had to simply give up.

 

[redisforever]

I agree. Now, just keep staring at them till you get water between you and them, then they just teleport to you and die.

Maybe more that 1 per world though, like 3. Why 3? Because there are 3 strongholds per map. They should live there. Kill the inhabitants, wait for more to show up, then kill them. They have been waiting a long, long time, and the strongholds have now fallen to ruin. When you walk near them, they start going after you. Once you kill them, a chest in the stronghold unlocks, and you can get some cool rare stuff.

 

[Lerasai]

Awww, I think they're pretty cute the way they are now. Though from your point of view that might be the exact problem.

 

[Vidi Kitty]

Or just leave them as they are. Because nothing about minecraft will ever be scary, because its not meant to scare you. The Endermen are fine they way they are. If you want to fight more challenging monsters go to the Nether.

OR If you really want to change something, learn how to do some programming.

Except notch himself stated that he wanted to make enderman scary; and also, this is just a list of suggestions, not a petition for notch to change them. But you have to agree, as of now, endermen are kinda pathetic

But the idea of enderman erosion is terrifying...

 

[edy131]

...They shouldn't use their teleport to run away. I havn't been able to get a single ender pearl because the endermen are cowards and keep running away. I was chasing one across the Great planes of minecraft (flat sprawling hills) and had to simply give up.

They would teleport away only if they're passive or if you enter a lit area, but if it's dark and they're angry, they will hunt you down like a baws

 

[The Madman]

Easy, just make them rarer, more deadly, and have a freaky unique sound effect when you look at them. Right now they just sound like default zombies plus they're way too common and easy to kill.

Oh, and add more stuff like this:


Skip to the 10 min mark.

 

[edy131]

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Yes, honestly, record 11 gave me the damn chills, and is also the inspiration behind my original post. Oh and they got rid of the zombie sounds on the 1.9 pre-release, and i'm sure they'll have new sound by the full release (as a side note, my fav upcoming record is Stal)

 

[JoesshittyOs]

Look up the 1.9 Enderman. He made them much more creepy.

When you hit them they vanish for a few seconds and you have to keep looking around to find them.

 

[Dethenger]

I don't know what you're referring to, but I will say that adding an "sl" to the beginning of enderman will probably make it at least a little bit scarier.

 

[Stoic raptor]

I do like your ideas.

I think they should be made more as predators.
Or
maybe they should be able to move YOU and have them take you to their base. Or a pit of lava. But that is less scary and more annoying.

They should also have much better sound effects. And I think that they should have the best A.I. of all the monsters. Maybe they could work together (predator idea). Moving blocks to invade your house (although that is annoying too).

 

[nothtr]

Shapeshifting would be rather interesting. Esp. on multiplayer servers where they could have anyone's skin.

 

[the spud]

Can the idle noises be something along the lines of "doo-dee-doo-du-doo-dee-doo-du"?

If so, count me in.

 

[jpoon]

They should throw the blocks they are holding at you, like a long distance weapon. So they could throw them like a few hundred feet right before they start warping toward you (if you are staring at them). They should also be able to warp vertically, I have a very high bridge going to my current house and the enderman cannot warp to me because I'm too far above them. So basically they just warp around down below me without being able to get to where I am.

I realize this doesn't make them scary but it would help to make them a little bit effective at least.

 

[Death God]

They should make some sort of creepy noise and not just the zombie noise that they make. I think it would be kind of interesting if they actually had an Enderman spawner just for shits-and-giggles.

 

[The Shade]

Just add an S and an L to the beginning of their name.

Instant bricks-shitting.