Well this wasn't a 'shitstorm' till you manufactured it with this thread. If it was anything of the sort, beforehand, you warped it into this all by yourselves. You've given those who want to keep GodMode, a fortified stronghold to relax in, and their desire to keep it is justified by that.
I want to remove it because of the message it conveys; that being part of staff, automatically means you're allowed to play unfairly. Sure, this is ultimately not the case, now with all the changes I've made over the past year, but it's the [i]message[/i] to the new players, that I care most about at this stage.
I am, however, satisfied with leaving GodMode for Moderators as it is, only on Obsidia and not on any other world, including the Nether. Because when Asyr is released, Obsidia will eventually become nothing but dust; where no one is interested enough to bother playing on it. And [i]that[/i] is how I will remove our historical world.. it's only civil that way.