The rep was always a hindrance. In addition you had to unlock so much with tokens that you had to save for gear. It was never simple. Yes you have extra tokens now, but when you do hit rep you can immediately unlock and buy gear. You could not do that before. All tokens went to unlock.

I agree the rep was always a challenge and it should be. Like I said, the task boards should have had rep like every other task board. Seems like they could do that now to lesson the rep requirement. However, to be kindred x4 at 84, doing short Hytbold quests for 4-5 days and ending up with a full set of armour is unreasonable in my opinion.