It's interesting, Sage and Reaper are both brand new jobs that have a lot more going for them than SMN. It makes me feel like SE ran out of time and SMN is actually unfinished - we know they were pressed for time since Endwalker was delayed - or maybe they just want to make sure jobs that start at lvl 1 are easy to pick up. I'd like to hear their thoughts on the matter.
Boss encounters don't seem to be getting easier either though I'm still working my way through EW's MSQ, haven't seen them all yet.