You tend to miss a certain large group of people - those who play on weak devices. That King Caesar might not be as threatening for you (and even then, I’d say Jorund is much easier, his brig does balance it out though), but the amount of particles, especially when more than one person is fighting him, turns the screen into a slideshow.
A boss being the endurance test of who can outlast who isn’t a bad idea. Just the severity of particle spam needs to be lowered. Not every boss needs to be blitzed in seconds. Be less impatient, this is what tank builds are.
They aren’t affected by this specific nerf. And the nerf of tasks damaging the ships applies to everybody, so active players get hit with both nerfs at once.
Combat logs count for this penalty of losing followers. Unstable internet connections will be even more annoying to deal with. And removing the penalty from combat logs will make it pointless, therefore the only right choice is to revert it entirely.