Old system was crap but was sure better then the technerf. It was shady idea from the start (though some were excited to have a possibility to finnaly get those Katanas BD wasn't giving to anyone) and I'm wholeheartly with this rant to remove it and return the biased, freaked old system that was still better a whole lot of heads up.
But okay, okay. I know the devs don't like to trash out the written code (like with the POBs even if POBs are kinda stupid, too abuse-able and useless generally). Still the code can be used, or it's parts more likely, to add some control over the old system. Just make the technerf to automatically nerf to 10% core all ships that are not approved in the list. I guess it's somehow possible to deal with. We have a lists the faction do, we have the allowed equipment listed. So I guess it can be played out so once the name, for example Joe.The.Freelancer, gets in the list then to his ID allowed tech is getting added the tech listed so he gets 100% with it. We had also a rule about permanently allowed tech (if the faction was giving the tech it could not be taken away then) so it can be played as giving 75% core nerf once faction breaks with the individual and removes the allowance so he still can have what he got but with 75% nerf.