It's the first I've heard of that.. FAIK the reason WAR was buffed in 2.1 is because i70 PLD/PLD was clearing COIL week 1 of release - when SE was expecting it to be not so easily accomplished til Crystal Towers i80 gear was available.

Not throwing the BS flag on you, but it's certainly not the popular conjecture..

And all searches I've done hints to the opposite.. which is expected..

Would be a nice find though, props to whoever did it - albeit 2 years late