A bit late on this, the new combat system is terrible for multiplayer since players that lag suffer way more, if their hit doesn't register, well then tough luck, but it's still a crummy system. The thing that made Minecraft back in the day, and old schoolers(people from 09-2011 -2012) like myself and others will know that multiplayer servers with gamemodes like Survival Games, Hunger Games, spleef, ect ect, were the best elements. I still remember spleef on skitscapes server, if you won you got teleported to a room where all the winners go, and you got to look down on everyone from above, and people would try to get up there, meanwhile you had to win in order to get there, haha, good times. I'm sorry to say but these days everything is dull, Minecraft is a dull game in my opinion now. If you find it fun, well that's your opinion and I respect that.