In D1 we had the same faction weapons for a long time as well. I think only TTK and RoI changed the stock. So getting a couple new weapons this early is an improvement from D1 and I assume the TTK style expansion 3 we get will completely restock them. And personally I like the concept of faction rallies being a bit of healthy competition for the community to be able to actively fight for whoever they think is the best faction. But that being said I like "the concept" of what D2 tried to do more so than what they actually did.