Regardless of whether or not Bioware have already committed to this change, it's still an idiotic one, and if there is any opposition to it then someone has to represent that opposition. It's fairly obvious that the reason they're considering this change is because the majority of Swtor players believe that the gear crafting skills are worthless because they don't bring anything to end-game. Sacrificing the current usefulness of these skills for levelers so that end-gamers can look pretty should be opposed. I mean for god's sakes, orange gear is already accomplishing what this change is meant to, but no, taking out mods is too expensive. Well cry me a river.