After browsing the forums, I have seen wide calls from players screaming for play style A to be nerfed in favor of play style B, and so forth and so on.
Since gear stats are intrinsically linked to play style, what happens if A.net agrees and reduces the effectiveness of a particular play style in favor of promoting another that requires a totally different set of stats to use effectively?
Respects are cheap, but my gear took a great deal of time to come by (not to mention transmute $$$).
Is the only real answer is suck it up and start regrinding?