well put tacoman, why the hell fix something that was never broken, in the eyes of anyone excluding the ones seemingly in charge.
Your people were not unhappy with the weapon stats, like 1 or 2 of the strongest groups in the game were capable of killing the endgame fights.. group sizes of 10 hurt nobody except the 11th person. and rolling was fun for a lot of people, everything has been generalized standardized and the tier system is flavourless.
all in all, the mud was fun and great for over 90% of us at least and even if i am throwing that number out of my ass, id put money down its on par with the truth.
why fix it, if it was never broken...never broken in the eyes of those that enjoy and play the challenges set fourth unaltered for years.
foresight would be an incredible gift and its never 20/20, hindsight however is. and clearly something has gone seriously wrong.
If I could give you a clear opinion from someone who spent time trying to build a crew, learn the zones, and create something fun to escape to and enjoy this game with. go back to last wipe, revert it, if possible, if not... ask some people for help im sure there are some people willing to give a hand where it can be used. And if it isnt possible, then finish what you started.
These changes have virtually shattered at the very least all of the hard work i put into trying to build something stronger and more enjoyable for a good chunk of the players that play this game.
Sorry if that seems harsh in some way? but somethings gotta give and if it isnt you fun folks making all the changes, its gonna be a whole lot of us.. giving up.