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Revert the 26.2-pre-2 changes on Attribute Swapping

On the latest snapshot you can no longer quickly swap from one item to another and retain its attributes/use case. This change not only patched PvP techniques (breach swapping, lunge swapping, ...) used by tens if not hundreds of thousands of players, but it also makes performing actions quickly much more difficult.

For example, a use case of the previous item switching system was a technique often referred to as 'Breach Swapping'. By holding a fully charged Netherite Sword with an attribute of 8 attack damage you would quickly switch to a Mace with the Breach IV enchantment and click. What this would do is take the attack damage of the sword and practically apply it to the Mace, making the Mace deal the sword's damage while retaining its properties of performing smash attacks and being enchanted with breach.

This 'bug' is no longer simply an error in the game's code, as its been in the game for so long that it has been accepted by players as a staple of the game rather than a problem that needs to be fixed.

This still stands after 26.2-pre-3, since they claim that Attribute Swapping will be patched in future snapshots.

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    This is crucial for Minecraft PvP, and without it, PvP will not be the same. It must be reverted.

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    Please add Attribute Swapping back.

    Mojang, all us players want it back, we formed the pvp community off of this glitch please dont get rid of this. there is so much skill to this, you will ruin the game if you dont fix it!

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    Dawg attribute swapping has been in the game for a long time and already been accepted by us players, why remove it now? Why not remove it back then instead of letting us get attached to this bug only to rip it out of our hands, It literally just fucks up so many strategies that so many players have already mastered and takes the fun out of it
    Like personally its not even that over powered
    Despite being op, damage wise, its still very hard to pull off so atp its a decent trade off where if your not skilled enough, you cant do it consistently
    BRING BACK ATTRIBUTE SWAPPING MOJANG

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    Genuinely mojang it's a pretty good feature of the game . Please don't remove such things from the game

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    No, no, no! Why are you removing a feature that forms a huge part of the gameplay skills, in addition to being the spear mace signature fighting style? I mean, just because it's a bug in the game doesn't make it harmful, and removing it destroys the effort of the player who discovered it and everyone who trained to master it. I don't think it's good that you go through all that just for a new gameplay style.

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    Atratbute smap is good

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    A big part of the community is pvp focused which negatively affects them. I mean you look at the top 20 most popular mc servers right now, alot of them are just pvp/smp focused. Attribute swapping is not a bug, its a feature which allows for creative pvp techniques and diverse playstyles and kits. A casual player, who plays their own survival world or just plays for fun, is not affected by attribute swapping it makes no sense to remove it for them. Furthermore, Attribute swapping is too widely used by most players to just remove. Its understandable it may affect items in the future, but the solution to fix that isnt to just remove a technique thats been a staple of the game for years. It would be better to just keep it and work around it

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    To be fair, this was an unintended bug just for pvp, im agree with mojang and attribute swapping is just abusing a bug, something that should not happen, also with shields and double clicks, so im really happy they did take care of the community and removed unintended bugs 

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    Removing attribute swapping is ridiculous and so many people have worked a long time to get good at it and PvP is mostly just about attribute swapping at the moment, this basically destroys all PvP game modes except for sword and makes the game so much worse and I have already seen like over 100 people say they are just gonna quit the game altogether because of this. If this doesn’t get fixed I also might quit Minecraft because I mostly only play this for PvP and don’t even do survival, like who came up with removing this no one likes this change and with all these people asking for attribute swapping to stay in the game it should be obvious that it should stay. I’m not sure you guys fully understand how important attribute swapping is to PvP and I really can’t express how much I want it to stay in the game even as a player that isn’t that good at the game I still think this strongly about this because it literally fully ruins Minecraft PvP completely.

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    pls dont remove attribute swapping and revert this change asap

    without it almost every pvp game mode feels pointless and it’s been a core part of the game for years players have spent so much time grinding and mastering mechanics like stun slam lunge swap breach swap and many more

    pls revert it in the next update nobody really asked for this change we all love attribute swapping

    if this stays removed a lot of players will be genuinely disappointed and many might even quit the game

    this is a huge issue for serious pvpers and long time players pls bring it back

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    i also agree that attribute swapping should not be a game mechanic because it envolves a bug, and it doesnt have sense, so yeah, this is geniuely good for pvp, keep the bug patch !

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    I just started spear-mace and now it will be no more until attribute swapping is added back!

     

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    Attribute Swapping, is the key to High Tier PvP, if this is removed hundreds of thousands of players will suffer from it. 

    Attribute Swapping, is indeed the final piece to counter players who are significantly better than others. So please think about this and help thse many players by not  removing the

    Attribute Swapping.








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    Genuinely, how can you even think to patch this NOW? The mechanic is completely cemented into many parts of the game, pvp, speedrunning, etc etc. we literally cannot go without this bug, its a core technique in pvp, and in speedrunning, you can't even do things fast in this update anymore. Besides, you can still attribute swap, you just made it harder for no reason, you didn't even patch it. Who the hell decided to patch this? 

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    can you add back attribute swapping as it is a main feature of the Minecraft pvp community. 

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    attribute swapping should be back at any cost

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    FREE MCPVP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Bring attribute swapping back I beg u the PvP community needs it it’s been in the game for so long and is a very useful and important skill in the game if u take it away that skill goes and will make it so much harder to do PvP in general it’s been in the game for so long taking it out feels wrong and out of place plus the nether roof is a bug and yall haven’t fixed it and if u took that away then u would be getting rid of one of the best way to travel far distances so plz keep attribute swap

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    This has been in the game for so long it completely changed the pvp meta
    Changing it back removes pvp progress from every pvping player so the time they spent learning the game will be completely in vain on certain gamemodes

    i think it definetely should remain as a feature

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    No change pls

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    freak no

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    How many votes do we need?

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    Please revert the change to attribute swapping!

    I understand that attribute swapping may have started as a bug, but after years of being part of the game, it has evolved into something much more. It has become the heart of the PvP community, raising the skill ceiling and creating a deeper, more exciting competitive experience for countless players. Many of the most dedicated PvP players have spent years learning, practicing, and mastering this mechanic. It encourages creativity, strategy, and skill expression without negatively impacting the broader Minecraft experience.

    Mojang, there are still numerous game-breaking, performance-related, and even deadly bugs affecting players that deserve attention. Removing a beloved mechanic that has been embraced by an entire sub-community feels like fixing the wrong problem.

    At this point, attribute swapping is no longer just a bug—it has become a feature through years of community use and acceptance. Please listen to the PvP community and reconsider this change.

    #BringItBack #SaveAttributeSwapping #MinecraftPvP

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    Mojang is an idiot. I'll just say that.

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    Why Mojang why just let us have fun for a moment.

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    Yes, revert this awful change back or the same thing is going to happen like 1.8, the players will have 3 different opinions 1.8, 26
    1,26.2 it's just gonna mess up everything, ngl this might be a big L for minecraft so the good thing is to just revert the change

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    Please revert the attribute swaping

     

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    Removing attribute swap would tank the MC PVP community, hurting a very large player base in this game.

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    Heart breaking

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    No remove this feature it's so bad and causes crashes and mod issues