Back in the April Fool's snapshot that was released on April 1st, a QR code was hidden that revealed Minecraft 1.9 would be named "The Combat Update." But initial reactions to a combat-based update were less than exciting - many worried that Mojang would change the well-known 'spam-clicking-a-player-until-they-die' method or something similar. Nathan Adams wrote this post on the Minecraft subreddit:
The Reddit thread already has dozens of great ideas - such as varying damage based on where a player was hit, doging attacks, more weapons, and more. Leave an idea for Mojang at the source link, and let us know in the comments what you would add!
Source: Reddit
I've had a lot of anxious comments since the 1.9 theme announcement, stuff like "they're just going to ruin it and make it easy" and then "they're just going to ruin it and make it too hard", or "they're going to remove spam clicking and remove all skill" followed by "I hope to hell they remove spam clicking". Basically, lots of worried people who like fighting in Minecraft and want to continue hugging people with weaponry.
I want everybody who cares to tell me what they most like about the current combat mechanics in Minecraft, what you hate the most, what kind of combat you prefer doing and why (killing mobs to survive, team based pvp, custom maps, whatever) and ideally any / all suggestions you have for us to make it more fun.
The Reddit thread already has dozens of great ideas - such as varying damage based on where a player was hit, doging attacks, more weapons, and more. Leave an idea for Mojang at the source link, and let us know in the comments what you would add!
Source: Reddit