Enjoyed S7 - my take on the current state

It's not a matter of 'D4 is for the casuals' but its rather 'there is no friction'. Let me elaborate on this.

The stat squish and the different torment difficulty were meant to make progression smoother. The idea is something I like because let's be honest.. it feels amazing to go to T2 after being stuck in T1 for a few days when you are certain there are multiple ways to power up your character.

But everything is being practically given to you. Restless rot feels like a grind? Lets buff it. You don't get enough maxed aspects? Now you can have them all in a few days. The best items in the game (mythics) don't drop enough? You can now craft them. Want to farm them? Take these 2 million boss materials to try your luck. It's baffling to me that Blizzard is giving everything away. It takes all sense of progression away and by doing that it shortens the season for every player.

The problem isn't that we don't have enough to do, the problem is that there is no point in actually doing it. T4 difficulty should be something to aspire. Something you can reach if you masterworked your gear, got a few GA items and leveled up your glyphs. This season it's necro stomping the game, last season it was spiritborn. And to be fair, all other classes can reach T4 too without much hassle.