I agree with you - usual playerbase becomes worse and worse because of the catering to big numbers of people, so sw houses feel that the games need to be simpler otherwise they don't sell.
But i see a very big difference between a guy that can rock to the end of the game even with not good gear because of good skills, and the ones that get to finish because they have been lucky or spend more money with no effort at all (virtual or real doesn't matter).
The actual point wasn't against good players, was about bad ones bragging their "superiority" because of the AH.
And tbh i'm fine with the current paragon levels/time, compared to other people it will take for me forver to cap paragon.