Difficulty change?

[Angelsrage21]

So I've been wondering why mobs have been so much harder to kill, is it because of the update? Did it maybe reset the difficulty? All I know is mobs are at least three times harder to kill. I don't know if maybe 1.9 just majorly buffed them or what, anyways just wondering.

~angelsrage21

[DeeKay]

To my knowledge the difficulty hasn't changed. Are you aware of the combat changes introduced to 1.9? It has changed pretty significantly in that you cannot wildly swing at a mob any more, as your weapons have different attack cooldown speeds which require you to time your hits accordingly otherwise you will deal very little damage. Here's a link to some useful info on damage and cooldown speeds.