No, I would hate for 1.9 to come to skyblock. To be honest I think 1.8 sucked too, mainly because of banners. I think the general consensus is it shouldn't be updated xD
I think there is a lot of stuff that will be worse with the update, but there are also some good things. Players can now use both hands at the same time to do different actions with the left and right mouse buttons. - I like this! You can build with this feature faster ;D New arrows added. - I love the spectral arrow! The other arrows are okay. Levitation effect added. Dont know for what i can use this. Seems like useless. The end is new designed. Not important for skyblock.net or .org because end portals are disabled (i think). New blocks: Chorus flower and chorus plant: I like them. Maybe added to warp grass? Dragon head: OMG! I LOVE THIS! IT MUST BE ADDED! End Gateway: I think also not important for skyblock but it looks cool... End rod: Like torches. End stone bricks: Yea. Also could be added to /warp grass. Grass path: I think this is really cool because with this you can easily build paths Purpur blocks: Also added to /warp grass? Structure block: Useless. Other stuff: Beetrot / -soup: Hmmm. Dont know. Chorus fruit: Also dont know. Shield. This is a item that i dont like. Because of the spam of 'Shield shops' and also because i think they are not needed. Stairs are now rotated 90° in the inventory. Why??? Glass panes/iron bars without any connecting blocks are now 2x2 pixels in footprint. I really like this, good for building. New command blocks. Not important for the players, but i like this feature. Mobs: Shulker: Hmm. I think they are funny but also useless. Gameplay: Damage done by tools has been rebalanced. I also think this is not important for skyblock.net and .org, maybe for skywars. Status effect icons are now displayed on the HUD on the right hand corner, instead of just in the inventory. Hmm. Dont know. I think important for PvP but not for skyblock. But also not that bad. Decreased the attack speed of items. Base is 4.0, meaning the bar refills in 0.25s. Swords have a modifier of -2.55, resulting in a default modifier of 1.45 (refilling in about 0.69s). Pickaxes have a modifier of -2.8, resulting in a default modifier of 1.2 (refilling in about 0.83s). Shovels have a modifier of -3, resulting in a default modifier of 1 (refilling in about 1s). Axes have a modifier of -3.1, resulting in a value of 0.9 (bar refilling in 1.11s). I really really dont like this because now you cant destroy blocks as fast as before, but TannerLittle could remove this effects for the servers. Okay this is what i found now, maybe add more later. Post your opinion below! Croghs