Well it is better than before true.
Yet “No thought, no risk, no reward, just do” Is still here, nothing change 
This is exactly same, you have to temper. It is not like you have to think about some risk/reward. You have to temper and you have to hit proper affixes or your item is trash.
there is no thinking, only difference now and before is, you choose what you want to get.
I don´t care about your journey mate, considering you even care about non GA items tells more than we need. But yeah for someone who is ok to run with nonGA items tempering is not a problem.
Feedback is the most important thing you can give to devs. You are deulusional if you think its bad.
Ofc I am talking about feedback and not just crying at forum.