So I'm playing with Quark, Aether, and Farmer's Delight, and just these three mods add so much to the game. You can build downward into a chasm with quark too. Why isn't that already in the base game? Why wasn't it added with the cave update?

I'm starting to see why notch wants to make another minecraft. Microsoft does not know what QoL is.

@Kyonko802 Honestly one thing that's always nagged at me since Minecraft was sold to Microsoft and a decent chunk of the original team were gone was the lack of direction even. I could understand not focusing things like building downward if they actually had some reason not to, or even a general "vision" of the game, but no they just add at random and half ass everything they do add. Why not start stealing from other mods and adding random QoL at this point if all your other ideas are equally as lackluster?
For example, caves didn't add anything remotely interesting to the game unless you go out of your way to mess with it, just tons of safe areas to easily mine resources in and 1 singular "threat" that struggles to even be threatening in the designated murder area he has. Even when you do eventually look into it all, it's all just shit for making complex redstone contraptions, meaning it's practically useless in a normal survival world where any of it can be easily destroyed by one single creeper.

@Iffine @Kyonko802 minecraft has a massive problem with adding random shit into the game. What the fuck is copper even used for and why is there so much of it? It would have been cool if they added it with some smelting mechanics but no it's just a random resource. Cool for getting the exact color and style of something you want I guess but that's about it.

Now people are getting excited that they might be adding fireflies.

If I were to add things in Minecraft I would want actual quests with more unique locations that they take place in. They could do something like Daggerfall with its procedural generation and still have a cool story that takes place. I would want some more unique weaponry and armors instead of just enchanted ones or new, stronger tiers that you don't even need because the game doesn't have any (meaningful?) content to use them for.

I still enjoy it for what it is but it hasn't evolved very much at all for the casual player. That's why so many people have been clamoring for something like Hytale for so long and why a lot of people are jumping over to Vintage Story (although that one is a little complicated for my tastes).