are they trying to kill the original mages

I feel that they are simply perfecting what could have been if they had the ideas/technology they did when the mages were first made. I made a FP mage in El Nido to 100 before BaMs came out, and I enjoyed it a lot. I like the increased damage with explosion compared to before, and teleport mastery is amazing.
I don't think they're killing the original mages, they just want to try something new.