It wasn't intended to be inverted, obviously they are unexpected side effects. As Chewett said, it's a temporary phase and battles will be more interesting, try make the most of it. There are a hundred things being changed at the same time (I'm not exaggerating, there are more than 100 things at once). I am sorry for the inconvenience with battles, it is being worked on. There is so much more to MD than battles (or linearity of battles) that it is surprising for this to be an issue as such.