On the bright side, they are handing out the replacement bags, I got mine at the price of my personal details:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXezTpiGPYcWhile the game is better, it's not good. It can't really ever be good, because the game is flawed at its core. They're adding NPCs and quests, so that might give it something for players to care about but somehow, I doubt that it'll work at this point.
I also have no interest in taking up another live service, the only ones that I can stomach are the Warner Bros fighting game ones (Injustice and Mortal Kombat) and the rest are just awful.