It looks bad on paper but in practice the difference isn't that noticable.
Before the update I could almost keep up with a SAM for TP. Now I can't, but I'm not supposed to be able to.
At the end of the day if you've got the right set-up of equipment, it shouldn't matter. Pimp your Acc+ and...
What does annoy me is that GMs will take action for relatively minor offences like this, whereas they've taken no action everytime I've complained about people openly using 3rd party tools to cheat at the game.
Would be nice to see some priorities.