Ill give Blizzard some benefit of the doubt due to thier resume. Also, i am not sure that taking longer than usual is really a bad sign. Historically they have always stayed away from multiple roll-outs and with the expansion to WOW and the release of StarCraft this last year, i am not terribly surprised they have pushed D3 back.
That said, i am in agreement that the "dumb it down" approach is a turn-off. I cant grind out as many hours in game like i used to, and now i have 8 year olds lapping me in levels because today's games are too damn easy. I find myself going back to the oldies but goodies pile of MMO's frequently to maintain sanity.
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