Or finding an outdated world file, and not its latest backup with your newest builds or changes

They're freaking worthless. I think one way they could be fixed is this:

Have them give the same sort of trades early in the game, but once the player has acquired more resources and maybe triggered Advancements in doing so, the next Traders will spawn with higher tier trades. That way they can keep up with the player's progress, and they can upgrade kind of like the Villagers do when they get a new badge

They tried.. but couldn't agree on terms w/ optifine

so true. it pisses me off not being able to do certain things that are in bedrock but not java? err "same game" much?

You wouldn't imagine how infuriating that is with beat saber modding. Don't even ask.

I know I'm basically alone here, but I love the Phantom, lmao.
They're a decent skill-check when it comes to combat (timing with melee - accuracy with ranged weapons) as they're one of the few mobs in the game with a unique attack pattern, and aren't just still targets to easily pick off from 20-30 blocks away... And they're the only thing in this "survival" game that punishes you for staying up for more than 3 nights straight.

They're totally optional too, they're not difficult to keep at bay by sleeping every other night or so, or avoiding open air above y=64 at midnight if you haven't slept... They give tamed Cats another use by scaring them away, and they only spawn at night, and burn up in the day light like other undead mobs, so can be easily avoided if other players sleep too.

If I'm working on a project far from my base, and they start spawning, its a good reminder that I need a bed to skip the dangers of the night, and set my spawn nearby for convenience if I haven't already, so they've actually helped me form good habits too, lol.

They could definitely do with dropping a more useful item - but at least slow falling potions prove themselves very useful in the End.

And for people who still don't like them at all, they're also one of the few monsters in-game to be completely optional with the /doInsomnia gamerule, because Minecraft is one of those games that truly encourages it's players to play their way.

Personally, I wish they took the concept of "a monster born out your own madness from insomnia" further, and they could only be seen by/would only attack they player they spawned from, because: a) I think it would be really funny to watch your friend frantically swinging/shooting at and running from nothing, and b) I don't like that someone else's Phantoms can start going after you instead once their target was killed/got away.

IMO they're also the perfect mob for the end, and I wish they spawned in that dimension too to add a little more challenge to the dimension, since you can't just sleep to avoid them there.

EDIT: or maybe I'm just on copium because I actually voted for them back in 2017 :P

Or just change their behavior. Obviously Mojang didn't think that one through

THEN WHY DID YOU VOTE FOR IT?

Yeah, I hate dying with 30+ levels and only getting ~5 levels back

Preach!

About the berries, though, they can be used to clutch from 40 blocks or less (I think)

Bedrock and Java need parity, not just in textures (I feel sorry for every Java player who cannot display swords on their armor stands) but also in mechanics.

thats why beds exist

I have a few texture packs on at all times, but they use 3D models for everything (changes the models of weapons, tridents, mine carts, boats, drowned, and enderman, as well as changing the mob animations and models a bit) so the game has a 90% chance of crashing whenever I log off of a world or server.

did that actually happen to you?