GW is much easier now and simmable, I don't know how much currency I missed out on in the early days that newer players will get because of this, I think it made the game better but as a vet I had it harder when I was freshly max leveled. They just put G12 salvage in the shard shop, before that they added g8-11 gear to the shard shop, now I get most of my stun guns there, no gear was available in the shard shop when I started just GG. Mod slicing now allows more potentially good mods to become potentially great mods. Next they will make the Rancor simmable and give everyone an even reward. The game devs have been making the grind slightly easier all the way along, small changes that don't really change the status quo for veterans, and do help all players new and veteran. My point is there has been many changes to improve quality of life and time expended in the game that allow newer players to advance a bit faster than everyone could previously. being able to gear up a bit faster, lets newer players get to those legendary characters more easily than I could when they were first released. I agree they should be making it slightly less painful, but the truth is they have been doing this all along.