Oh absolutely, and the scouting reports that allow you to tweak the Kirac to favour maps you’ve not completed or uniques, corrupted, etc are very much appreciated. I tend to use Kirac (both missions & purchased maps) for progression & sometimes there aren’t uncompleted maps to buy.
Except, as a new player that isn’t aware of these things, you look at the prices and see you have to spend 2-3 chances when you only have 5 or 10 and you don’t really want to because you’re afraid you’re going to need them.
The issue is pretty much the same. Map sustain is loads better, but if you’re a new player you don’t really know that and you can still “brick” your progression and feel forced to go back to act 10.
This is made worse by the fact that missions aren’t daily anymore, so you need to luck out in triggering some.
At least when they were daily you would know that at least once a day you could have a guaranteed map to run.