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Add Combat Update To Bedrock Edition

Java 1.9 was released in February of 2016. Currently, that was seven years ago. Seven years and still, it remains Java  1.9. Why? We need the combat update added to Bedrock edition. Let's begin by deciphering why the combat update isn't part of Bedrock edition already. According to Mojang, they didn't add it because they were worried that it would be impossible to time an attack on mobile devices with the cooldown. That is an acceptable explanation, but it actually isn't, considering the secret 3rd version of Minecraft: Pocket Edition, which is the only version that mobile devices are capable of running. Nobody is holding you down and forcing you to add the update to Pocket edition. Anyway, there are already differences between Bedrock and Pocket, so one little update won't hurt anyone. Sure, you could argue that Pocket is a form of Bedrock, but Microsoft Edge is sourced by Chromium, same as Chrome and Opera, but all three browsers have differences. Adding the combat update would benefit Bedrock players because they would be able to PVP without getting bored of the mindless spamming. The sweeping edge enchantment would also be useful, along with all the other combat features that Java players have. It simply isn't fair to exclude all Bedrock players from combat features just because of some unrelated version. That would be like banning meat because some people are vegan. Please add the 1.9 combat update to Bedrock edition.

With love,

Regina.

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    As a bedrock player, I absolutely and fully agree with this take. This might just be me, but I find the old style combat extremely boring, and I'm not able to play java at all, as a console player. It's very unfair that pc players can have all these features while us bedrock players have to look in envy. I hope Mojang will make this change someday.

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    some people don't play with a mouse some play with a trackpad and is its difficult to spam click  with that plus bedrock is also on mobile and console two of the platforms that can't spam click easily

     

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    Never add new combat to Bedrock and change it in java to match bedrock combat instead, java combat is not even harder to play it's just boring and casual

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    As a mobile player, I completely agree with this. Sure, it would make the current combat in Bedrock Edition harder, but with updates with the intention to improve the current mobile controls, I don't see why not? It would be interesting if it could be a toggleable option in the world settings, just like "Recipe Unlocking," so that users who actually want to play with the new combat update can just toggle it with a single button without the use of mods that try to replicate the Java combat.

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    I like bedrock for many reasons but the combat in Java is way better. I think it should be added to (at least) the pc version of Minecraft bedrock. Maybe they could add it to the options menu to toggle it on or off so everyone is happy. Having to switch between bedrock and java is just annoying IMO. Especially when you have a realms server.

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    Yes!

    And if any odd controversy shows up, just make it a world option.

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    For bedrock I think it would be beneficial if they made it so all attacks have a cooldown so that way it would be timed based instead of spamming and it would actually make it so mobile players could have a better chance at fighting back better against pc players because they already have a hard time moving their screen to hit their opponent and I think the axe should do more damage and serve another purpose in combat instead of the only benefit being to disable shields

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    Honestly I think mobile should have almost like its own version so that bedrock console players can have all the other features like the combat update and being able to put anything in your off hand