I thought it'd be interesting to share this here! This post is from a community event in Reddit Pixel Dungeon that often gathers hundreds of votes, and the event is finally completed just a few days ago. The highest votes on what people think is weak (or boring/lame) is featured in this image, and it's a good way to measure what the community thinks overall.
I'd love to post the huge amount of comments and discussions to Lemmy, but it might be better to just visit the Reddit posts. There's some deep and interesting discussions from the community on why these things suck. The second-worst items that gained significant votes may also be worth looking into: chaotic censer, unstable spell, death mark, magic missile, transfusion, unstable enchant, etc
Regarding Chaotic Censer, I personally think recent updates have made it usable at least. It sucks when it destroys loot and wrecks players in cramped spaces, but the fact that it now shows the gas + direction before it activates, it's a good improvement. At least players won't be at the mercy of RNG deaths and we can adapt to the situation with the tools in our bag.
I'm surprised that the dimensional sundial trinket wasn't in first place or even second place. I don't hear people talk about it much. Personally, I really dislike that the effects are tied to the time of day you're playing. At least the vial offers a different yet consistent way to play the game regarding survival and you're choosing the censer because you like the chaos. The sundial is sort of in between.
The ring of tenacity is one item that people complain about all the time. I hope Evan reworks it a bit so that its benefits are a lot more noticeable at say starting 50% hp or something and make it clear in the description that its effect diminishes as hp goes to 100% :)
Yea I dislike sundial too and I feel the effect is too small and probably only helpful for farming. Sundial got the third place vote it seems. Maybe it needs a third helpful effect that doesn't care about time of day :/