They could at least try to add something to soften the blow instead of going in and gutting all the game-play before level 80, now you can’t choose where to go and how to level, now you are dragged by the ear across the continent doing busy-work to get your traits.
Now I can go for 5 levels at a time and just feel like a spectator, not earning a single thing, not choosing what to do, not being in control of my character at all.
In no conceivable way have these changes improved any system I use while leveling, or to define my character; the only benefit of the system is an easier time for devs to implement new earn-able traits.
These changes to traits are just about as anti-player as you can get.