I just gotta say, that with any change, bungo has been pretty good about making improvements where they can. Read from someone that the whole masterwork giving orbs thing actually takes the most memory on guns. This change could actively be for the better of weapon crafting.
It's also not like we can't generate orbs of power or charged with light from different sources. Elemental Wells could be very good now including other charge with light mods, like specific weapon rapidkills. Taking charge was a good but meh mod and I'm fairly certain hands on will be here next season, PLUS, with us being able to unlock all the artifact mods, builds should be flexible.
I think what we should be asking for is more energy slots in armor, up to say 12 as a good number. Let's more creative influence on builds and less stress.
The change doesn't bother me. The Masterwork concept was a band aid fix for a bad game. They've spent pretty much the past 3 years rebuilding D2 from the ground up, keeping gameplay on life support with as many band aids as possible.
Not being able to generate orbs in D1 with weapon kills didn't hold anyone back but now the community is just spoiled.
That being said, the only thing I'm looking to is weapon crafting. I want it to be good but I'm not getting my hopes up at all.