How would you design a new player start expansion?

[Nadda]

I mean, most of this is people having opposite impressions, really. There's not a lot of middle ground for these people to stand on even after some of the adjustments they made in recent patches, and the disappointment has led to some to lash out at the other group in search of the reason why the game "suddenly sucks so bad".

Agree on everything else you said, I really like the idea of the Minstrel being the vehicle to revisit older expansions!

Thank you kindly tbf the italicized bit was more to be sarcastic so I'm happy we're on the same page.
Regardless of anything I think it would be a good idea to do some alternative.