Chip Seraphine

Yes, this is absolutely still happening.

Cam someone from Mojang either say "Yes, we'll fix it" or "No, you are no longer supposed to take falling damage if you hit shallow water"? I've got users on my server (including myself!) who still ask about this regularly, since they don't want to trash and rebuild big mob grinders while there is an open bug.

By which you mean you've gotten used to the bug, and it would break your stuff if the behavior went back to the old way.

I'm OK with that. I've got some old grinders that have been shut down for ages, but I don't want to remodel them because I don't know when/if the behavior will revert. I'd love to see this fixed, but if we can't get it fixed then I'd like for Mojang to close it as a WONTFIX and we can move on with our lives.

Actually, there is quite a bit of it-- the bug has been marked 'confirmed' and is a regression. Usually such bugs are fixed in short order, although this one seems to have remarkable staying power. I've seen a lot of grinder-owners build new (additional) ones, of course, especially with hoppers.

It would be good to see this fixed before too many players produce creations that depend on falling safely into thin water.

No worries, John. When it gets fixed you'll know it, because everyone who built a grinder before this bug started in 1.4 will be having a Joy Parade since their stuff works again.

This is a particularly infuriating bug as it as broken several grinders and PVP traps on servers I play on. I believe it should be given a hight priority, as it is a regression and greatly impacts gameplay.