Anyone else notice JTR squads received some kind of boost?

A month is a single zeta. Possibly two. Perhaps that's it. Confirmation bias definitely plays a role. RNG isn't as random as you think. We are constantly getting gamed in order to spend more money. It's fine, party of the landscape. Just is what it is. I'm just surprised they went to such an extent to make one hero's journey character irrelevant in arena in favor of the shiny new.