Having used up countless amounts of vote keys on this server, I have amassed a large quantity of glass. I understand that back in the classic days, glass was obtainable from crates because sand and sandstone was not legal to trade, and so glass, which technically can only be obtained through smelting sand, could only be obtained by greenies from either trading with the villagers at /warp trade, or receiving it from crates. But now, in 1.12, sand is much more useful, as it can now be used to create concrete powder, which is a great building tool for many builds. But the only way for a greenie to obtain sand is to buy it from other shops. If we replace glass with sand in crates, it creates a much easier way to obtain sand for lower ranks who might need a lot of concrete powder (or just sand/sandstone) in their builds, and if they need glass, well, they can just smelt the sand they received in the crates. This could also potentially help further deter island farming for those who might want a lot of sand as fast as possible. However, this might lead to the economy of sand changing, but I feel that sand should be more accessible than it already is, and also reduce the amount of glass lying around (who needs this much glass anyways?). I would like to hear your thoughts about this though! I'm also curious, how in the world did greenies survive the classic days with only 3 sand to live on? (Note that this is in discussion because we are not allowed to make suggestions involving crate rewards)
Sand is pretty cheaply sold, I think newer players can just buy it. But Glass is harder to get, hence why it's in the Vote Crate so everyone has an equal chance to get it without blowing money on Coal and Sand. I'm going Optimistic.
He stated at the end why it couldn`t go in suggestions But personally I disagree with this. Sand isn't really that hard to obtain as there is an immense amount of Donator kits being pumped into the shops daily and even with the lack of sand for lower ranks, sand is only ever sold for multiple pieces per 1 grass. If sand were to be added to the crates instead, basically it's value significantly drops and sand becomes less important in your kits. Sand would then have to be used to CREATE the glass now and it would also drop the amount people are selling. They intended glass to obtained WITHOUT the need to waste your sand to make it, but there's still so much sand being thrown into the survival 'economy' per-say that it's still really not that difficult to collect
