Lord could you imagine if this was to happen.

We have decided to roll back all progression up until this point to allow all players to be on a level playing field. Thank you for grinding up to R50 on all classes and professions, we appreciate you taking part in this extended beta, and hope you enjoy doing it all again, just so the new guys don't feel sad about being behind.
This would be the first occasion of a video game induced frenzy riot.