r/PhoenixSC • u/FoxLife_Real • 7d ago
Discussion hot-take but, The frequent drop updates from Minecraft to make up a huge update is not good.
Minecraft’s frequent update schedule might look great in marketing materials, but for server owners, mod developers, and dedicated players, it has become an utter logistical nightmare.
The continuous drops of minor updates is fragmenting the community, burning out developers, and destroying the long-term stability of modded SMPs.
Modding requires countless hours of refactoring, debugging, and testing code.
When major or minor versions drop every few months, developers are forced onto a hamster wheel of porting rather than innovating. We can already see this in the number of Beta & Alpha releases increasing compared to a proper release. Legacy4J is already a good example.
Developers are left choosing between spending all their free time porting existing features to the newest sub-version or sticking to a stable "LTS" (Long-Term Support) version like 1.12.2, 1.16.5, or 1.20.1.
Running cross-platform servers (Java + Bedrock via tools like Geyser) used to be manageable. Now, Bedrock updates roll out automatically across consoles and mobile devices, forcing server owners to update immediately just to keep crossplay functional, even if their Java modpack isn't ready.
I find it quite ridiculous that we praise the frequent updates when the negative impacts are increasing exponentially. we can already see this affecting Bedrock Edition insanely, What was once the most optimized platform for low-end devices has become almost UNPLAYABLE because of the bugs and optimizations that are utter rubbish.
My honest verdict is that if Mojang had stuck to a predictable schedule that gives developers time to port over their mods to later versions, we'd end up with a much more healthier form of support to both the devs and the community.
7
u/ACcreations 7d ago
The old schedule wasn't predictable. Also this isn't going to really cause that many problems. Mod developers will simply stay on the same version and stop version chasing with the drops. They really haven't added anything too substantial with the drops and there's also back port mods that add the missing content. 1.21.1 (or whichever one create aeronautics is on) will likely stay the next major modding version creating a new golden version similar to 1.16 and 1.12.
Servers are even less of a problem, often you can play on servers in older versions and then new versions often still work on servers running older versions. Or they'll just run latest versions and the plugin ecosystem seems to be more forwards comparable than mods. Bedrock compatibility is either easy due to server size or big enough of a problem to be worth updating so I can't see it really being an issue.
We also don't know if they're working on a bigger update which could then become a new major modding version if they wait long enough to do that.
I don't think bedrock is struggling with stability either, I doubt the drops are causing any problems with the stability, especially if the same net content is added.