This was the one bug that actually improved the game, and they just had to go ahead and fix it. Like @TmanDW said, this should not have been patched out until a proper rework of deeds was in place.
With this patch, deed rework will likely go much higher on peoples’ list of wants, and it was already pretty high according to this poll. What is your highest priority for V2? (Poll)
It would be great if we could get some news about the deed rework in the next developer update, as I am unsure where Fatshark currently stands on this subject.