Problem is, they actually listen to the community (wait, that's the good part).. only they do so with horrendous delay.
They are now on par with the community right after the epics release. They have but just realised that those weapons are ridiculous and should not have been sold.

Unfortunately, in the meantime we are x-years further in the future and having these weapons are now a necessary evil. They need to be sold, they need to be distributed, they need to be made available and within reach of everyone (that puts in either effort, time and/or money). Through farming, through IM, through EM, through questing.

Give them a few months time to catch up.
Alas, it will also include the usual powercreep, having the new weapons to be x-times better/faster/stronger than the current ones and, again, unbalance the whole power thing. But hey, can't have everything - can you?