I do agree with both side on this, however....
I think crafting, slotting new i/os should require the license.
I/O's that are already on the character should work, and respec'ing should allow you to reslot the i/o's which were already on the character.
I rejoined, i went vip again, even though I really wished not to.
the only reason I did was because I spent so much of my time slotting up my 50's with I/O's.
it is poor choice on coh to render everyones hard work useless. on some, I couldn't even afford to reslot s/os, when i left it was close to 500mill for a single i/o on the purps.
Going hybrid model would have brought back a Lot of old players, however, just like 2 of my old guildies which returned to check it out, most of the players simply "right-click==>uninstall" soon as they see they have to start over with s/os.
and before someone said "blah blah just pay the 2$", I already resubbed, for 4 months...at which point i will have the perma-i/o license vet reward. I just think that its a bit dirty of them :/
(btw, resubbed becuase of the collective lock outs of items, the I/o's was a big reason tho)
total spent on my accounts 1680$,
2 accounts, every expansion, every stupid costume piece pack.
the least they can do is give the players their i/os.... >

I almost feel like i got suckered into resubbing for 4 more months.