Maybe you feel the timesuck because every game mode has to be monetized. Which means every game mode has to provide the player an incentive to participate. Which means to keep up, you’re playing every game mode.
You have to remember that a vast majority of players can’t really participate in LS geoTB. Many people, myself include, deploy and platoon and that’s it. A large portion of players can’t or don’t participate in DS geoTB due to their guild size and their own current development in the game. That means that GAC is about all of the content those people have had since the Sith Raid.
You may not want a sandbox mode, but many people are getting very bored with the game.
