thedungeondelver
Adventurer
All I know is the mantra that's kept me optimistic through this has been:
"include" what they will. Just leave the option(s) to switch things off for those who want them off and on for those who want them on, and they'll have a sweet game.
If I crack the rulebook and there's no "switch" for ... certain things, it's just on-by-default, well, then I think that's all she wrote from my perspective. It'll be them yelling "PSYCHE! HAHA YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD A GAME HERE!"
and I what I'm hoping is that the case is that the few things I'm seeing/hearing from DDXP that are galling me are from play test instances where those were options set to "on" not core rules.