Actually, to your first point: the community DID NOT ask you to fix them! There was a 30 percent lead on the polls which said that they were fine as-is(Infact, it may've been 35?). There are no 'two majorities', not many people in the community wanted this. Beyond that, the players are not going out on a limb beating down the staff, the staff is provoking it themselves with these detrimental changes. A few people troll in statuses, therefore they are an abusive construct as a whole? Please don't tell me you can't comprehend how crazy that is.
'Trying to fix things no matter how small, even if the decision isn't the correct route' then why don't you guys go and QUERY the players, and I mean the actual players, not your own friends from pre-Staffhood, on what we as a playerbase want? If you guys went into OOC, and posted more feedback threads, maybe you wouldn't have so much hate. I can appreciate, earnestly, that staff puts work in and wants the best for LoTC, but like I said, why don't you guys actually look toward the players on HOW to do that, rather than go by old polls, personal oppinions, and assumptions?