The article is in German, but here’s a section machine-translated into English
We look at what players want and what we’ve changed recently. If we added new types of caves and forests to the game last year, it will be about other things for now, such as the combat system. In this way, we want to ensure that there is something for everyone in “Minecraft”. We also try to add things that solve a problem in the game.
Agreed, although the combat snapshots did have some nice tweaks that could be added to the current system. For example, you can attack through tall grass and being hit interrupts eating, so you can’t tank damage by continuously eating.
Stackable potions
Please please please