Empire Minecraft is still 1.8 - 1.9.4 is near!

Ok I do not have much time to get in to a well thought post (will come later) as I need to get ready fro my cousin's weeding. But I will say that there were some good points made however still calling the whole thing garbage on one thing does not make the whole thing garbage. Also some food for thought. No company has ever balanced a game that worked well for Pvp and non Pvp so pleasing both groups is impossible.

One thing can't ruin an update unless it's the biggest thing.

WARNING:

Evil inside.

Darkness of this thread has overtaken light...

The Withers of the dark have become invincible. There is almost no way to re-expose them.

It has been claimed: 1.9 is the WORST update to ever come to Minecraft due its changes to combat. The humanoid Withers are attacking Mojang for what they've done to their game, from cybernetic curses to threats of permanent sealing to the Nether. 1.9's launch was only their awakening point.

The Withers will continue their evil practices. They will attack Akair and his Dev. Team with hate-tread for updating EMC to 1.9, which is bound to happen.

Only Mojang can stop the intense war between the two sides of the Twilight, if they wish to. Otherwise, who will be chosen to call Lord Mojang to stop the excessive loss of lost souls of light and rebalance the moral counterparts?

Until this being is summoned, the Withers will keep doing their undesirable actions.

"What has happened?"

. . .

( ? faints. )

hours later......

. . .

This is me, Forever Master.

I think I fell to an evil curse. I feel demotivated. It's like the dark has overridden my life. But it's too early to happen, or is it? Seventeen years and already an un-want to keep living? What I aim to accomplish is nowhere near me.

What can I do about this?

The obvious answer by other people is to take suffering over death, regardless of difficulties. But that makes life even more complicated than it already is. I could speak more to defend my believes, but people will never agree with me if they already said to take anything and everything over death. Now what should I say?

I know almost nobody will be for my speech.

Maybe I should just live how I want to. This does not mean being a "criminal" by society standards. Yet, I also want to have something left behind when I have to leave this Earth. I have up to a century to make the legacy...

Is there anything I can say, before I conclude?

Not how I would want to; this curse I have includes mental fatigue as a symptom.

I don't want critics nor doctors, nor any to fully judge me by this very moment.

I decided to speak the way I did as a sensor for public, an alert, a concern, etc. that wasn't thought of.

Whoever is out on this Earth to speak, please release your words, unless they're darkness.

. . . . .

Well I typed something big and complex out and then lost it somehow. That irritates me when the post was already fairly sour. So I'll just not retype it.

Ah, I have the drive to write long and complex post again.
Well. Not really.

I don't understand all this hatred aimed at 1.9. Boohoo, you can't spam click mobs anymore and the game's a little tougher as far as survival goes. Honestly, my response to this: grow up. Survival should be more difficult. A lot of people on emc have been playing Minecraft for 4+ years. I'm not even one of them and I find starting in vanilla survival to be very easy, and I find life on emc even easier. I like the updated difficulty. I like that you don't just spam click at mobs that in all reality have no chance.

Even then, I don't see where all this complaining is coming from.
First of all, I found pvp extremely boring. It was more who can spam click the fastest and eat the most notch apples.
Mobs have no chance. Spam click it so much it has no chance to attack you.
Second of all, I have played 1.9 and I was able to survive just fine. I only died when I fell into a dark cave while mining with seven mobs.

Honestly, it just sounds... whiny. The complaints against it just sound very whiny.
EDIT: Not personally aimed at you crystaldragon! There were plenty of people in-game who made me want to say that, haha. I can understand a joke when I see one.... but seriously, some of the things people complain about in 1.9....

No mater how much you type to change my mind, I still have a strong disliking for 1.9

I don't really know what anyone is complaining about. I know it like totally changes pvp but think of all the new blocks and their uses! Finally we can make poles sticking sideways wig ender rods! A purple brick? Um, yeah! Elytra! Players flying around like birds! How about some air sports like glying through hoops? Think of all the cool armor stands you could make with dragon heads! Skeleton traps may be annoying but it's not like the dev team will make a promo skeleton horse or anything (wink, wink). Finally we can defeat packs of slimes using the axe sweep attack! The levitation effect could make for some fun parkour. Potion arrows bring so many possibilities. How about glow in the dark horse races using the new luminous effect? Chorus plants are the first plant that can be crafted into a block and when eaten they teleport you! Woohoo! Let's here it for the new cold biome structure: Igloos! No one can forget the end cities either. How about the first ever naturally generated ship? The possibilities with this update are endless!

