Ik a lot has changed since the beta that I played. I'm still not used to the negative stats on gear I don't really want to equip new gear. Since I don't want to negate my characters I seriously don't feel like the game is any fun anymore. Ik the new gear should help but not hinder ur heros especially when all the new gear that I have received is mostly a hindrance to my hero and how I want to build them.
You don't have to choose a gear item which has negative stats to come with it. I do believe that for all gear items you can have stats that are balanced across all 3 options, positive in all so you get a even build. Personally some stats aren't worth it to me so I don't have balanced gear, for example I'll choose attack and execution health regen over revive speed, so revive speed would be negative.