Nether Fortresses were made about 2-3x rarer in 1.16. 1.15 Nether Fortresses were already fairly rare and often required exploring much of the Nether to find.
Personally, I remember being frustrated with my inability to locate a Nether Fortress on several occasions. They are essential for brewing and for progressing to the End. This is unlike most other structures, which are justifiably somewhat rare. Other structures don’t have basic mechanics locked behind finding them (save the Stronghold, which you don't need to just randomly stumble into.) If a rare structure in the Nether is wanted, it would be much better if it is not something essential for basic game mechanics that have existed since beta.
While rarity is not inherently bad - making diamonds common would just be silly - it’s not always good either. I think Nether Fortresses were already rare enough. While they do incentivize exploring the new Nether more if they’re rare, Bastion Remnants, the ability to use portals for fast travel, and Netherite already do this.
There are also other ways the main problems with Nether Fortress rarity could be addressed, by adding other ways to access brewing and the End. This could be done by adding Blaze Rods and Nether Wart to Bastion Remnant chests or bartering, among other things.
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Another way this problem could be amended would be to add random smaller nether fortresses or camps with just a dilapidated nether brick structure, some magma and a blaze spawner. This makes it so regular nether fortresses are still exclusive with their good loot in the chests, nether wart and wither skeletons while offering the player with a quicker, cheaper alternative with less payoff. Maybe to incentivise regular players coming near these camps, on breaking the blaze spawner it could give double the xp than compared to a regular spawner. They'd probably be as a rare as the random nether portal remnants you can find in the nether.
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