Minecraft’s new faster update schedule will probably fill modders with both despair and nostalgia | Gaming

If there’s one thing I’ve heard from Minecraft modders when I’ve asked for their thoughts on the future of Minecraft, it’s some variation on “fewer updates, please”. This might seem unreasonable if you’re not into modding, but the price of updating a game is often that you break any mods designed for it. Hence, the parts of Minecraft’s history many seasoned Minecraft modders – together with server owners and pro mapmakers – remember most fondly are the longer lulls between updates.

I’ve heard Minecraft: Java Edition 1.12.2 described as a “golden” period, simply because there was almost a year between it and the next major update. Picture these interludes as sustained magma leaks on the chilly ocean floor, creating a pocket of warmth in which various species of…