So let me begin by saying that it took me by surprise that they are removing story bonuses..I did not expect this to happen but it needs to happen for something happen in the near term future and that I get.
But then we have to remember thats all we know at the moment...for all we know they could just take these power points,Hp and spirit bonuses and add them to the leveling process which would sure make things a lot easier..
Or they might be tied into a completely different system that is part of the upcoming changes that will automatically affect every character when you get the bonuses.
But the question I want to ask at the end of this..would you like these changes if it made it easier to acquire all these bonuses(spirit, HP and power points) on every new hero without playing story mode on each one ??
The reason I ask this is because we are now sitting at 59 heroes...we will have 62 at the end of AP3 and if we get 8 next year then come end of 2017 or early 2018 we have 70 heroes...it only becomes a longer grinding process for new and casual players to go through every time which is what I personally think their trying to get rid of.
Finally there are most likely more then a few veteran players who would like to acquire these but do not want to run story mode for the 50th+ time so there is that too..