Putting a clause in their tos that says they can do whatever they want doesn't relieve them of the responsibility of good customer service.
No one is going to sue over lost malak shards. The lawyer fees are far too high for anything but a class action suit to be cost effective.
However, taking rewards that are earned through playing the game as launched is morrally theft if not legally theft. Their tos may hold up in court. It may not. But I for one, will not accept this behavior. If they go through with this, I will not play this game or any game that has cg running it.
And I encourage any others that feel the same way to express the same so we can convince cg to do the right thing. I rnjoy playing this game for the most part or I would have quit long ago. But we just can't accept this kind of behavior from cg.
If they want to ban me for disturbing the peace on the forums for calling them out on their crap. Then they can. Banning me from the game doesn't mean a whole lot though if I'm already quitting due to their actions. So go for it cg. If that's what you want. But I wouldn't advise it. Ban those that disagree with you on the forums and you only make yourselves look worse.
The better plan of action is to start remembering that the players (even the ftp ones) keep this game going and start acting like it.