Since this post was made:
It took a month to get a response of any sort, and the response was completely lackluster. Did not follow my instructions at all. Not 1 concern addressed in this post.
Seems there was a debate behind the scenes, what was discussed we don't know but was likely related to this post.
Only 1 change related to things mentioned in this post and that's a silent addition of value back to event crate rush tokens.
This post was spammed by some troll.
One of our community managers is gone for unknown reasons, and we have a new one who seems to have taken on the duties of the CM who's left.