Limited time items

[Aaron]

They've already said they're following Classic progression about a million times. The removal of these items follow that progression.

They're not going back and fixing broken things (ie removing xp penalty from hybrids, etc), and having these items not drop anymore isn't even broken. It's just harder for you to get them now. They're not leaving the game (except the Guise). You can still trade for and get all other items.