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Pros and Cons of The Two Minecraft Versions.

McAlpake11/8/24 1:58 pm history
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12/27/2024 2:05 pm
McAlpake
I switched to Java a while ago but decided to give Bedrock another try. Here’s what happened. I started off with a classic survival playthrough, and right away, things took a turn. The day cycle seemed to fly by — it was literally night in what felt like five seconds. As soon as the sun set, a skeleton began relentlessly spamming arrows at me, and to make matters worse, my health never regenerated. Needless to say, it didn’t go well.


This got me thinking about my time with Java. In contrast, when I play Java, I feel like the gameplay is much smoother, especially with all the optimization mods like Sodium and Lithium. My health seems to regenerate properly, and the day-night cycle feels more balanced. The vast modding community also adds so much extra content that Bedrock simply doesn’t have — like custom world generation mods, performance tweaks, and extensive gameplay enhancements. It’s those little things that make Java feel more polished to me.


Next, I decided to explore Bedrock’s servers, beginning with one of the most popular: The Hive. This server offers a wide variety of mini-games, so I chose to dive into BedWars solos. The first thing that happened? I was instantly killed by a hacker. It was frustrating, to say the least. In Java, I’d typically encounter similar issues, but the variety of anti-cheat plugins and community-driven efforts to deal with hackers makes it feel less frequent. Plus, with Java, I can always jump into a modded server to play unique game modes that aren't available on Bedrock.


That’s just my experience, of course. Everyone’s gameplay can be different, and I wanted to share my thoughts on it.


UPDATE: I just want to remind everyone to keep the conversation respectful. This post is meant to be a place where we can all share our opinions and experiences without any hostility. Let's keep it fun and interesting for everyone.
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Ketupur
11/08/2024 3:51 pm
Level 10 : Journeyman Toast Warrior
first - minecraft bedrock have slower regen speed and stronger monsters (it is harder)
second - if you can't play the game do not immediately say it is hacks 🤣 you moved to java and you got used to easier game 🤣
If this version is too hard for you just do not play it and do not immediately say it should be removed 🤣 I play only bedrock and never had problems with slower regen speed (I am used to it) and players who were much better than me 🤣
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McAlpake
11/08/2024 4:08 pm
He/Him • Level 22 : Expert Zombie Fisherman
Ye totally Ig u could say flying is definetly not hacking
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Ketupur
11/09/2024 1:46 am
Level 10 : Journeyman Toast Warrior
He never said anything about flying
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McAlpake
11/09/2024 10:08 am
He/Him • Level 22 : Expert Zombie Fisherman
Yes i did, I am confused as what are you saying
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Ketupur
11/09/2024 10:13 am
Level 10 : Journeyman Toast Warrior
When?
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Ketupur
12/27/2024 1:29 am
Level 10 : Journeyman Toast Warrior
Lack of response means never
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JagdpantherKing131
11/08/2024 4:09 pm
He/Him • Level 40 : Master Tank Commander
i have played bedrock for ages and i agree with McAlpake so you my freind need to stop trash talking and being a total turd java takes more skill becase its not spam based like your vocabulary
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Ketupur
11/09/2024 1:30 am
Level 10 : Journeyman Toast Warrior
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You speak english because it's the only language you know, I speak english because it's the only language you know.
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JagdpantherKing131
11/09/2024 7:50 am
He/Him • Level 40 : Master Tank Commander
no my freind i can speak russain and german too so tell me what you can do ya jerk and also when playing minecraft Bedrock bedwars i also find many many hackers on allmost all servers also people useing autoclicker where on java they have better anti cheat for servers and such and useing auto clicker dont do much good becase you wont be doing any damage becase you have to time your shots well to do max damage another thing about java its mods right now are way way better than anything bedrock has and you can use shaders on java without rtx and then in bedrock unless you have really good phone you need rtx to run em for pc java also runs better and its fps boosters also are better and there is more texture packs there is the debug stick for building and building is also allready better and before you say oh well you cant do multi player like on bedrock well think again just use the mod called essential and you can now play with freinds wear cosmetics and more. so any more questions or are you hungry for more?
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Ketupur
11/09/2024 10:12 am
Level 10 : Journeyman Toast Warrior
Do you know these languages well enogh to understand what is someone saying to you? I never found any hacker, bedrock is better version for vanilla, I do not care about debuck sticks or mods and from what I know PC players and therefore java players are the FPS maniacs. I don't care how much FPS I have as long as it doesn't stutter.
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JagdpantherKing131
11/09/2024 10:16 am
He/Him • Level 40 : Master Tank Commander
and yes i do understand what people are saying in those languages also you have to think its not just about how you see the game or how it runs just for you but for everyone and java just works better and is better so hah and also some people just need better fps i run the game around 40-60 fps with fps booster
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McAlpake
11/09/2024 10:22 am
He/Him • Level 22 : Expert Zombie Fisherman
Bro chill he only speaks german he is still working on english
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McAlpake
11/09/2024 10:24 am
He/Him • Level 22 : Expert Zombie Fisherman
Enough ❌

