[2019] Feedback- How are current players rewarded vs new?

It's a one way to look at things.
Another way is this: we have tons of content locked to specific "seasons", so each 2-3 months there is an "update arc" with a lot of cool stuff to get. Those who "wait for Warspite", miss all this, or will find this content much harder to get.

Also, I am not sure that having a reward for new/returning players is "shoveling" and not having exactly the same is "shafting". Maybe it's the cultural things and I do not translate it properly, but I just imagine coming to, let's say, some food delivery, and saying they "shafted" me for not giving me 1st time deal after having 100 meals there..but again, I may be reading too much into it. With all due respect.

Cheers!