see also
http://de.allods.com/forum/index.php?pag…44630#post44630
its really a pity, wild shore is now only interesting for gearing, but for gold its almost worthless
better farm koe
as for the "why":
i think they underestimated the will of ppl farming these areas
i saw ppl with almost max gear farming in FD 6 or 7 crowns at once, getting amounts of gold / min which where equal or even better to the old rabbits
i hurried to unlock FD myself only for the reason of farming the refractos, gear was secondary
now, where refractors became almost worthless i am no longer in a hurry to reach al rihat, gear does no longer boost my farming-income in any relevant way
maybe bc exchange will even go down because of this change