As far as I can tell, this is still an issue as of Snapshot 18w45a. Leaves still aren't decaying and crops still aren't growing (and I assume anything else affected by randomTickSpeed) when players are in chunks far away from my own.
As far as I can tell, this is still an issue as of Snapshot 18w45a. Leaves still aren't decaying and crops still aren't growing (and I assume anything else affected by randomTickSpeed) when players are in chunks far away from my own.