As a 1.0 player, my opinion on the matter is as follows, not everything that occurred in 1.0 has to be locked away. There were specific items that were promised as part of the legacy campaign and those should stay exclusive to legacy players. Everything else imo is fair game as long as it stays within the lore. If the team decided to come up with an event that made sense to give out their earrings, fine, it is an asset that the devs created, did not promise as an exclusive to anybody, and as such, they should be able to do what they please with it. No one is better or worse for playing or not playing a game.