I feel like it is excessively punishing for those characters that want to do things on the global map - use Survival, train Bridge Building, catch Kranach, hunt some Bandits for Courage... Especially for those who just want to take advantage of their class features.
And with all the new places to go and quests to complete, it becomes that much harder to do them all in a timely manner.

While the new bracers help, being almost forced to wear them is not good.