From the moment they set in place the last major change to this character (Stripping away the characters individuality and making a red version of GA) they set in moment a chain of events whereby the character would either become obsolete and be fazed out, or they would have to kill him, main him or emotionally destroy/change him in order to bring some difference to the character. He was never going to be anything more than filler as GA light.
The loss of the arm isn't the catalyst for change for this character, Roy Harper has always had crud dumped on him and been able to dig his way out, so an arm that can be replaced by a prosthetic or robotic limb would not be enough to change his character dramatically. I have little doubt the writers have a far more emotionally challenging shock in store for Roy. The loss of Star City and with it Lian Harper, Roy's young daughter, will be the true dramatic force that promotes major change to this character.
I'm not adverse to change. Changing a character works in some cases, I'm not sure it will work in this case but I'll be giving it time to see if it does.
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