Nicely done. My general take on the matter is simple. They need players to grind for loot. Without the chase to who finds it first the community will discover how shallow the content really is. Secondly in one fell swoop they are fixing how we play, recruit and complain on the forms. They are levelling the playing field for new year 2 players. So no more Felwinters lie, GHorn, Icebreaker, Thorn Etc...... Any weapon that gave them grief is being done away with in one form or another. If you looked at the new perk trees they were defensive and not offensive, so they would only be of value in PvE. We will see this accross the board as they look to level the weapons for PvP. We will not see perks anymore that would give any one player an advantage over another with a lucky drop or roll (Removed too from the game). Everything going forward will be vanilla in performance, there will be no real search for that OP weapon because it won't exist. There wouldn't be any of what killed you last in PvP posts. That is what we have to look forward too, it's not that I don't like vanilla, but it's always better if you mix it with something else.