Minecraft news » Docm77 Interviews Dinnerbone About 1.9 Update

Docm77 interviews Dinnerbone at Minecon 2015 about the 1.9 update! They talk about new mobs, pvp changes, how the new end dimension works and much more. Enjoy!

• Adding PvP-specific sound effects to enhance fighting, mostly for feedback purposes
• Shields not shown yet because they're still getting a lot of work done to be amazing
• Effects like levitation were considered for how they could add variety to game-play, not simply adding/removing health
• Having strategy in combat was a big motivation, moving away from the catch-all click spam that currently dominates all fights
• Regarding The End's new areas: the main island players arrive on in the End isn't changing, but the new Ender Gateway will give them access to faraway areas in the dimension, provided they can figure out how to get through it
• Snapshot releasing soon: likely not this week, but much sooner than not
• Weekly snapshots weren't practical during 1.9 development because the changes on offer are too big to show off weekly. It would have slowed down development, or shelved some of the bigger ideas from ever coming out