I died once to the new tarball enemy. Nothing else. Stamina requires you to eat balanced meals, adjusted that a bit but never died even with the wrong food, I just had to run around recovering for a bit. If not for the forums, I would not know that there were stamina problems... not sure what people are doing there.
Oh, and cooking gets an honorable mention ... I had 1hp left due to the new shorter range on the cauldron. (If I do not get close enough it lets me make like 2 items then closes the menu, and if I do get close enough, there is danger of fire damage).

I expected to see dethsquito complaining again since they got a bit of a buff due to the new block mechanics.