We don't need them anymore.

[Shipp]

You cannot earn something if you weren't playing back then. That's why the current system that works for everything else in the game is vastly superior.
I don't think they should give it out for free, but let people earn them if they put in the time and energy. Nobody cares that you got it 14 years ago.

I didn't earn it back then. Nobody cares that you can't get the rewards for a limited-timed exclusive reward for a time you weren't playing. The blade cuts both ways.

They should be adding new rewards, not going back on their word and reintroducing previous limited-time only stuff that people put in effort to get at the time.