a lot of whining about it, but tbh i quite like the sound of it.
stat change = win. having a unified 'attack' stat annoyed me.
cube/stone removal = fine, dont really mind it either way, but i can see that it makes sense not to have them, so there's an incentive to go to town. the inventory in D3 is big enough that saving gear up to go back to town with isnt too much of a hardship. and by the sounds of it they're making it so that white gear isnt worth carrying, after the first few levels at least.