I'm not a fan of the new panic farm business model. CG is dictating the what players should farm rather than leaving it up to the player's prerogative by way of how OP those toons are, the requirements and time frames of both farming and frequency of the events.
So instead of farming what you want, you have to prepare for the next critical toon that has X requirements and you have to get otherwise wait for X unknown months. I've resorted to just farming gear, credits and shards of what the rumor mills churns out and hope the unsubstantiated rumors were right.