Nope, ESF __WAS__ about skill, its heading in the direction of pleasing the kids now. You have to think about it really though, ESF lost alot of people after 1.2, people now don't even like transformations, now they're adding a lot more transformations..
I don't know how it's going to work, I'm sure all of esf's community is going to test 1.3, hopefully they made the game funner, gaining some population back, also making the melee more intense than it is now, the game just gives me carpletunnel and makes me yawn now.. =\