As someone to tends to fly around 70,000 EQM a year, this is a huge improvement for me, and will give me lots of encouragement to make a few extra flights per year in order to reach 75,000 and get two CR-1s as well as higher upgrade priority.
Without DEQM, 1K is usually too difficult for me to reach, though I got it last year with DEQM.
People who fly 175k+ and people who fly 70-90 should be happy.