Enogh ✅
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andthenhedead
11/13/2024 2:10 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
Not my fault English is the worlds dominant language…
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Ketupur
11/09/2024 1:44 am
Level 10 : Journeyman Toast Warrior
If combat on bedrock was easier he wouldn't have any problem with health, and if it did't take any skill he wouldn't have problems with better players on bedwars
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ScotsMiser
11/09/2024 12:25 am
Level 55 : Grandmaster Miner
The fundamental 'problem' with br is that it's not java.

Due to limitations of the various devices for which the version that became br was designed, things work differently in the two versions which makes switching back and forth between them irritating at best.
For a non-gaming example of this: look at the keypads on a standard phone (123 across the top) compared to a standard keyboard (123 across the bottom).
Either is fine but if one is 'used to' one the other invites mistakes.
[Same thing with algebraic vs RPN calculators as another example]
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Avm23
11/09/2024 12:54 am
Level 1 : New Miner
yea minecraft bedrock isn't very good
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Avm23
11/09/2024 12:54 am
Level 1 : New Miner
you can't even mod minecraft bedrock anymore
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Ketupur
11/09/2024 1:43 am
Level 10 : Journeyman Toast Warrior
It is better for vanilla
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JagdpantherKing131
11/09/2024 7:52 am
He/Him • Level 40 : Master Tank Commander
but what about the mods and such that help the game? they lag wise or even just nice extra things that make the game a little bit better but dont ruin the game now those are mods that are nice
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andthenhedead
11/13/2024 2:09 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
nah Java has more minor bugs but bedrock has way more game breaking and random death bugs
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Ketupur
11/14/2024 11:49 am
Level 10 : Journeyman Toast Warrior
I never experienced any random death bug
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McAlpake
11/09/2024 10:07 am
He/Him • Level 22 : Expert Zombie Fisherman
Yea
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Cornbread_Alphanumeric
11/09/2024 2:24 am
She/They • Level 45 : Master Miner uwu
overall, i give this one a 3/10. i will concede that skeletons are ridiculously annoying in the early game.
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UndauntedOx
11/09/2024 8:05 am
He/Him • Level 13 : Journeyman Dragon Warrior
I play both, but I agree minecraft bedrock sucks, I just lost all of my worlds.
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JagdpantherKing131
11/09/2024 8:09 am
He/Him • Level 40 : Master Tank Commander
indeed i agree for i played bedrock for like 3 years DX and then my freind McAlpake showed me how cool java was and i forever swaped over
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Iberostar
11/09/2024 8:42 am
He/Him • Level 25 : Expert Architect
I agree. Java is OG
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Zomphey
11/09/2024 10:59 am
He/Him • Level 47 : Master Blueberry Blob
You think the amazing thing that is About - The Hive Forumscame from the underworld?


Go and check out lifeboat my dude, it came from the deepest depths of ****.
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McAlpake
11/09/2024 12:33 pm
He/Him • Level 22 : Expert Zombie Fisherman
How u get that emoji?
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Zomphey
11/09/2024 12:52 pm
He/Him • Level 47 : Master Blueberry Blob
I inserted an image and made it smol

