As a newer player, the GC changes have paywalled me out of the game mode.

don't worry. you won't have to worry about that this GC. now you'll be able to complete a whopping ZERO if you don't have tuskens. Isn't CG just the greatest? I'm with you on the LSBs. They somehow managed to take the time of the year when people are most likely to buy things like that, and decide to roll out an update that has a majority of people in my guild actively saying they won't pay another dime, including the whales. And that's if they don't decide to just quit altogether like a couple long time members have already.