Also, I hope the direction MC took with the last update regarding 'new block crafting' continues with 1.9. As in, I could see some of these blocks being crafted from a combination of endstone, obsidian and possibly Nether Quartz, instead of strictly mining individual blocks.
I like that we can create mossy cobble and granite and shit like that by combining bits of banal stock and making it into
so much better. 