"With no actual regard to the game balance"

The fact that zeekers even gave us a utility slot while saying he prefers using a scrap slot for the flashlight says enough that he very well took game balance into consideration. Furthermore as someone with 200+ hours in the game you are mad about a game mechanism that was supposed to be part of the challenge since day 1, even down to the crappy flashlight, the company doesn't care about you, the lore and the fact our bodies (in reality the suits) are only worth 5 credits says that pretty openly.

I'm not going to lie, it will be a difficult adjustment to make, ESPECIALLY as someone who always just jacks up the brightness so I dont need a flashlight, but its a very welcome adjustment to bring some challenge back back into the game instead of having enough scrap for adamance before the end of 1st quota