things that should be changed

my friend and i were surviving on a world, we found that riding horses get you kicked for flying, most villages we have found had multiple of the same exact type of villager and a lot of the trades were weird (ex: 1 emerald for 1 lapis). and now stone axes are the best in minecraft ? in 1.7 stone axes are no better then a wood sword but now they are better then a diamond sword???