Elytras might as well have taken minecarts and thanos-snapped them out of existence, they instantly became so laughably outclassed the instant this update dropped that you'll only find them used for novelty nowadays.
Anyway, Elytra go wheeeeeeeeeeeeee-
Anyway, Elytra go wheeeeeeeeeeeeee-
I remember the hype for this one was unreal. Logdotzip was claiming they'd add everything from corn to actually decent combat mechanics... Whatever, this one be controversial, yo...
Mixed feelings to be honest. On the one hand I think the game would be more fun with simpler combat (don't really remember how it actually felt). On the other hand, I really like just putting torches in my second hand and always being able to see in caves. Definitely not complaining about Elytras ot the End being made more interesting though.
1.9 is one of the most controversial updates in history, and it’s easy to see why - they changed the classic, simplistic combat system of Minecraft into a silly, convoluted system that destroyed PVP for a lot of servers without options to disable the features, and forced people to completely retune their experiences. It did add some great features, as most updates usually manage to do, like the Elytra and being able to restart the Dragon fight, but ultimately it meddles too much with the core Minecraft formula that still feels odd to me now when I play versions after this update.