Yoshi p literally said that EW was too easy for their design (a comment he never made about the prior expansions). I happen to agree with it but outside of the forums I wouldn’t say it’s an unpopular opinion considering it was EW’s biggest complaint on the combat design
Regardless it’s not that I’m not listening I just don’t necessarily agree. There has been a movement towards memorisation but not necessarily faster, it’s just that you can’t rely on orange floor tells, you have to actually understand the mechanic going on around you.
And like I said you say “you should never make required content harder” but what about the people who lose interest in the game because the required content puts you to sleep? Is there opinion not relevant