You call this "not meant to suspend the fun factor" and "most reasonable"? I strongly disagree with modifications that make it more difficult to use. That makes it not fun. It's like instead of making bad things comparable, you make good things worse.
I came back to play after 1 year. What I really have a problem is the navigation system, which is getting worse and worse than before and doesn't appear to be fixed.
The party finding system that still has to fight for announcements in the chat is still something that makes life worse instead of being called classic.
And did you know that CC has almost become useless in the game?
MESA SARYN is still OP as 1 year ago, but Dante can't be like that. Wukong who used to be Casual before also changed as well.