Thought I saw something where level 1 being only currency was on purpose. they made changes to the drops from special nodes on each level, because we didn't hate datacrons enough as it is.
Seriously, I don't know what decision maker at CG is being so hard-headed that they don't realize how much datacrons suck and are causing strife with the community. Let go of your ego and cut this crap off. You're just making this worse and it isn't going to get better, especially when you are going to introduce the dodge meta on crystal meth for FOUR MONTHS.
It would've been fine if a datacron at level 1 was like 5% CD and 100% at level 9. Some decision maker there is out of control and needs to step back and do an ego check before this is too far gone and you've burned too many bridges.