They did anticipate it, luke smith commented on it directly he said 'how do we make the seventh, eighth, ninth better devils you receive exciting? Thats a problem we need to resolve pretty quickly.' So they were more than aware it was an issue, right there you have the lead developer stating that it is already a problem, and that was before release. They knew they were making destiny 2:casual edition, for casuals only, and luke smith knew people like me wouldnt like it.