They do this all the time. When power creep got out of hand, they brought in datacrons, then relic delta. If you aren't a Kraken, you don't matter at all. The new GL Mando is a perfect example. There is a reason they haven't released the last set of requirements even though we are basically told it is Snowtrooper Cmdr, two new mini era units and a ship, and that is only if they are nice and give us the ship as freebee instead of adding another R10 unit.
At this point, they are ruining the game for the average player and even the casual spender. At this point, ftp cannot keep up. All I can afford is the 12 card pull every two weeks and barely keep my crystal balance level. That means no refreshes are getting anything else with crystals. That is with #1 in ship arena everyday, bouncing between K2 and K3, and 48* in TB. Then, on top of this, omis are out of control. You earn way too few for the amount being constantly added to the game. You need to earn one every week to stay level since every 12 weeks we get a conquest character w/ three, journey character w/ three, and six era characters with one each.
I would hazard a guess they are intentionally trying to kill the game while counting on fomo for all these krakens to keep spending until the end. I can't understand spending tens of thousands of dollars every year on a phone game.