I'm not generally one to complain about trolling, but I have to say, I wish chadz/cmp/developers didn't troll as much as they do, at least in the context of patch notes or general announcements. It's expected that when someone in an authoritative position posts about their game that they are passing on honest information. Largely in part to the trolling is why I think there is so much misinformation about things in this game, and what effects different things actually have. I understand that chadz wants to avoid a min/maxing mentality from the playerbase, but the constant trolling actually makes it less likely for players to take risks because they don't want to irreversibly damage their character. I feel like the OP is a perfect example of this: thought he learned something new, decided to take action, and was ultimately penalized for trying something based on information given from a reputable source. It just paralyzes players from taking new risks because they have no basis on what the risks truly entail.
And then of course when players inevitably have no clue what they're talking about and spout off foolish guesses the devs berate them. But as they say, a happy chadz is a coding chadz soo... maybe that's just how it is