IME, these will hurt new/casual/poorer players more than anyone else, since they won't have the cushion of credits the rest of us do. It's frustrating to see the few credits you have early on be spent on traveling around, and I can see that getting worse when it applies to everything. Like has been mentioned already, Strongholds have a considerable (for many, it definitely was when I was unlocking all of mine) cost attached. Including a travel cost will only make people feel resentful, and could decrease the amount of people willing to fulling unlock them. Suggestion - make free SH travel a perk of having fully unlocked ones. I'm at the stage where none of these changes will have any impact on how I play - I've got more than enough credits, have unlocked all the SHs, and QoL things. Outside of everyday things like repairs, the only real thing I spend large amounts on now are cosmetics (more cute cosmetics/pets/mounts/decos/schematics that can be brought with credits would be nice. I usually max out on all the reputation vender stuff, so could new things be added to the old ones). But there are plenty of players who don't have that, and will be hit by these changes, while it still doesn't touch on why the economy got so busted.

Oh, this is cool! Any chance it might also include the yellow/back crystal (or even the green/black one from the preorder bonus)?