So the "constantly monitoring" of players' progression by SE doesn't make sense.

Patch 2.4 they obviously want everyone to catch up, but not catch up too quick. I see this as a great divide IMO particularly on my server that is Legacy, because Legacy typically means end-game focused, so while those of us had really bad luck getting any Atma weapon pre-2.4 we are going to be even further behind if we manage to even get an Animus/Novus before expan$ion (I still don't know which comes first) because everyone else is on the higher tiers.

How am I supposed to focus on Alexandrites when the rest of my FC are focused on i130/i135 and I am still on an Atma weapon? Do I have to solo grind to a Animus/Novus/Nexus etc? The i110 weapon grind for a Sands Of Time was awful and is not enjoyable.