No emoji :(
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markl1zard
11/11/2024 8:21 am
It/It • Level 33 : Artisan Herobrine Herobrine
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And java version of width=20 is totaly a 5h!t
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Zomphey
11/11/2024 10:22 am
He/Him • Level 47 : Master Blueberry Blob
ik right, I played it once, and I never really wanted to play it again afterwards.
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DoreoTheOreo
11/16/2024 11:40 am
He/Him • Level 38 : Artisan Dragonborn Nerd
same
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McAlpake
11/11/2024 1:45 pm
He/Him • Level 22 : Expert Zombie Fisherman
Ye especially since they use java pvp with bedwars lol.
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ohio920dagamer
11/15/2024 10:46 pm
He/Him • Level 27 : Expert Procrastinator
They made the ranks subscriptions for whatever god-forsaken reason, and they're not adding the old gamemodes (ADD TD BACK!!!) anytime soon..
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Team UNNAMED
11/09/2024 11:04 am
Level 67 : High Grandmaster Creeper
the only thing that *actually* sucks about bedrock edition is the loading times
you have to wait 2 minutes to even get TO the loading screen, and another 5 to get past THAT.
Also it takes 5 minutes to enter a world
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McAlpake
11/09/2024 12:33 pm
He/Him • Level 22 : Expert Zombie Fisherman
yeah
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Jerrygames124
11/09/2024 12:38 pm
He/Him • Level 16 : Journeyman Sus Jerry
Bedrock isn't bad.
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MonkeManII
11/09/2024 12:51 pm
He/Him • Level 30 : Artisan Procrastinator Procrastinator
TIME OF DAY: false, you probably left the game "paused" (it doesn't actually pause)

I feel like bedrock is just a different game than Java. Its combat does sucks- no strategy, all autoclickers and that there's virtually no health regen. I also despise the Marketplace because it feels so predatory - we don't need microtransactions in a block game, nor do we need to be paywalling people's creativity. I do understand that I'm stupid and people want to make money off of the marketplace, but I feel like a donation approach is better. (and we seriously don't need a skibidi toilet marketplace addon)

As for the servers thing, yeah. It's not Mojang's fault that the servers are worse-moderated, but the combat needs serious help.
Also, the Hive isn't that bad, have you seen Lifeboat? Or Mineville, or Enchanted Dragons. Those last two cost money to be able to even enter.

The one upside of bedrock is the easy multiplayer - no paying for a server or dealing with LAN, you can just join friends (I get that Essentials exists for Java, but still).
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McAlpake
11/09/2024 1:48 pm
He/Him • Level 22 : Expert Zombie Fisherman
Yes, i agree with your answer.
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harrymanjungle
11/11/2024 11:45 am
Level 1 : New Miner
if you use stuff like Radmin I think you don't even need to be on the same wifi for LAN.
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MasterCrash16
11/11/2024 8:43 am
Level 8 : Apprentice Miner
nope bedrock should stay theres multi player. dyeable water. and better armor stands plus microsoft isnt shuting minecraft down any time soon so delete this forum
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McAlpake
11/11/2024 9:24 am
He/Him • Level 22 : Expert Zombie Fisherman
Nah I'm good
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ETTY
11/11/2024 2:36 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
1. dyable water isnt cool

2. Java has Servers + Mods that host single player worlds making bedrocks official World hosting useless

3. he aint finna delete this forum xD your no one important
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subspace
12/06/2024 1:19 pm
He/Him • Level 7 : Apprentice Explorer
i would argue that being able to play with friends without having to host a whole server is convenient
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MasterCrash16
11/11/2024 8:45 am
Level 8 : Apprentice Miner
and also to say I gotta say it, it just sucks. to game like this when java doesent even have a marketplace did you just the marketplace was nothing come on man
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McAlpake
11/11/2024 9:24 am
He/Him • Level 22 : Expert Zombie Fisherman
A yes a marketplace filled with skibidi toilet
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Bmining525
11/11/2024 10:03 am
Level 20 : Expert Dragonborn
Aye. A shame.
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Jerrygames124
11/11/2024 1:07 pm
He/Him • Level 16 : Journeyman Sus Jerry
That is true
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MasterCrash16
11/11/2024 8:48 am
Level 8 : Apprentice Miner
also AGAIN minecraft bedrock has hardcore bundles and soon /place command from java WHATS WRONG
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andthenhedead
11/13/2024 2:07 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
lol bedrock is not hardcore ready lost a hardcore world yesterday to a bug that causes creepers to do damage while in water
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MasterCrash16
11/11/2024 8:48 am
Level 8 : Apprentice Miner
and controller is avable WHY STOP PLS
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