"As a person who uses mob grinders the *x* second delay just slows down my job because I enjoy collecting the XP.
About the new glow effect I use an integrated graphics card and can't afford a new PC as college for me is in 3 months.
The more effects they add the slower my game gets even with optifine installed and settings on low.

lol

Again with the whining.
Very sorry your XP grinder doesn't get you xp for spam clicking anymore...

I'm not going to dive into my personal 1.9 gripes because I already spoke my mind. But there's one other thing though..

Don't confuse a preference for 1.8 or a dislike for 1.9 with hatred. In my opinion there's a big gap between those two. I personally prefer 1.8, but that doesn't mean I hate 1.9.

If I were to hate 1.9 I'd have spoken up much more about it, probably have sent in some suggestions to nullify some of its effects and once it became clear that we're going 1.9 eventually no matter what I'd probably start to become less active. When 1.9 hits EMC I intend to enjoy myself best as possible.

Just because there are quite some things I dislike doesn't mean that there's nothing I like at all. Walking around with a map in one hand and my tools in the other to find my way? Mining with a pick in one hand and torches in the other to dig tunnels and the likes? Hopping into a boat with a friend (real or alter-ego) and then set out on an adventure together? (I'm actually looking forward to this one!).

Island invasion: One player steers the boat, the other is armed with a bow to fend of hostile attacks

And yes: I don't like the new combat system too much but I do have to admit that they added improvements to it as well. Eat food and heal up a bit? That's going to be helpful! Or what about arrows in the offhand taking priority over others? No more losing your shiny arrows from shooting regular mobs!

The mending enchantment, only available as a book, is going to be awesome as well. Do note: that's mainly my alter-ego Aya-kun talking because I'm a die-hard user of voters gear. But can you imagine having god armor and/or OP weapons which are all equipped with mending?

And I'm pretty sure that my gf is going to love the added support for IME languages. And speaking of less EMC related stuff: I already know that if I am going to start a 1.9 world sometimes then F3+n is going to be awesome to have as well (switches between Creative and Spectator mode).

So yeah... No hate here on my end. At most dislike and a preference for 1.8, but most certainly no hate.

Wow..

I love 1.8. It's been the best update ever in my opinion. It brought some very needed changes for us mod makers (only homebrew for my privite servers) and to be honest, 1.9 shines even more. It's gonna be so refreshing. Like everyone will start kind of equal to get used to it.

Well one way or another were ALL going to have to get used to 1.9 when it comes out on the server.

GG EMC

You misunderstand why we dislike the new updates. Nobody cares about the game difficulty, many of us care about the game itself. Four years ago, Minecraft was an amazing game. Now, they are just churning out updates to completely change not just how the game is played, but what it is. Minecraft is supposed to be a simplistic game with simple mechanics.

It doesn't need a complicated combat system, and no one ever wanted one until the dawn of the cancerous mini-game servers.

This is a game about building, with small side aspects. They are trying to make it into an adventure game and that is pure bullshit.

If that's the case then why does one worry about a combat system if they aren't going to particularly use it?

Ah I have no bones to pick with you Shel. Honestly I'm more irritated after people started complaining in-game and absolutely refused to hear anything good about 1.9. Wouldn't even respond to the people who were pointing out positives, even. I came here with a bit of a bitter attitude in general because I expected a lot of hatred geared towards this new update. But like I said earlier... I think people like to talk about the negatives more, or like to shout the loudest about them. Not necessarily you, but others in general. But now that I look back on it, there's lots of anticipation and desire for 1.9. Just not as much chatting about that that I see.

I agree. I don't like the new combat system, and I'd rather just stay on 1.8, but Empire Minecraft won't benefit from that in a long run.

We have to use it...

1.9 only adds for EMC, because it is non-pvp. I dont know why that is so bad to be honest.
Sure, there are some slight changes that affect us. But hey, when hasn't that been? But after a week, everyone is like 'oh wow this is actually good!'

plus, 1.9 makes midle click in survival possible, which makes everything better already.
And boats go super fast on ice