I do not think there is any reason to be overexcited about this.
The whole veterancy issue felt bad. The community is often pointing out what's wrong with the game. Brad was overly rude in the Relic twitch, and he often trolled and insulted community members in the forums. In addition, patches since November and new commanders were mostly a step backwards in the wrong direction instead of attempting to develop new game-play.
I think the only good and professional guys who are interacting with us are Cuddletronic and Kyle. At least now we'll have patchnotes without these silly Brad typos.
I hope Relic takes the right step and gets more people onto CoH2