I'm curious why I keep seeing the 'we never asked for this' complaint so often. It's probably the most disingenuous complaint I see. Obviously things that nobody asks for can and do become popular or liked. Honestly it feels like a placeholder comment for unspecified annoyance, with a touch of egotism at thinking only ideas that came from a previously communicated idea are worthwhile. Also, it is said so often online it has lost its strength as much as a 7 year old using basic whine tactics like 'but he/she started it!'.
It is certainly a new thing, but I can see the reasoning behind it, both in gameplay and in helping to make the game financially viable. And saying something is a cash grab is actually a compliment to the business mind that comes up with the grab if it works.
Yeah, sucks for Jawa owners, but you got some use our of them. Yeah 6 dots will force people to grind to improve. Grinding is worth it if there is satisfying payoff. And character usefulness comes and goes and comes again. It's part of this game's lifecycle.