Reaching lvl 85 was never the key to autoing the GW. When i reached level 85 i had like 100 completions left to unlock simming.
Lets assume they lower the difficulty, what will new players ask for in half a year? CLS giveaway because some part of the community is too far ahead? You are not even competing with those people, thats what arena shards are made for. If you decide to skip that part of progression because it seems too slow just do it.
(just noting: the GW will probably be the first store that you complete and thus become somewhat useless at some point.)
Besides there have been many changes that every player profits of: Mods and ship energy, Mod loadouts, raid reward changes, STR lifepool and mechanic changes. Get yourself some 15+ speed mods and GW will feel a lot easier. Get familiar with different tactics and counters aswell, you will need that knowledge in TW.