But this is not entirely true, while getting ender pearls from trades might be logical, it can be argued that due to the fact that endermans are the only hostile creature spawning in Warped Forests, the most efficient way to obtain enderpearls might be a combination of piglin trading and farming them

"majorly affect the way the player progresses through the game" Well, the terrain is harder to bypass, digging down is probably the best choice now. Ocean Revines don't exist anymore. Mapless works differently. I would say that all in all it is majorly different than 1.16.1 strats

Is there any official statement on 1.18 yet? Will it be another category for it? I mean the whole world is different and it can be argued that Endermans in the Blue Nether Biom become the main source of pearls rather than trading.