If there was a problem to be addressed with this update was the grand arena and guild battles matchmaking. They could have fixed that and create a more competitive environment, pushing more players to get involved into the squad set up and strategies to win.
What they did? Basically, as if they were not already pushing enough on monetizing by releasing every 2 weeks a new squad basically unlockable if not by paying and with a non sense strength compare to the Star Wars real saga, they have now state: you pay you grow, no money get bored trying.
I'm playing this game since probably 5 years, and I've even spent some money on it sometimes to boost my farming.....never been closer to quit than now.