I am also rather pessimistic when it comes to these kinds of changes, but keep in mind that Relic (mostly) abandoned the Blizzard feature, which was by far the most hyped before the game came out.
The same thing goes for the OKW munitions/fuel boost mechanic.
I still love blizzard, sometimes I create a private game and play with a blizzard. The blizzard had to be redesigned and not completely removed