For my personal enjoyment, I hope the Dev's leave it like it is... . .I made two new characters this past weekend a MA/regen scrapper and a Fire/FF controller. I was able to solo the kill 10 missions with both these builds at level 6.
My controller at lvl 7 had to team with a Ice/Storm controller (lvl 6) and a KIN/ergy defender (lvl 7) and we did the clear outcast base missions. No deaths for me (the ice controller accidently ran into the boss at the end and died) and lots of fun.
My scrapper solo'd the first mission at lvl 7 but I had to run, a lot.
I used to be able to zombie-walk through the first 12 levels and never even sniff a death. All these new critters have made the early game a heckava lot more fun, IMHO.
I wish your experience with the new content had been a good as mine. If you are on Guardian, and see Stalking Wolf running around, send me a tell and I will be more than glad to help.