/sigh
Fine, let's take the one part of my post where I mentioned this and actually read it:
"Ultimately, the point of a raid group is to kill bosses so I'll still push my performance and do the best I can. But now one of the incentives for me to push my performance, farm mats for feasts/cauldrons, help others out, and do what I can for the guild is gone. WHY?"
I bolded the important parts for you. Nowhere did I hint that the only reason I did good things was for gear. Quite the contrary. The point was that there was now one less way to reward people who do so much to keep the guild running. My entire defense is around the loss of guild community and things that help the guild, not me personally.