It's been like this for many expansions and patch cycles. If you were playing the game in HW, you shouldn't be surprised at where it is (as far as dailies are concerned) now.

Sure, we had multiple beast tribes for DoW/M up through Stormblood. And we had job quests instead of role quests. But all of this is just a natural progression.

If you don't like it, then don't do it. Or deal with it for the easy exp. Or get your exp somewhere else.