Have you skipped around the series?Episode was ass how super saiyan 3 gotenks not even scratch a base vegeta cmon cuhh
Goku and Vegeta both do most of their training in base form. They don't use SS2/SS3 any longer realizing their defects. It's either God Form, occasionally "normal" SS1 or Base form. Makes complete sense if you've been following.
Can't compare this base form to that of the old