We're going to need new sources of tomestones.

[Omedon]

All I'm seeing here is you wanting another path to be lazy.

Well, yes, of course. Economic use of effort is part of these games, supplying for that demand is part of these games, and that equation is changing.

[Krotoan]

Well, yes, of course. Economic use of effort is part of these games, supplying for that demand is part of these games, and that equation is changing.

I'd like to quote a Civ games dev here:

Given the opportunity, players will optimize the fun out of a game

There is a balance to be had between allowing optimization and maintaining entertainment. You can argue that we're possibly losing one or two sources of backup tomes but the devs have no real incentive to cater to those they've been attempting to cut out for years now. The people you're talking about are likely the auto-attackers and castrum-leavers in MSQ and the people who gear-cheat to get crystal tower.