Server default - So one person in discord suggested it and that was enough to get it changed? I don't mind the server default changing, but it's ridiculous that there was no forum polls or dev threads asking if players wanted it changed or what they wanted it to.
Black Dragon Bolt - Devs have said before, in u51, that they didn't want to give monsters our updated spells because:
https://forums.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/501032
"We’re upgrading the player versions of several damage spells, as outlined below. The Max Caster Level of these spells will remain unchanged, and Monsters will continue casting the existing versions of the spells (so that we don’t get a sudden spike in enemy caster damage)."
And yet they got enervation dot and black dragon bolt, which are way stronger and more annoying in monsters' hands than ours. Had to drag enervation kicking and screaming back and then they didn't just change the monster one they changed ours too.