What about the people who donated to the server and now find it a farce because of the UW? UW have trivialized the entire game. I can do more with my warrior than I can with 3 groups of toons without the UW and my warrior only has UW8. If the change is made, people will complain, they will come here on the forums and shit up the walls. But the overall health of the server will improve over time. Sure some adjustments will have to be made to the content and that will take time. But these are changes that are good for the longevity of the server.
Most people did not donate for it, but did donate for reward items that helped them to get it (FWP etc). Most people spent a LOT of time getting essences, the plat, the tofs essence.. They did it precisely because they wanted to get UW, not for any other reason. To trivialize it is tantamount to trivialize people's time and effort, which depending on how they got it could be months of work (and sometimes money).
The fact that so many people have UW is not because it was easy, but is a testament that there are many people on this server that are hardcore.
Has anyone completed t8 without an UW? Can that even be done?
The only thing that made me spend all that time and effort in getting it was because the UW was ultimate, not because I didn't have better things to do. Hell, I would have preferred not having to do it if i didn't have to to progress. If i had known it was all for absolutely naught I wouldn't have even started on here.
Also I totally disagree this would be beneficial for the population. No one in their right mind is going to do anything that takes considerable effort knowing that in a drop of a hat, it can be rendered useless.