You're making me want to try out the new league! 😅
It did sound interesting. I watched the trailer and read the patchnotes before it launched... but then, I didn't want to stop playing New World just yet either. xD
Heist cranks up the pain factor when you get killed. I died twice while trying them out. Man was it painful seeing all the stuff I stole spill out onto the floor if I got killed. Thankfully I did not have anything crazy valued.
The Heists for me, I found, were quite difficult. They are enjoyable! But they are very very hectic and I struggle to do them at all. I need to get better, haha. One time I did one, and my partner told me if I ever found a particular gem, I think it was Enlighten? To give it to him because he desperately needed it and didn't want to pay 20 exalted orbs for it. I found one. Shrieked about it to him. Then died in my Heist. hahaha!
I've yet to put an item into the blood curable and have a result I was willing to use. I do have lots more grinding to get more points into the system to increase my chances of better things happening.