I liked the Caves and Cliffs part 1 update. It greatly improved the cave and terrain generation. I liked the new biomes they added. The axolotls was the cherry on top.
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The Caves and Cliffs update was pretty good. Took me a while to realize they changed diamonds to a negative Y level though.
i like 1.12.2 because of its mod support, but my favorite for playing vanilla is beta 1.7.3; i prefer its gameplay and worldgen over the newer versions
I wasn't brought in by any of the changes in 1.19, but I love the changes to ore drops in 1.17 and the new terrain generation of 1.18. So I've been sticking with 1.18 until the mods I use work in 1.20.
I play the newest version that all of my mods support, which is currently 1.19.2.
I feel like the game(java at least) has only gotten better.
Nice 1.19.2 is the last version that my mods support at the moment as well.
My personal favourite is beta 1.7.3, Funnily enough, not even a version I played until recently, but its simplistic charm and vibe got me very into it. Plus, the Aether mod is still great to this day.