Well in 1.9 at first i thought it was gonna be a disaster, But i looked at it and it actually doesn't seem that bad
So heres my opinions:
New command blocks:
Don't really see how they would be useful for me, Seems like its just a way to make it easier for people who wanna get gud at command blocks
Ender Dragon Fight:
Seems awesome how the towers surround the portal, With some with the iron bars, I Love how he breaths that fire and how you have to avoid it and jump out of the way, Plus that you cant just snipe her with your bow, Fireballs seem nice, But i wish it could stop with an animation of throwing up the fireball at you, With knockback
Much more challenging, But still is missing something
Combat Changes:
First this seemed complicated and horrible
But it actually made it more realistic, So axes do the most damage, But attack the slowest
You can spam attack still, But it does less damage then waiting to hit
I Love the shields, How it blocks, It knockbacks the player infront of you(And you too).
So you could block with a sword, and when a player hits you, You stop blocking and hit them before they can charge up there sword again.
And using an axe can stun someone with a shield, Knocking there shield out of the way so they can get on a couple hits, But it only has a 1/4 chance of doing so, Unless your sprinting(100% Chance)
"Hitting another player who is blocking with a shield has a chance to disable the player's shield for 5 seconds."
This seems pretty cool, Don't think there going to add daggers/spears or so, Would be nice if we had spears for farther range for better combat.
So thats it, What is your opinions?