[Spoilers for 1.9] 1.9 News & Pics

[Ultanian]

Credit goes to /u/redstonehelper on reddit

The End:​

• set amount of obsidian pillars arranged in a circular fashion​

• ender dragon protects pillars more the further you progress - Screenshot​

• ender dragon has fire breath, can be collected in bottles​

• ender dragon can be respawned as many times as you want​

• you can craft a version of the ender crystals which spawn another dragon when placed​

• ender dragon breath is an ingredient you can get from killing the dragon over and over, but only one dragon egg​
• New type of portal: "End gateway" - Screenshots​
• Multiple end islands​

• New item: Chorus Fruit (edible), comes from Chorus plants (farmable) - Screenshots​
• Only the flowers atop the chorus fruits let you replant the plants​
• Chorus plants drop the whole plant at once, like cacti​
• End city: name of the new dungeon in the end with loads of new blocks - Screenshots​

Mobs and Combat:​

• Hostile mob, "Shulker", short for "Shell Lurker", disguises as the block it's sitting on​
• Opens up and shoots projectiles which only move along the x/y/z axis - Screenshots​
• Status effect HUDs! - show good effects on the top, bad effects on the bottom, left-most effects expire sooner​
• Effects that are about to run out will blink​
• New potion effect: Levitation, given by the Shulker projectiles - negative effect - Screenshots​
• Shields with customizable patterns, like banners! - very WIP, possibly not in the first snapshot - Screenshots​
• Patterns obtainable by combining shields with banners​
• Shields block attacks from the side they're held on​
• Grey arrows are invisibility arrows​

• Poison arrows​
• Arrows can be tipped with potions which will be applied on hit​
• The bow in your hotbar shows how far arrows have been drawn - Screenshot
• Spectral arrows reveal targets and make them glow​
• All tools and weapons have a weapon swing speed, clicking before cooldown ends does reduced damage

• 3 types of attacks- sprinting and attacking will give knockback to enemy, attacking after jumping results in a critical hit, standing still or slowly moving forward uses special attack (only 1 of 3 can happen at a time)

• Full charge hits with swords while standing or slowly moving forward will knockback all mobs (not players); full charge hits with axes on enemy players will stun their shield and prevent use for a small amount of time

Potions, New Items, Enchantments, etc
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• New type of potion variant- Lingering
• Lingering potions leave an area of effect cloud behind, ~3 seconds
• cloud is determined by the game as an entity, can be manipulated with plugins or commands
• Made with Dragon's Breath

• Brewing stand now requires blaze powder as fuel

• New enchantments- Mending and Frost Walker
• Mending turns gathered experience and converts into durability
• Frost walker turns water into ice for a short amount of time

• New item- Elytra
• Allows for player to glide long distances, equipped in chestplate slot
• Surprisingly very fluid, controlled by players view/direction

• Boats reworked
• Can carry two entities at a time, 1 driver 1 passenger
• Movement dictated by 'rowing' with a and d keys
• All wood variants, crafting recipe changed to include a wooden shovel

You can check out all these in the latest snapshot, looks very promising for HC in the future

 

[Mischevity]

This is all pretty cool, looks like it'll give HC a bunch of new things to work with (especially warriors and rogues)

 

[LordZelkova]

This is all pretty cool, looks like it'll give HC a bunch of new things to work with (especially warriors and rogues)

Balance will be out the window for a while with those.
At least Paladin will be right at home with Shields? Maybe?

 

[LightTheAbsol]

I want shields. Now. Because paladin needs to be even stronger then it already is.

 

[Trazil]

Balance will be out the window for a while with those.
At least Paladin will be right at home with Shields? Maybe?

also opens the door with new class ideas

 

[malikdanab]

also opens the door with new class ideas

Like Goody from KH?

 

[LordZelkova]

Like Goody from KH?

I'll play any kingdom hearts class.
Keyblade Master plz.

 

[Trazil]

Like Goody from KH?

no idea who that is sry

 

[malikdanab]

no idea who that is sry

 

[Trazil]

GOOFY OP

 

[LightTheAbsol]

Trazil have you never played KH? I feel as if you've missed out on half of life.

 

[Trazil]

Trazil have you never played KH? I feel as if you've missed out on half of life.

may have played it for like 20 mins, but other than that Nope

 

[Rumblestikk]

Dual wield is also a thing in 1.9 however you can only attack from your MAIN HAND. (Which will be changeable per person)

I'd really like to see a Dual Wield Warrior class that uses two swords and has a passive boost to their damage if two weapons are Equipped. Running a check for a Sword in your offhand to give 35% of its damage in your Main Hand swings.

So if you had Two Diamond Swords you could do 50 Damage per MH Swing or 67.5 Damage if two are equipped. (50+17.5)

@malikdanab

 

[Ultanian]

Updated

 

[Algsa777]

the Elytra seems like a lot of fun. Would love to see the opening of new classes with it, (was actually thinking it be cool to have a gunner class set using 1 of the dozens of gun plug-ins and possibly have a paratrooper class that uses Elytra, on side note would also be cool to have a Cavalry which uses horses~)