I'm not saying Eladrin is a liar, and I appreciate his posts in this thread. Let me start with that.

-This isn't the first time a blatant nerf has been waved off as "unintentional" or an "error" after community outrage.
-It won't be the first time a less blatant, conciliatory nerf replaces a proposed blatant nerf. (And I have no doubt a Reconstruct nerf is still coming.)

Remember Chattering Rings turning into Purified Eberron Shards? Does anyone really think that any dev anywhere would seriously include Chattering Rings as a crafting ingredient? If Turbine were that much of idiots, they wouldn't be able to operate the door knob to get into work in the morning. It may be arguably less respectful to accuse them of constantly lying to and manipulating us, but what other conclusion can I reasonably draw?

All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again.