I believe they are targeting people like me with the change: 5-7 points in LC depending on gear(I do not bother swapping it out), find purples and magentas in every other box(mos hilarious find was two amazing belts in fish barrels next to one another in Driftwood).
The change is to growth, i.e. 1 point early is as good/bad as it was, massive stacking at later levels won't turn garbage bins into your primary source of loot.
