That's quite the list, @1720x. I agree with some, disagree with some, but gagged on your "more skills and languages at creation" bullet. As it stands, a human fighter is proficient in nearly 25% of skills at 1st level. He can also speak 25% of the standard languages as a baseline. It isn't difficult by any stretch for the core adventuring party to boast proficiency in every skill and fluency all standard languages.
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Someone made a new account just to necro a 3 year old thread claiming we would be in a new edition a year and a half ago? ;-)