Suprisingly, google translate worked pretty nicely for me to read this thread. So here is the response.
This isn't a matter of stats here. This is a matter of treatment of the players and organization of the server, mainly. To put it MILDLY, both are inexcusable at this point.
1) Here comes my friend dragging me to this server, preaching about "how well formed he looks like and that he was on BETA for, I-DON'T-KNOW-HOW-MUCH-TIME and the staff is active ,they shall be taking care of everything".
-You mean to tell me that you had a whole server on BETA testing for (he said something like 2 years, not sure), then you drop the grand opening, people get in hyped, they tryhard to advance and fast learn the server... and JUST 15 DAYS later you drop a major armor overhaul. What exactly have you been doing in the BETA anyway?
2) Here sticks the comment above for beforehand announcement. I mean I was selling avadon keys for days, in case some poor soul who really wanted tallum was struggling, selling cheap also. Maybe I could have an easier time transcending to the new armor, if I had an announcement dropped a week ago, like IT SHOULD BE DONE for a major update.
-Nevermind the fact that setting players back by requiring to farm for armors they already have farmed is just plain illogical.
3) After failing to drop an organized update, failing to provide compensation for the wasted game hours of the players, you didn't think there would be backlash? In short you failed in EVERY-PART of this update. From the presentation, to the execution, to the public's response. And as I've commented in game also, every ban you dropped tonight is another nail in this server's coffin. Literally less than half an hour ago, I personally witnessed 10+ players leaving for other servers. The number of activity in the community board was steadily declining for days, since you obviously do not deal with the elephant in the room that's called "overpowered mages" (instead you nerf counterspells for them, and by ridiculous ammounts also) and now it was even worse, and will continue to be worsening still. I believe we already witnessed the first clan abandonment. Remains to be seen if the server will have the 80 active next week.
Bottom line.... absolutely disapointing. And let me add to prevent unnecessary comments, I've been GM on 3 servers for a collective time of over 3 years, in the 17 years of playing this game, in and out. Trust me when I say, I KNOW how these things work, from every perspective.