I almost feel there was a lack of dropped gear and LC filled in for that during the game for me. LC does feel very strong. I think the rate just needs to be toned down, and they need to let all party members benefit if one person has it. You should never have 3 people standing around while 1 loots an entire room.
Thievery... it's like they made it more annoying than DoS1 but not any more fun. It's still very useful, of course. I just don't look forward to it, unchaining people, trying to distract, sneak issues, ... bleh.