As much as I dislike it, being someone who deleted a ton of my gear, this is objectively the best decision they could make right now for the sake of the game. Too many players who still haven't even heard that this happened who come back to reinstall and try new content just to realize they can't use their old stuff, and then they delete the game again and never look back. I'll take the nuisance of knowing that I could have kept those weapons if it means that the state of the game improves.