If they didn't heirloom it for crushthrough abusability, why should they even want to respec as soon as crushthrough abusability is taken away?
There is a HUGE difference between removing "crush-through abusability" and crush-through in general, which is what this thread was about to begin with. I agree with them toning down the weapons so that the heirloomed version only crushes as often as the regular version, which would require lowering the weight/damage. I am NOT ok with taking away a fundamental part of the weapon without refunding heirlooms.
My entire point is, balancing things requires a scalpal, and it seems like the devs are using a great maul on this one. Rather than balancing it the way it was meant to work, they're just completely altering it's role in the game.