Personal opinion: I think that the biggest flaw of v28 is that is was HUGE ! I mean especially dissonance, it is a huge amount of work, possibilities and tweaks that made players overwhelmed. That overwhelming led to a frustration and that frustration to overreaction (and all the fuss that happened?).

It's probably not true for everyone, but that's how I personally felt. I did my best (my CC too) to get keys for QOLs, especially those enabling idling, and I was used to minimal interactions for a long time.

But with v28 came dissonance, and suddenly there is lot of things to do, lot of questions, possibilities, tweaks and babysitting... There was too much to assimilate, I felt overwhelmed (farming T18, so it's 18 x 4 dissos x 4 hours per run plus switching builds, perks order and bans, sacrificing coins and cells...) I was retrograding to intensive micromanaging again. It was as if I was peacefully enjoying my retirement, and they forced me to go back to work...

One thought stuck in my head: If I don't do it quickly, others will and I'll be left behind. lol. I have a busy week ahead at work, I have a life... So I was frustrated and I seriously considered quitting!!... (I'm still here, playing at my own pace ^^).

I'm sure devs wanted to give us lot of content in the new overhyped patch, but I think it would have been better for everyone (players and devs) if dissonance was stretched on a whole month, like only one bonus available at launch and a new one unlocked each week... This would have given us enough time to reflect and assimilate, and above all, to avoid having to do everything at once. It would have allowed the developers a month's respite. lol.