The Gates of Gre'thor Revamp?

With the story arc revamp and much work done on the core experience are there any plans to revamp the Gates of Gre'thor and to a lesser degree Afterlife?

It seems both these episodes stand out to my mind as having what amounts to, at least at level 15+ an instant death mechanic, as the fire will wipe out Boffs before they even have the sense to move and I can't imagine many captains being able to soak the level of damage and be able to move out of the fire circles unless they are already moving and even then its pretty hit and miss.

And for good measure you get to encounter 5 bosses that do this in the course of the 2 story missions. Perhaps its because I have the settings on Max or turns out I'm color blind or something but I can't even identify a visual clue where the fire is going to land until I either see my Boffs fall over or my shields are gone and my health is one tick away from death.

Now I fully get that death is meaningless, I full get that despite being told if you die here you are stuck here its a lie and you just dust yourself off and try again. But for my own sanity it would be nice to get my captain through the game without being a cast member of the Vampire Diaries (for those unfamiliar with this show, the main cast seem to die every other episode but always come back). I even checked the post in the Academy for hints and tips, though there seem to be none.

Now the rest all seems fine but these fire circles (I take it that is what they are though its hard to see them clearly) just one shoting hardly makes me feel like it was a close won battle at the end. Rather just luck I was running in circles enough to avoid them at the end than I had any real tactical advantage. I even wonder if I'm meant to give one of my Boffs a melee weapon that if his engaged at melee range maybe they don't use them?

So I am really hoping there is some revamp for these two abilities in the work? Or any tactic that stops the use of the instant death fire attack?