I have to agree that tossing out the MKBs as if they were standard-issue back then is too much perhaps. Maybe there is a way to regulate by, for example, making the MKB unavailable for the engineers.
I have been playing the K98 mostly ever since I preordered the DDE to get into the beta which was the main reason for me to do so. NOT the extra items.
However, boycotting or banning the MKB is not the answer in my opinion. I would like to play the thing every once in a while since it is a part of this game, a part of the package I purchased.
The problem I have now though is, that this "crusade" might be turning into some kind of witchhunt resulting in mobbing, mocking or other condescending attitude towards those of us who use the MKB.
All the comparisons between CoD and RO2 are ridiculous. People who claim that the MKB could have been taken right out of CoD or BF have probably not been playing any of the aforementioned titles in while or never at all.
Yes, maybe TW has taken some measures to make RO more accessible to less seasoned players like the ROOST players. But the MKB itself is not it.