I like the new damaging rules. It useta be like that for the most part BEFORE 6th Edition. This does bring down power levels of cards, but it was very necessary.
I feel mixed about how they are handling Deathtouch, and I absolutely HATE that you can't mana burn anymore *yay mana flare, that green version of mana flare, academy, yah I'm looking at you*. I feel Mana Burn shoulda stayed but that's just me