well, then they should have left the slashing and piercing skills in from the beginning of the game instead of taking it out and re adding them. Not sure if its possible but they could have compensated by making our slashing and piercing skills the same level as our crushing at the time they changed it. Also, while adding the lower level slashing/piercing weapons would be nice, this will only help people rolling new bruisers to keep their skills up to date. Looks like its back to hours of training