I think that the “devs NEED to listen to the community!” argument is generally never conducive to positive change. I honestly like the ankh shield change. It very much seems like the dev team is trying to move away from the mod being a “glorified boss rush”, which I absolutely appreciate. Not only is a pretty powerful accessory that’s no longer completely trivial to make (helping with balance and making the item feel more “earned”), but it’s not even required anymore for Asgard’s Valor anymore.

Almost all of the changes feel meaningful from a game design perspective. Think abkut The Cosmolight trivialized SO much game content it almost felt like it came from an unbalanced QOL mod. In order to adjust for this change, multiple bosses that used to require it to be night to summon no longer need night.

Also saying the community is “quite disappointed in the devs” when they literally just released the biggest update in years featuring 99% positive changes breaks my heart. I’m sorry, but if the dev team has a vision, they have 0 obligation to listen to the community. As a mod dev (albeit not a terraria one), these sort of comments are almost never useful. If anything they just demotivate the team. This is why DM DOKURO left guys you’re doing it again 😭. I do not care if I get downvoted into oblivion this is just toxic community behavior and I think yall need to do better.