Conquest Change - intentional?

I tend to buy the conquest pass +, despite not really needing it, because I can spend my currency on relics instead of shards, can farm more datacrons, etc, but I can’t bring myself to buy one this time, as who knows when my progress will be halted, running into a mini or sector boss that despite my roster, I’ll be unable to beat.

So back to free to play conquest and seeing where i get to.

I just don’t get how this wasn’t communicated. And how it’s radio silence today. They’ve done plenty of shady stuff over the years, but this is up there.

I truly think folks who bought the conquest pass and got stuck should be refunded or seek refunds through google or Apple.