This is greatly appreciated, always want to hear from a range of players - and most people in the active forum community are end gamers, so thank you for sharing.
As with any update, I run about gathering feedback so I have added this to my report!
As I have mentioned around, there ar more coming to gear that will hopefully address players feeling like the removal of ascending rarity has taken away their progress, along with some other changes we can’t mention just yet - those are coming in 3.1/3.2 onward.
That doesn’t help this feedback right now, but we are still taking on what the community has been sharing to implement in the future!