Am I the only one who hates the era of anniversary era battles?

I have never had an issue with previous era battles, despite my toons being far less geared. But the era battles with 3* t12 toons is insane. And this is with taking abilities to omega level. I don't really want to use zetas until I get them higher star, but at first blush I don't even think that will help. Wave 1 of the dark side one the enemies just stack attack on attack on attack. By some miracle I got past it only to have wave 3 be so powerful they can obliterate me. In this one, it's wave 2 that has no issue making short work of my toons. Looks like CG doesn't want ftpers to get a little boost to their farming.