1.9 is officially out
-Upadate snip_
Oh damn. The dual wielding, Attack animations and shields n stuff sound damn interesting.
Combat is now much more tactical and not your braindead "Who can click faster and move his mouse better"
I'd probably try playing on it, as long as it's not open PVP and you've got some form of anti-grief (preferably rollbacks instead of block protection)
Its survival thus everything is PvP unless protected ground (Spawn, Shops, etc...) and claimed faction ground.
But I might find a way that factions are absolutely unraidable. Im still drawing out stuff in my head how to and see if its worth it.