Yeah, the new player experience and progression curve are horrible. It was already bad at release because of the shallow game system and dumb quests, but at least the dungeons were a ... decent challenge ; now it's just a boring timesink.
But thanks to Castrum Meridianum/Praetorium, everything else look exceptional.

Updating it would require work, and SE don't like that. Plus it's a good excuse to sell the jump potion so more money. Everyone win ¯\_(ツ)_/¯