Yeah? Well see.. Cause the fact that they made certain common appearing things extremely rare now in 1.4 (Enchanted Sword Shrines , Living Mahogany Trees , Waterbolt - before you say anything i had 2 large worlds where there was only single copy in entire dungeon and at the very bottom of the dungeon - checked via map viewers.)
Just want to comment on this, because I'd like to clear a couple things up:
1. Enchanted Sword Shrines WERE made more rare, but we removed the fake shrines entirely. In total, I believe there are more "real" shrines than there were before, but it feels like less because you don't ever find the fake shrines. However, we are also re-assessing the shrine rates overall for 1.4.1. Not because they were rarer than before, but because the increased need for Enchanted Swords has increased their demand, leading to a perception of being too rare.
2. Living Mahogany Trees (and underground cabins in general) were hit by a bug that broke their spawning on certain sides of the Jungle. This has been fixed in 1.4.1 and should no longer be an issue.
3. We made it so that Waterbolts would no longer generate at the surface of the Dungeon, but we did not make them more rare otherwise, aside from potentially losing some real estate due to to Cracked Brick taking up space. So while Waterbolts might be slightly less common than before, they aren't dramatically so.
I'm a console player, meaning my worlds have rarer gold chests than on PC, and I'll agree that they can be pretty elusive at times. Combining that with the drop pool, it can get pretty frustrating to get my 7th flare gun trying for a magic mirror or Hermes boots. Adding the Horseshoe to the crate loot pool could help with that, and I respect your preference for fishing over caving. I personally think golden crates are extremely rare, but if you prefer it, that's fine.
I'm not aware of Console specifically having less Gold Chests, but if they do, its likely a version issue, and would be resolved by the time Console is caught up to 1.4. So this issue is only one in passing, and won't be an issue by the time these changes trickle down.
In the golden chest topic a lot of people are saying how diluted the loot pool is becoming. So why don't you make the Flare Gun and Extractinator secondary items (and pets to for that matter).
We actually consider a more diluted Gold Chest loot pool to be a good thing.
You mentioned Pets, but most, if not all, of the rare chest-found pets can be found from fishing crates in 1.4.