Item Patch 1.19.4 Changelog And Feedback Thread

Hello everyone! Today’s a very exciting day because the item team has been super busy and we finally have a changelog for the next big item patch!

Upcoming changes in 1.19.4:​

-Over 100 endgame armour balance changes! (Finished combos: EW, EF, EA, TF, TA, WA, FA, A)
-6 new endgame armour pieces to find!
-Global Health Regen buff! (Triggers every 4 seconds now, reduced from 10 seconds)
-Nearly all previously loot-exclusive armour and weapons now instead are regular obtainables!
-A̷ m̵ b̶ i̶ v̶ a̸ l̸ e̷ n̷ c̵ e̵

You can find the pastebin including all the changes to existing items here! Three changes to note are Spinal Tap, Gravesbane, and Hero’s End, all of which have been reworked into completely different items. (September, Windshear, and Flummox respectively) This includes changes to stats that will seem unusual without the context of them being completely reworked, such as level, slots, and tier, which isn’t shown. September is unique, Windshear is rare, and Flummox is rare!

The purpose of making a completely new thread for this rather than posting it on the main item thread like other changelogs is that we want this thread to become a sort of hub for feedback on the endgame armour rebalance we’re working on. It’s such a massive change that pushes a lot of playstyles forward in ways never seen before and begins to introduce whole new archetypes that have never been supported until this point such as Heavy Melee, Heavy Spell, Burst Spell, Heavy Poison, and the not-so-elegant return of Cactus, among others, so we wanted to make it easy for the community to tell us exactly what we did right and what we did wrong. How do you feel about these changes so far?

Thank you all for reading and for your continued support and patience with us as we try and make everything a bit more balanced and diverse! Love you all~

EDIT: @Muchwag has a cool thread here where some class builders from the community as well as myself went over lots of the changes from this patch in more depth. If you're interested in how and why some of the changes were made as well as how people are planning to use them, I recommend you check it out!

Also, there's one change that missed out on the patch due to a mishap while making the changelog. This is the change to Nether's Scar, which should hopefully be added in the next couple of days. Take a look!

Spoiler: Nether's Scar change

Nether's Scar

Health: 4000 -> 3350
Water Defense: -140 -> 0
Earth Defense: 0 -> -140

Dexterity Points: 7 -> 12
Defense Points: 16 -> 12
Health Regen %: 115 -> 140 (42 to 182)
Attack Tier: 0 -> 1
Raw Health Regen: -75 -> -400 (-280 to -520)
Fire Damage %: 14 -> 10 (3 to 13)
Thunder Damage %: 14 -> 10 (3 to 13)

 

Excited to see what you guys think! =)

 

Huh. Interesting...

also lament what :eyes:

 

thank you xavi, very cool

 

TFA TFA TFA TFA TFA TFA

 

Holy heck this is amazing

Overall very nice changes, Im really looking forward to it!!!

 

time to buy a guardian wtfrick

Edit actual thoughts:
Rip Nighthawk as a catch-all helmet for spell
Lament?!
Rip Cancer in HPR meme
I like how the -int is big enough to actually be significant
Hetusol is still gamer
Writhing Growth thorns feels like a joke ngl
Gemini rework!!!!!!!
omg sagi buff
GOTV POGGERS @by2011
Dark shroud getting 25 dex?!
wtf is that virgo change
royal hydrangea finally not meme possibly maybe probably

momentum change kinda is a bummer because it being a rare source of big melee% was cool and now it's just another raw melee item :/

Queen's headpiece didn't really need this i think but w/e a buff is nice
oh wow a lot of lifesteal buffs, hello heroism

got bored so i'm skimming over the rest

me and the atlas inc gang using tinderbox in builds
wow a lot of lifesteal buffs and additions
surprised sprintguard didn't get sprint lol
I feel like there's too much random thorns/refl additions for little to no reason :/
kickback looking solid
SHAGGY BOOTS CANCELSTACK?!!!!!!?!??!?!?!
big aquamarine nerf, but it's in the right place and won't cripple it (thanks item team for knowing balance ily)
OGRE FACEPLATE CANCELSTACK LETS GOOOO @M3G4W3R7Y wait this is the right person right
wow aquamarine gets a nerf but azurite gets pointless stat with no nerf? I see how it is
people think of september by earth wind and fire but I personally think of Chant of Benevolence tbh
wow the ephemeral got a buff? I need it for mana and sp, but okay a buff is nice


10/142 changes were just the addition of thorns/reflection or both alone. What the heck?
yeah i know it got buffed but



conclusion: cactus isn't back (still weak, obviously) and hpr stacking will get nerfed next patch

 

EEE finally TFA AND HPR BUFF AYAYAYAYAYA
also interesting buff to loot chest only stuff... unravel price decrease??
also, mind you this doesn't affect acessories (just letting yall know)

 

elaborate, it literally received nothing but buffs and you have to fall like 8-10 blocks to take fall damage in wynn

 

REEEEEEEEEEE TIME FOR CLASS BUILDING TFA

 

They did it... they buffed Lament


In all seriousness this seems really neat, may say more later when I'm done reading through everything, but for now I'm excited to try out some new TFA stuff.

 

I honestly have no idea what to say other than the fact that I'm mega hype-
Also Corkus Loot Run is now very much the best Loot Run. Time to gamble Between Apoc/Hero/Crusade/Galleon and Resurgence/Discoverer in every damn chest !!!!!!!! (Spoiler, they'll all be Apoc still)

 

Hmmmmmm

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Any weapon/armor that can only be found in loot chests can now be dropped from mobs.

 

Oh well this is just perfect, literally the day after i finish my health regen build it gets buffed
this is gonna be so fun hahahhahaha
but what does this mean: "-Nearly all previously loot-exclusive armour and weapons now instead are regular obtainables!"

 

basically, prior to now, all armor would only be obtainable from chests. Now you can get it from mob drops too!

 

Some T3/4 Chest exclusive items can be found through T1/2 and mob drops

 

:DDDDDD

@Torpid it means items like Vacuum which could previously only be found in T3/T4 lootchests can now be found in all chests and mob drops. You may have heard stories of how difficult it is to find many loot-exclusives...

Anyway time to go over the changelog in detail, I probably won't post my item-by-item thoughts until tomorrow though, to let it settle.

 

So wait I can't tell if the Ignition rework is a nerf or a buff? What is it?