I'm also in agreeance that the rewards for AE are to high. This regards both XP and tickets. People can level to 30 or 40 in less than a day. A higher ticket cap my be nice for people who do want to store tickets.
AE is now more important than major task forces once were because there is more to be gained with less effort. I hate seeing years of work develping the primary stories being replaced by weeks(if that) of work to create a farm mission in AE.