Another thought occurred: In a game that has spent so much time building and moving lore forward (one of the reasons I loved it), this move just undoes a lot of it and feels very contrived and lazy. There were multiple teasers and cinematics around Wattson and Crypto, leading to the KC map changes and the games leaving KC for the new arena. That was a great story line, that now has just been made worthless. Ohh big mystery, what happened at KC, why did Crypto want to get to WE, whats what info did he get at KC...? WHOOOP WHO CARES! we're tossing KC back in to a rotation with no explanation and no tie in whatsoever to the lore or the hyped hyped up bloodhound event. It just looks lazy and disappointing.
It's important to note that I think a lot of us feel as strongly as we do because we did enjoy the game so much. As such this change, for all the reasons everyone as expressed in this thread and others, has felt incredibly disappointing and frustrating.
I Hope things can recover