stealth nerf to leather masterworking

Hiya all, I don't post often, but this 1 has got my ire. As of r37 several of the leather masterworking bonuses have been reduced by 50%. My big question is WHY? The bonuses were not that great to begin with, now I have to deal with bonuses showing up in my options, that are of no use now. I mean come on, reducing +3% attack speed down to 1.5%.....I'm not seeing the reason why. From what i have heard this also happened to the blacksmithing masterworks as well. If these changes must be made, at least tell us and maybe give a simple reason why. I, nor anyone i have talked to about this can come up with any good reason. Anyways, thanks for listening to my rant and thanks again for making such a great game. Keep up the good work, and maybe you could try to tell us about changes like this more often, ie put them in the patch notes.

 

I don't remember this being announced in any of the release notes, instructions, or anywhere. Would be nice to know some details on the change.

 

Thats what makes it a stealth nerf.

 

There were many stealth nerfs this time round, think they're getting tired of dealing with backlash