Transmutations and Augmentation Orbs

I am not really sure what the purpose was of removing Alteration Orbs but keeping Transmute and Agumentation.

Are we seriously expected to loot hundreds of white items to transmute and augment in order to craft? The process of doing that is extremely tedious and limited by inventory space.
Everytime you transmute into a useless stat you have to get a new white item.

Not to mention transmute and augment are the only commonly dropping orbs but they quickly serve no more purpose. They are basically only useful for crafting Flasks or Charms but not going all the way from a white armour item to rare and exalting the item 3 times.

I am through the campaign and it feels like I have more transmutes and augments that I should ever use unless the basic crafting principal now is to always use Transmute and Augment since Alchemy feels super rare now.

We should get way more Regal, Exalts, Chaos and especially Alchemy orbs and less Transmute Orbs and Augments.