Did you seriously compared the investments for Malak too the investments of Profundity? I must of missed the part where Malak needed 1xR9, 1xR8, 1xR7, 4xR5 plus 7 ships to unlock. Not to mention that you can unlock Malak at any time while a capital ship you only take a year and a half, or cough up 25k crystals to get to 7*. Not quite the same league now is it?.... I have all 3, Levi, Prof, and Exe, so to me it doesn't really make a difference, but I can totally understand the frustration of everyone who isn't far enough. This new ship is not "lifter" as advertised, it is literally makes Exe unbeatable with any kind of Profundity lineup. And a lot of people chose two skip Exe and go straight for Prof, because it could beat both Profs and Exes consistently. For a F2P person this is a huge slap. From your comment I can only assume that you're one of the people who only had Executor, and this only has a positive outcome for you. But for those who got Profundity, and even those who used Chimera toys counter Leviathan, and even Leviathan owners this is a problem.
Leviathan :
The original Fury-B28-Sith Fighter now had to be changed to Fury-B28-Tie Dagger. The issue with this is that a lot of us brought our Sith Assassin (Pilot of Sith Fighter) to R7-8-9 so we have a better chance with Leviathan mirrors. Whoever has the higher relic goes first. Now our Sith assassin isn't even in the starting lineup.
Chimera :
Could fairly consistently counter the original Leviathan lineup, but the new one it doesn't seem to be nearly as reliable
Profundity :
Couldn't beat Leviathan, was able to beat Executor but now it has 0 chance, and a "GL ship" that can't beat any of the other "GL ships" have pretty much lost it's status and value. it basically became a glorified Negotiator counter overnight.
Show me a single GL out of the 8 who can't beat a single GL other than a mirror match... I'll wait.....