Just to point out, these things WERE suggested before beta and have been brought up since beta. Just like the Archer changes, they were simply ignored or pushed back by the GMs.
All I know is that things change and you need to adapt to changes. Since I'm playing WoW right now, I'll use a real-life example. WoW recently changed their rare system so that some rares are obsolete now with the new expansion. That made a lot of people have to get new rares or modify their sets accordingly. Now, wow has a shit load more players than DR and they didn't get overrun by a mob of angry players.