I never stated I expected it to remain this way forever. I expect it to mostly stay status quo until the carrot is introduced: 3 star recipes. I have no problem with content eventually getting nerfed as it becomes dated. The problem is I'm not "first" to anything right now. There's nothing worth crafting at this point other than crafting gear. It appears they're pushing us to prepare for whenever the next crafting patch hits. If I'm wrong and the only reward in this patch is to craft 2 star gear nobody wants then you're correct, I'm wasting my window to be first. If I'm correct though, and this patch is more about progression, if they had increased the yield everyone who banked tokens would have leap frogged me and it would have compromised my ability to be first when new recipes are introduced. That would have been frustrating for me and rendered my last few weeks as, not only a waste of time, but also a detriment to my overall progression.

It's like if they suddenly nerfed Alex Savage, doubled the chests and at the same time told everyone that every Savage floor they hadn't cleared for the past 5 weeks was banked. Now all the groups who hadn't progressed as far (or at all) could quickly catch the front runners AND surpass them because they have banked runs and double the chests. Sure eventually this may happen down the road. But introducing it before the reward is even realized would be pretty unfortunate for those who were at the leading edge.