I think the devs pretty much know what everyone hated about Salem though tbh and I doubt it makes much difference to them considering they have now mixed the two up. Like you and everyone has already said both here and in numerous other threads, overall Salem was beyond tedious and way over complicated.
I have always had grave misgivings about the new version of Haven simply because I feel Salem still sits heavy with Jorb and Loftar and no matter what they say, or you all say, I just know there are going to be over complicated and boring mechanics changes to Haven, I bet levelling ground will be one of them, lol, mining will probably be another and I dread to think what else they may have done.
Still, not long until we find out.
