As of today they are also cutting PVP until sometime after launch. Which means Diablo 3 is going to ship with less worthwhile features then Diablo 2; while also not really improving on the play style. So until some time in the future when the anti pvp lead dev Jay Wilson actually decides to put some pvp in the game, D3 is nothing but spam clicking through the same dungeons over and over to get loot or just buying it on the auction house with your credit card. I loved Diablo 2, but now it seems like Diablo 3 is going to be a poor sequel for 2012.
Blog post is linked below.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/4574895