I don't really care how long it actually takes, if it gets easier or harder, that doesn't REALLY matter. What DOES matter is the reward we get, and according to the patch note:
"b) The rewards will be sent based on the damage a player manages to cause in proportion to the Nine Tails’ Total Damage."
In other words, I was expecting that the same % contribution toward the nine tail damage will yield roughly the same reward.
It didn't.
I got about 1/3 of the amount of coin and experience that I normally get.
Due to talent changes and trying out different teams, my damage is not exactly the same as it used to be, compared to the rest of the server, but I KNOW it's not this big of a change. By my estimate, based on the % damage I did, I only lost about 10-20% damage, as compared to the rest of the server.
And for the record, by 1/3 I mean back when server is a tad more active before the Xmas season, lately I have been getting more (thus more like 1/4 to 1/5) due to lower population.
So while I don't care about the fact that nine tail got easier, it have always been a tedious fight, the reduced reward for EVERYONE is not cool.