I feel reasonably confident I am not alone in this sentiment when I say as a community, we would rather have a significant delay to all current items set to be released with this patch and all future patches pushed out a few weeks then have this patch go live. It is a foolish move to release something everybody knows is broken and made with not the best intentions in the heart and mind of the team and/or individual responsible for its creation and decisions.
We would much rather kick the can down the road, review everything changes, keep the items of value and positive feedback, trash can the items made with malice and drop a patch the majority can be proud of and happy about. Will everybody be happy and pleased, of course not but its pretty obvious the majority are highly against this one.
As for the team and/or individuals responsible for the malice, lets address the elephant in the room with the discord leaks, I will not advocate for their termination or even severe punishments but they should have a rather severe discussion with their leadership on how to conduct themselves in proper ways and should consider a different position within Arenanet itself. Again, no termination, but perhaps a lateral to another area might be in order because now as a community, there is a good chance after these leaks this team and/or individual may never be trusted to complete this type of update again.
In summary, delay everything a few weeks if necessary and release a patch everyone can be proud of. We as a community would much rather have a few weeks of delays on everything present and future than a patch that has the potential to cause more harm than has already been done.
-Wiseguy One