From what I see the game becomes easier/more forgiving, I'm not really a fan of this, but that old and odd difficulty curve when the start is rather hard, but when mid/late-game happens it becomes a childs play is way worse, so I'll bear with it.
Maybe a harder mode or custom difficulties? I really like the challenge of remembering how far my weapon reaches and what crafts make what. I just assume that later even more things will be changed, so it probably would be easier to implement it faster.
P.S. Really people? Am I the only one who's still here and plays the game? The last not me or Ithiro made post was made 2 months ago, give the man some attention, he deserves it!