I see the point of dumbing down the game, I guess i've been harping on that so long already i've moved onto the whys... and see it as them trying to balance the game when they push new content, story quest, and notoriety increase. Helps me to see a positive reasoning behind it which I have to believe there is, in which case a step towards adding new content, and keeping the games numbers close enough in balance. Since I want those things for the reasons you were referring, I try to be patient and wait it out.
