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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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    If mojang removes attribute swapping forever, then 1.21.11/26.1 will be the new 1.8.
    They have been basically splitting the minecraft community in because of these bad changes, they legit don't care about the actual bugs that affect our gameplay but they care about the ones we like and don't get a second thought when they remove them.

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    This does not improve the game in any way, this ruins the PVP experience for players 

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    I don't understand why Mojang would decide to remove attribute swapping. It is a difficult skill that requires precise timing; only serious, dedicated pvp players will learn/use it. This does not affect normal minecraft gameplay at all, and communities with hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions of members, rely on this feature to thrive. mojang please revert this patch so the modern pvp community will continue to grow. if not, thousands of players will refuse to play the newer versions, just like the 1.9 combat update, causing one more great segregation of players 

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    i rly want mojang to keep attribute swapping cuz like i love the fact that i can spear lunge everywhere and swap to axe to stun shields easier but mojang is making a rly bad decision cuz every pvp and smp player will hate this since we they rely on attribute swapping. please mojang keep attribute swapping in the game or players will disappear from the mc community and stop playing the game

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    It will indefinitely change gamemodes like Spear Mace, its an ability not a bug!

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    pvp is an essential part of Minecraft and attribute swapping is a minor bug

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    It is insincere of Mojang to allow so many 'bugs' or unintended features to be kept in the game for so long, for this to suddenly be viewed as an issue. It has molded the modern PVP 'meta', mechanics, and gameplay, and become a massive part of the Minecraft community as an aspect. Even the creeper was not intended to be part of the main game initially, and now it has arguably become the face of Minecraft. If the dev team deems attribute swapping unbalanced, it would be ideal to try and work around it to preserve what the player base values in these mechanics. If, however, it does not fit their vision of what the combat gameplay should feel like, be, and was originally designed to embody, then at the very least they should consider providing an alternative or a rework, since a noticeable part of the game will be affected by this change. At the end of the day, Minecraft is still a sandbox; however, a major portion of the player base [the "PVP Community"] has dedicated hundreds of hours into mastering combat mechanics built directly around this... suddenly "pulling the plug" on something closer to a feature than a bug without any real warning or discussion behind it feels rushed and unjustified. 

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    I feel like if the Mojang team fixes this glitch everyone will hate it or at least a ton of people cause so many people spent hours of their lives trying to master attribute swapping and if they get rid of it all those hours went for nothing. Me personally I cant do it but I like seeing others do it cause it just looks so cool and I hoped one day I'd also be able to be one of those people that could do those lunge swapping and stun  slam with the reach attribute of the spear. SO MOJANG DO NOT GET RID OF ATTRIBUTE SWAPPING. It would lowkey make me sad cause id never get to watch people do that rapid lunge swap into a stun slam and get the adrenaline rush like I would if i did see it and just thinking about that makes me sad. I don't care if it gives more damage it just is cool to see how many other ways people find useful ideas for this glitch which I wouldn't even call it a glitch I'd call it a technique so theres no point in fixing this technique it is already part of our game and people will just go play on older versions for servers with attribute swapping so we will just keep using it even if you fix it. Also you'd be wasting your time just to do that and make people sad and there muscle memory would be sad and the mace would practically be useless since a person could put up there shield and stop the hit.

    Thats my reasoning so whatever you do keep the attribute swapping.

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    保留秒切

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    We really need atributte swapping back, it is necessary for pvp

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    please keep atrabute swapping in game

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     Atrribute Swapping has been part of the game for so long. People have spent years mastering the technique, like srsly it was part of the game for 13 YEARS. There are so many other "glitches" that Mojang allows, just to mention a few, Iron Golem farming (yes you heard that right, scaring a villager with a zombie causing the game to spawn an iron golem is a glitch), TNT Duping, Nether Portal Desync and Bedrock Breaking are all glitches that Mojang completely allows but for some reason they couldn't allow Attribute Swapping. Whats even more annoying is the fact that they let it sit in the game for 13 yrs, they let it become a fundamental part of pvp ever since 1.6.2 and people just assumed it was part of the game. now suddenly they decide to remove it. Its just so messed up. Yeah i get it, it gives an unfair advantage to anybody with a mace or spear cause it lets them completely skip the cooldown. Maybe they could shorten the spears cooldown, cause it i mean at this point the spear is effectively useless in pvp. You are rarely going to be fighting in a place with enough space to elytra-spear. Please Mojang, keep Attribute Swapping in the game, if you are scared about talking to Microsoft about it, tell me, i'll send them an email on your behalf.                                                                 

                                                                                                               - An Hopeful Minecrafter

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    For the mace!

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    If we are looking at it realistically, if microsoft does decide to not revert this, thousands of players could retire from pvp-ing, if not just fully quitting the game.

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    Keep attribute swapping!!!! We need this in the pvp community.

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    BACK ATTRIBUTE SWAP

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    Attribute Swapping and Stunning are bugs but since mojang has accepted tnt duping as a feature and building on the nether roof why would they draw the line at attribute swapping if it makes pvp so much better?

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    you just ruined pvp attribute swap mace crystal spear cant stun slam cant fast spear

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    Players have spent years learning combat with these mechanics. It would break almost every form of PvP in some way if this was reverted, as well as debuff virtually every weapon in the game, making Combat more dull. Players on servers would not have a purpose to get a second item such as a breach mace to attribute swap with, therefore causing the game's enjoyment to die out quicker. I would also like to point out that many "bugs" are now prominent features, including the Creeper, which is now almost universally associated with Minecraft. 

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    they should add it 100%

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    Mojang, are you actually considering patching this? It's crazy.
    Don't you know it's essential?
    Millions of players depend on it?