Am I the only one not too bothered about the reaction system - Post in favor of the auto reaction system. Best comment argues for prompts and the subcomment that argues against prompts gets -10 votes. 2nd Best comment argues for more control. 3rd best comment provides example of when the automatic system screwed them over.
Sigh.
Regarding your conclusion, take this one for instance. First, the upvotes for the comment itself are high. Second, the "top" comment specifically says it doesn't bother them, but they'd be okay with having smite and uncanny dodge. I hardly call that an endorsement.
And next: count the number of comments and votes. Now compare that to the number of people actually playing the game. The number of people who don't feel the need to complain about it. Likely because they're enjoying it just fine.
C'mon, man. "Doesn't bother me" is not "I prefer," and that commenter specifically says they want a Solasta system for smite, uncanny dodge, etc and that such a system would make the game play more interesting.
Sure, that post has 171 upvotes. But the first post I link has 727, the second has 152, the third has 96, and all of those are against the current system.
And sure, the number of upvotes and number of comments doesn't equal the number of EA players. But the number of upvotes in these posts, even if we assume a large fraction of repeat posters, at least is a few hundred which is a perfectly fine sample size
