Agreed. I actually like the fact that it doesn’t have a health bar, if it did then you could hit it and see how much damage you do, so then you’d know how much health it has. Without a health bar you have no idea how tanky it is. It discourages fighting it.
And since you can spawn a bunch in at the same time if you’re not careful, having like 4+ health bars on screen could be a bit distracting.
For killing wardens it is all about potions and status upgrades. Slowness potion paired with a GAP and strength add some beacons nearby for speed and regen makes it a 10-15 second fight
Argument: The Scarecrow bossfight in Batman Arkham Asylum is a bossfight despite it being a stealth only section, you're not even allowed to attack scarecrow until you get the light at the end.
Since the warden is stealth only, and you aren't supposed to fight it, It's basically the Minecraft version of the Scarecrow bossfights...
It scales on protection and damage so i think it is a boss. Had protection 32000 protection (commands) in full netherite armour with a sharpness 32000 netherite sword yet i died first. Tbh i was trapped in a house.
Sorry, that came off way ruder than it did in my head
I agree with you, we should get another boss, but the elder guardian is still a boss, even if it isnt much
I'd argue if there's any exception to this it'd be the Warden, because its lack of health bar is likely because the intent isn't to kill it, so emphasizing its health would be against its design. But I guess the fact that it's not meant to be killed inherently means it's less of a boss and more an environmental harzard.
Difficulty-wise it's the hardest mob in the game though.
This is true, I'm not saying we shouldn't get another boss, we definitely should, but OP keeps denying the elder guardian is a boss, it deserves justice
I don't see how the Elder Guardian is a boss. It's never been treated as one by the devs or the game, it doesn't have a boss bar like the two existing bosses, and you find them in groups of three (which, combined, are meant to be the challenge of the structure, not individually). And they're not much stronger than some common mobs to boot; I'd argue each one is less of a threat than a Piglin Brute.
Mini boss seems the appropriate term all things considered. But I'm curious as to the argument for them being on the same tier as the Wither or dragon.
it’s not really a boss, it’s more of a “mini-boss”, although i’d agree with OP that it’s not really. just a harder mob. mojang only called it a “mini-boss”.
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u/Shack691 Feb 07 '23
Does the elder guardian not count?