It's not "ridiculously blown out of proportion".
You seem to constantly miss just how bad things were back then, and how adamant we are about not going back to those times.
I don't have any sympathy for the newer players demanding to be spoonfed breaks when the game is faster for them now (which is for their benefit, even if they can't see it as such) than it was back then.
Just to get the message across, here is the timeline for the first few months of the game.
-Launch date: 2/12/2015
-Belinda's event: 3/17 (one month into the game's release)
-Dragon Invasion part 1: 4/3
-Dragon Invasion part 2: 4/28
-Challenge of the Holy Warrior: 5/19
-Karma: 6/16
So with the exception of Dragon Invasion, that's basically one event a month. You want to go back to that shit? Because I sure as hell don't.