Talk:Mobs/@comment-4501235-20111127191659

Hey Mrob27, I've been wondering whether turrets should actually be included on this page? You mentioned Minecraft and I do believe Mobs is a term borrowed from that game. Minecraft's wiki says that "Mobs are living, moving game entities, such as animals and monsters." "The term "mob" is short for "mobile" and has been used as a general term referring to any moving entities in games since the first MUDs surfaced." The only mob that a player can 'make' in Minecraft is a Snow Golem and even it moves from location to location.

Although a turret does spin in the blocks space in which it was placed, it does not move from one space to another. A comparison would be to pistons, they can move, but they are not mobile and therefore are not considered a mob. Sand and gravel fall downward in Minecraft, but they are not considered mobs. I know turrets are a little differrent in that they respond to the environment without player input, which is why I've been mulling this one over for a while. I think it would be better if we move the turret information to the turret's page and point out that they share some common features with mobs. I think going into detail about entities on the Mobs' page is starting to take things in the wrong direction. Maybe creating an Entity page and providing a link to it here would keep things more focused. What do you think?