Please provide the quest name you played before and after the update. Also, please provide the gold/item drops you got in both cases. If you cannot do so, then you're just throwing around unsupported claims like "cutting off almost all gold/item drops."
Balance is key to an MMO and ultimately there is a fine line that devs must walk in regards to balance--and everything else be damned--having players powerlevel via the foundry throws off that balance. What I think they are doing here is giving themselves some breathing room. They are temporarily putting a stop to the…