As long as CG continues to not focus on FUN, a solution will never be implemented. They are more than happy to relentlessly add new skins to the game. The cycle is coming back around where players start dropping out because it occurs to them, “hey why am I doing this? I came for escape but am just in another rat race. And for what?”.
So many decisions to keep fun out of the game. Look at platoons in TB. You get to relic up toons that you are forced to not be able to play with… yayyyyy!
Sorry you feel my response is a cop out. But there is no solution until EA/CG commits to the player experience.