Must we really go into unexplored Nether to find quartz? Isn't the nether like HUGE? I can't get all the way outside the pregenerated circle. If quartz really won't appear in the preexisting nether, what about a Nether wipe?
Wastelands are coming soon but for now you must travel the deep dangerous terrain of the nether to reach quartz.
The journey is worth it. I'm selling Ore at 2,000r per stack and it's going faster than I can supply it. I've made over 100k on it now. (Of course, some people have no concept of making hay whilst the sun shines and have started setting reasonable prices.........)
No, because (In my understanding) those have already been generated, just not explored. I believe chick is talking about the solid red outside the pre-generated 5,000 line.