This is exactly what I said yesterday while people was tearing their hair, centurion as starter set is NOT bad and in fact the progression will be now more natural; t1 (so no one feel steamrolled without expertise) with the occasional t2, by the time you hit valor 60 you should be almost full t2 and you can start gearing toward t3.
It is, indeed, a great fix directed to the less lucky people.
You just have to get into the idea that you can not totally skip the t1 with luck anymore