Wow! I love the equipment system, no one is being punished by having to choose between 2 items, it allows customization. And since it applies to everyone it is 100% fair. Now it may be convenient, but think about it, in a year or 2 when we have 3-4 items to choose from for each slot you can therefor customize ur build somewhat depending on what you want. Resetting is a joke and deserves no real bonus anyway,, so you are losing 3% bonus picking EB item over reset item. In the long term it is a HUGE benefit. People were promised a perm item for resetting, nobody broke that promise as they did in fact receive that item and can choose to equip.
I say changes should stay, it makes way more long term sense.