I really hate how Psionic Ascension has just been flanderized to be all about the Shroud

Playing Shroudless "classic" psionic without wanting to make your Empire into a blatant riff on 40k Chaos at this point feels like you're just gimping yourself and playing half a deck. It really just pigeonholes anyone who wants to make a psionic species into one specific psionic trope instead of a broader concept of becoming psychics or some other supernatural abilities.

Personally, I kind of preferred the earlier model, where psionics were the main attraction and entering any contact with the bastards in the Shroud was a neutral, often leaning negative trade-off instead. Or maybe just split the Ascension path in half like Mechanical vs Cybernetic. Anyone else? Just me?