I do not really mind they are gone, but they were certainly extremely usefull for lvl-ing alts. That being said, i do think they could have done something different, like if you had 50+ you would have had your OLL turned into a token to use for 1 char at 30+ to get em to 80. That way you could have gotten rid of the OLL and still given subs and former subs something in return for what they paid for.
Either wich way lvl-ing needs to be looked at, since it takes ages (read: weeks) to lvl and gear a char for its first T1.