I have not heard a good reason for removing these items other than, "we are following a classic timeline".
I have talked to a lot of newer players who have just started here. One of things I keep hearing over and over is that they are excited to have the opportunity to acquire items that they could not get on live due to nerfs. They want to be able to camp a manastone, they want to loot it off the EE themselves, not buy it. As much as the EE camp sucks it is an experience to actually camp it yourself and loot it, something most players on live could not do.
I say leave them all in, give others the opportunity too, it is not going to change anything. By removing them several people will miss out on camping some of the key classic items, hence miss out on part of the classic experience once again. I would think that the purpose of this server is to provide the classic experience for all players, new and old, not just the lucky few who stumbled upon it first.
And yes, I have all these items.
Note: I realize this is beating a dead horse, and a poll will probably not change anything, but I'd like to see what others think(plus I'm bored
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Just my thoughts.