Hmmm..... I didn't notice any refunds but haven't gotten to all characters yet.
And you would rather have kept.... Pommel Strike, Savage Kick (?? was that the one removed ??) and others like them?
I never noticed them become active, wasn't looking for them to become active either though after the first couple of times of watching them.
Have seen a couple of people mention crafting. In a decades plus of online gaming I have gotten to the point where I don't do dailies/weekly's anymore and crafting is a low priority. After doing dailies daily, weekly's weekly and getting to max crafting in multiple games..... I find it difficult to invest the time in this game for those things having been there/done that in others. Crafting in DAoC, ugh... it was tedious at best. Playing the markets in any game has never been something I enjoyed.
Now.... a caveat regarding some of these things. I have never grouped with anyone for anything in this game. have no character in a guild/league/fleet or whatever they are called in this game. When I crafted in other games it was usually for the sole purpose of supplying my characters or a guildmate/leaguemate/etc with desired items and not to sell to make credits/gold/etc... My experience with others in the game comes from the general chat and those that rush in to take the security chest/quest object/quest mob/gathering item when I am battling mobs near said object/item/mob. I have done no FP's or OP's or raids of any sort in this game.... once again having become burned out from prior games with them. I have seen no reason as of yet to join a guild/etc....
I do know that those on the forums represent a small percentage of those in the game but I certainly see plenty of people in the game that are simply rude and have no care for those around them and their playing experience.