You complain about scaling, and you list off half a dozen different features that you don't think scale well, and I'm just sitting here looking at the fact that you listed off half a dozen different features.
Many of these features compound on top of the others. If they all scaled well, the effect on your personal stats would grow exponentially.
If they make it so that you can more easily get higher tiers, they'd need to cut back on the bonuses provided by each tier (if their goal is to maintain current game balance). Perhaps that would be a good idea? We'd gain bonuses more regularly; they'd be smaller, but that sense of accomplishment would be more frequent and potentially feel more rewarding (since it wouldn't drag as much). But if they increase the rate of bonus acquisition without scaling down the bonuses, your power would grow too quickly (I think -- maybe you disagree).
Note, that unless they regularly "rebalance" these features, there will always come a point when scaling feels too slow. Whether you hit a soft wall at tier 7 or at tier 14, that wall is inevitable. If they increase scaling, will you come back here in a few months and complain that it takes a year to go from tier 14 to tier 15?
Many of these features compound on top of the others. If they all scaled well, the effect on your personal stats would grow exponentially.
If they make it so that you can more easily get higher tiers, they'd need to cut back on the bonuses provided by each tier (if their goal is to maintain current game balance). Perhaps that would be a good idea? We'd gain bonuses more regularly; they'd be smaller, but that sense of accomplishment would be more frequent and potentially feel more rewarding (since it wouldn't drag as much). But if they increase the rate of bonus acquisition without scaling down the bonuses, your power would grow too quickly (I think -- maybe you disagree).
Note, that unless they regularly "rebalance" these features, there will always come a point when scaling feels too slow. Whether you hit a soft wall at tier 7 or at tier 14, that wall is inevitable. If they increase scaling, will you come back here in a few months and complain that it takes a year to go from tier 14 to tier 15?