I'm not a huge fan of it either. I even am playing bedwars on other servers to see if any is better.
The colored blocks are a fun addition, but now you can no longer quick access blocks (middle mouse button) which personally feels like a downgrade to me. The colored armor is great too (united we stand ^^). The villager is great though; quick and simple! Didn't feel the respawning needed a change, but I don't really die anymore so it doesn't bother me. The 25 diamonds for a bow is dumb though and it does not stop people from camping at all. Only makes it take longer for people who actually do the attacking.
If you aren't skilled enough to get an egg, because some people that just respawned without any stuff you didn't deserve to get the egg ;)
I honestly never have had problems with respawning people. Take a few blocks with you and either block the staircases or build yourself in at the egg. Problem solved. O boy, one of them has a pick? Deal with it. Get some obby, use their gold gen. Make sure you kill that one and then get the egg. It's so easy. But I don't really mind the update. Nothing really changed for me personally, but I just find this argument kinda dull ;)
The colored blocks are a fun addition, but now you can no longer quick access blocks (middle mouse button) which personally feels like a downgrade to me. The colored armor is great too (united we stand ^^). The villager is great though; quick and simple! Didn't feel the respawning needed a change, but I don't really die anymore so it doesn't bother me. The 25 diamonds for a bow is dumb though and it does not stop people from camping at all. Only makes it take longer for people who actually do the attacking.
Thoughts with Athena:
Sorry you feel this way, but this update has created a skill-gap that was long overdue. Now, you can analyse the blocks placed to determine when it's safe to attack, when to fall back, and as an indication of a player's location. The anonymity that the game had previously was toxic, and endorsed camping.
As for the respawn timer, or the lack thereof, that was not a "challenge"; that was unfair. If a player is skilled enough to breach your defences and kill your entire team, they deserve to win. It's insulting for players to be able to instantly respawn, and spam-punch them off an island without any risk to their own lives, just because they've placed a few blocks around their egg and respawned fast enough to abuse the invincibility period.
If you aren't skilled enough to get an egg, because some people that just respawned without any stuff you didn't deserve to get the egg ;)
I honestly never have had problems with respawning people. Take a few blocks with you and either block the staircases or build yourself in at the egg. Problem solved. O boy, one of them has a pick? Deal with it. Get some obby, use their gold gen. Make sure you kill that one and then get the egg. It's so easy. But I don't really mind the update. Nothing really changed for me personally, but I just find this argument kinda dull ;)