An exp nerf solely to T1 erenor gear simply has no benefit towards players from this point onward, people made erenor gear to reach t2, t3, etc. as time went on.
If your custom exp nerf only applies to T1 erenor gear and players have to make up the difference if they want to awaken their erenor items, then this server has taken a step backwards in terms of progression and is now on par with live as far as erenor items go on this patch. In fact, we may even be at a worse point than live as in this patch considering the amount of players who tactically pushed their items to particular grades using expensive methods. Now, post-awakening, you've forced players to receive a lower grade item, at some arbitrary un-optimal value of XP, punishing players for everything we've fought hard to establish.
In official, there was no XP difference between T1 and T2 erenor. Whatever XP your T1 erenor was, post awakening, completely carried over to the T1 piece which retained grade and everything. Call me naïve, but it quite frankly seems silly for the players to anticipate something other than the system working the same way.
I cannot REMOTELY fathom how the devs and community team of this server did not even mention this potential disconnect in mentality between yourselves and the players regarding this issue - many of us have stuck around time and time again, thinking the next time will be different, things will get better, and you continue to show all of us how little consideration you actually pay towards the players who log in to your server on a daily basis and keep you afloat.
The technicalities, "logic", and hoops you make players here deal with and jump through are simply a joke and this is a clear example you haven't learned from your past failures.
Your, laughs hysterically, "compromise" of nerfing t2 erenor by 10% in exchange for reintroducing the exp nerf we already had is a joke.
Actually, it's not even a joke. It's an embarrassment.
I'm sure the players who are too desperate for a game to enjoy to give your team any pushback will agree to your compromise, I'm sure people will move on, until something like this happens again (and it will...).
I used to have hesitations around leaving this server. Like I was giving up on something of value, something that could improve over time. Even when my entire guild more or less quit (and majority of which haven't returned), I stuck around and paid it forward because I felt invested in this project as someone who has been here for so long.
Thanks for proving me wrong.