Warbonds are mostly okay but make it too easy to defend ports. Pop up navy where you need em when you need em. Its lame tactic, having foresight and building/producing beforehand through meaningful choices and intel is where the real skill is. Warbonds takes that away. Maybe less warbonds, or have a cap of spending warbonds per hour. Its really lame to bring your massive fleet to an undefended port only for them to spawn ship after ship at last second.
As for the Resources reforged, it is trash and causing many issues. As solo player things are way tougher when they dont need to be. The older system made more sense, should go back to that.