please try in vannilla minecraft because it could be a bug in a mod you had loaded. also how fast was your connection to the server you noticed this on?
i think you just have bad luck tbh. the introduction of bastions means that fortresses are rarer. there is also a chance that really small fortresses can generate so i guess keep looking lol. i might be wrong though
i think that the second bit is intentional to cause competition over who kills the dragon and gets the achievement. i do agree though that no credit when you used a bed to kill the dragon is a bit whack.
as in there is no gap but the spider is attacking you through where two slabs join diagonally?
does this happen in single player too?
yes but with full prot 4, featherfalling 4, and blast prot 4 leggings an enderpearl does half a heart and an endcrystal on the same level as the player should do 8 hearts. Enderpearling into an endcrystal does about 3 hearts so the endcrystal does some damage just not the full 8 hearts. In one half second then only the largest damage value is applied and because enderpearling into an end crystal does 3 hearts and just enderpearling does half a heart, then we know it is the endcrystal dealing the 3 hearts.
this is anoying in crystal combat because my opponent doesnt pop a totem when i catch their ender pearl with crystal. especially as i have high ping on alot of servers that i play on.