It's pretty discouraging to lose the generation bonus to such a great degree, and to lose the only heirloom I had (MW LEE). Now all the people who have been playing for quite some time, generation 10, 15, 20, or higher, have a stockpile of thrice loomed gear that most other players can never reasonably hope to attain. In my opinion, a change to the generation bonus should have been followed with a full reset, or at least an heirloom reset.