Sounds pretty much like what I expected it to be like on ISEN. You can't make an trans opaniel zhen with melee %? You should be able to reach like what, 80% Melee? Combine your sage with defender/guard for the auras and Rumir/priest for 50% all stats and you'll have a class that farms much faster than dhans, even before the nerf. The PA badge is pretty bad on ISEN as well I see lol, in Jainus at the end of the PA season the server is completely dead, nothing is happening but afk farm & PA. Every season the amount of PVP has gotten less, I even completely gave up PVP and just focus on doing 15 stage superior dungeon runs since there isn't really anyone to pvp/compete with.
GMs but also many players seem to like the PA badge and apparently want to see the PVP activity die (which is the only thing that made rohan special compared to other MMOs). I've done everything I can do try and change this but my efforts were probably futile.