First off, you are so out of touch it is not funny. With that being said, here is my advice to the Development team. It is something that they have had an issue with since almost day one.

Think before you act. You think in a box, with blinders on, black and white. You seem to never ever think about the repercussions of your actions. I doubt there was one person, even a 10 year old kid that didn't immediately realize that the price of flame geodes would skyrocket as soon as they saw it was used in a new strength ring. So my question is, how is it possible that you guys completely missed it?
I spend lots of time with computer guys at work, programmers, and they all have the same thing in common and it is what plaques this development team. As stated earlier, it is the inability to think outside the box and see the affect of your actions.
You have practically destroyed the ability to make strength based magian weapons.
You have destroyed the ability to upgrade a WOE weapon past the basic trials.
You have made Emp weapons easier to get then the Woe when the WOE were supposed to be the alternative for casual players.

So again, think think think.

fyi, that change in the Beastmaster 2 hour, seriously, the worst 2 hour ever and you guys manage to make it worse. Absolutely astounding.