Armor was still so important that almost no other Aoc Gold stat mattered. Druids in some cases were wearing BC or even level-60 items because of the armor. You shouldn't be losing any armor unless you already have the best jewelry and trinkets available in the game. The reason we announced this change very early was so players didn't go through heroic efforts to procure those items only to find their armor component later nerved. One of the reasons we made the change was because druids without those pieces felt like sub-standard tanks with regard to mitigation.