I do agree with this. Steel path shouldn't be mandatory or way to good compared to non-steel path and its why i made a point to not increase the highest bounty over what it already is and yeah if you have the gear for it and you're gonna do bounties anyway, there's no real reason not to go steel path.
If DE decides to keep the bounties like this, i won't have a huge problem with it. it just irks me a bit to have several of those bounties be both more difficult while simultaneously less rewarding if you're mainly looking for standing.