Sorry but whenever you fix shit that's broken, people are gonna hate the change. It's a fact of life. Yes some of this shit has been broken for 4+ years, doesn't mean it shoudln't be fixed just because everyone's used to it being broken.
Yes i'm fixing a lot of shit that's been broken. Sorry but if i gotta upgrade the stuff anyway to make it work right, i'm gonna take the time to fix it while i'm doing so. Yes people will not like it, i'm ok with that.
I'd rather 10 vets get pissed off now and we have a more balanced shard for the newer players when we get them, then have people go "man that's broke, well it's always been like that so just deal with it and be happy".
Sorry i'm making meditation and magery gain decently fast again, omfg.
All i'm doing is putting them in-line with the other skills and removing the incentive to sit around and let a program make you a gm mage. As i said, 90% of the people won't be affected. And those that are are going to end up putting int he same amount of "Work" as a person who isn'ta fefcted by the time all is said and done, for their gm mage. They'll just notice it in different areas.