You forgot to mention replacing the usual one (chaotics, halls & plateau non-break + double valor) with this "magic storm epix reaction lulz" and screwing up everyone else's fun, great job, a pat on the back, a huge applaud. It's not that it's fair, it just favours people who don't want to spend anything to develop their characters.
(If you still think it used to be impossible or very hard to get valor for people with little to no valor/ranks, check this
guy out, he used to have warrior rank, in just 1 level he went up to hero, then levelled up, it's not impossible, you're just lazy.)