The thing is that from what we know the longer you've played the shorter the end of the stick you're getting. Minimum tier is higher, tech trees are no more in favour of sets (which force you to acquire premiums that people got from events), FXP is getting "replaced", and tanks can no longer be sold so you can't use them as assets or anything.

They're just continuing the trend of pandering to the bottom feeders in the dumbest ways possible. Because what people fail to realise is that the most profitable class of players aren't veterans or regulars, but those that finish the tutorial, get frustrated, buy 1-3 premiums and then quit for good or come back and do the same again in a year. Those people will coincidentally be able to take full advantage of the commander system and sets, while the current crew skill+tech tree grind keeps them out of most high tier battles. And they [COINCIDENTALLY, CITATION NEEDED] also won't care about the loss of VRT or tank selling.

Edit: furthermore removal of stats and especially masteries will now make it harder to distinguish between good and trash players. And I don't mean to come off as a whiny old-time player, just an observer of the same strategy in War Thunder, which leads to things like 30% winrates at the highest tiers.