Says who?
There are a few Atrox NT builds that build to prefer dodge defense, thus making use of Wit, while -swallowing- the other downsides that come with being an Atrox NT, that being heavily nerfed Shelter and Guard performance.
This is rather moot, however. Up to this point, FC said "it's fine to roll a toon as Atrox based around Dodge defense, because of this perk". Now they're changing a story that was solid for how many years? No one should be penalised for making sound choices due to what was available in the game then, regardless of how much sense it did or did not make at the time.