Yes, I know about mods.

The point for me is, how can anyone at CA honestly say they've played their own game and not have come to the conclusion this needs a tweak? And it would be easily done.

I've a better solution than mods, not play the game for say about 5 more patches. I've fallen back in love with ME2 running SS, so much better than R2 I seriously doubt I'll ever be back, and if they finished EB2 this year I can guarantee you I'll never be back. Time as I've said elsewhere is a much harder commodity to come by than, well, anything. So there will always be stiff competition in the gaming dept for my time, honestly R2 just isn't likely to make it back in.