I can see your point, however, I do not think it is a good practice when you make some changes which obsolete other mechanics in the game. People in this discussion talked about greater wheel, which is obsolete now (I can’t fill it full in time before some of the thralls are broken), but they did not mention lvl.4 task masters who are obsolete as well.
FunCom made series of changes which conflict with the fundamentals of the game. On one hand thralls are useless, distraction at best. So you want to bake them as fast as possible. On the other hand - some in game assets became obsolete. Braking time reduced from what 24 hours to 30 min. is a bit too much in my opinion.