I still wish every new shard was locked down at the decade levels for a while.... so lock it down at level 60 until the shard is 6 or 7 weeks old, then open it until 70 and lock it down there for a while etc... This would alleviate the credit crunch as you'd have time to create depth and farm instead of a constant pursuit to level 80.
I missed the level pauses that happened in the past; I started playing a couple months ago and shortly after I did the level cap was raised to 80. So it has been a non stop need for credits to level up toons and the raiding hasn't helped since now we need to focus on more than just arena squads.