I think the expectation of the devs is that players will use mods to adjust things to their liking. If you like most of the game and there are just specific things you would like to be different that not everyone would want, there are probably mods for those things.
If you host a game or someone else does, it is easy to use any mods you want. If you want to play on servers, then it is a matter of finding one that offers at least most of the mods you want and maybe try to talk them into adding the others. You can also start your own server for not much money and run any mods you want on it.
As a side note, they are trying to extend the gameplay so people don't reset the game as quickly, so something that will shorten the time to end game such as faster maxing out on skills isn't going to happen.