Well, yeah, it would be fair and everyone who is not an archer now should get the chance to go easy-mode, too.
I always wanted to stand there with my level 31 archer, kill 13, injure 17 more and those poor souls who came close enough for the sword outspam with my huge polearm.
Unfortunately I had so much fun with my war elephant so that I wanted to try a real one with throwing lances. After horsecharge was removed, horse got made even slower and harder to maneuver, insane upkeep cost was added even if I win the round and horse has still full hp, unplayable.
So as usual, archers and shielders/ shield-thrower-hybrids are the big winners, cavalry and dedicated crossbowmen and 2h the punished people.
Noone, maybe the inner circle, but 98 % of the players had no idea what major changes would arrive when they spent their points they had worked and grinded so hard for, some many weeks, if not months, so it would be really nice if we could get our points back.
The game has almost nothing to do with the original patch, the hotfix and then the Ninja-update changed everything.