I am impressed how this thread turned out.
I would like to point out that I sign with both hands and feet on what Madoxx wrote, I have been observing such moods in my guild and more broadly on the server for a long time. I think he wrote what many of us think and the fact that it gets diplomatically ignored of is very sad to me.
Even after the reactions on this forum and the posts you can see how the players feel, and they feel deceived and disrespected, this is the effect of the policies that I have been observing for almost a year. I have deja vu in another server, players were also deceived there and not given what they wanted, claiming to know what was good for them.
I believe that every minute a when drop on KS is blocked is being unprofessional and unfair to players who didn't get the artifact.
My proposal SOLUTIONS:
If you do not want to take what you did and want to undo it in some way, I suggest:
1) Unlock mob drops
2) Take the artifacts from all players who obtained them
3) Return ALL RESOURCES to these players
4) Add the raw material from the last boss: "Regin's Finger" (preferably in the amount of 6, so that it can be divided into a team)
5) Change the recipe to an artifact so that it needs, for example, 30 "Regin's Fingers"
6) Determine the teams that captured regina and send them the outstanding "Fingers"
Thanks to this, you will force the players to make instances, you will not take their work from anyone, because the resources will be returned. I believe this is the most honest way to resolve the situation and at the same time implement your vision.