The code for the directional damage indicator is in the game, it's just that a miscommunication between the internal/external server causes it to default to left. You should fix this and add an option to disable/enable it in the settings.
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galaxy_2alex
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Thank you for your report!
However, we are already tracking this issue, and this report is a Duplicate of MC-26678, which has been marked as Won't Fix - while this behaviour is not desirable, the developers have said that they will not or cannot fix it.
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