Quote Originally Posted by wadledo View Post
I have never seen a game that can go from 'normal' to high powered and not fall apart somewhere in between.

In addition, no one likes high level play because even when wotc puts lots of effort into it (4e comes to mind), it's not that fundamentally different from low level play, just that the number are higher.
I have seen many games that went from "normal" to high powered and haven't fallen apart. In addition, I like high level play because it IS fundamentally different from low level play in 3.5. They are going in pretty much the worst possible direction with this philosophy if their goal is to appeal to me.