So if people would be fighting things a bit closer to their level that does sound like SE toned it down a bit.
I don't know how I feel about it though. I suppose it depends on the extent people go to.
If the unlikely case happened that everyone wanted to PL and I could never find a normal party I would be upset, but I'm not really worried about that now.
I don't have enough info to make a new opinion on it yet. Gonna wait and hear peoples experiences with it first I guess.
As long as people's actions don't harm others I don't care what they do. XD And this sounds far less harmful than before 1.19a.