Good points other than one thing. Tlw was not nurfed it was fixed. The gun was broken. The perk gives bonus critical damage [i]when firing from the hip[/i] was also giving the same bonus when ads. So many people abused this broken perk and then complained that the gun was nurfed when the fixed it. Tlw is finally what it should be...an absolute nightmare for people in close range combat, but severely lacking at medium and long range. Oh and to answer your original question...it's about the money. If year 1 could compete with year 2 less people would buy the expansions. That's why every game shooter, mmo, etc does not carry over old content/gear. They want you to buy the expansions. It's that simple.