While you’re working on the UI (as per news post), perhaps you could add in a setting to change it from a left-handed menu to a right-handed menu, keep both options but allow the player to pick which side they want their UI to appear on. Since not everyone is left handed, and the fact that it’s not an option is extremely glaring.
I’m not quite sure why it was changed in the first place, but I haven’t been following the game very long. I’d just prefer the menu being on the right then the left, as many games normally go with.