This is an excellent question to ask. What is the end goal?
I listened to an interview, and I remember one stated goal from a designer was to "Decrease the gap between full casters and full martial characters" which I think is good.
And streamlining character creation and leveling might have been mentioned. I do remember that one of the designers mentioned that even he occasionally makes mistakes leveling up characters when others check his character sheets. Which they wanted to reduce in likelyhood?
I'm not sure what else they are shooting for. I hope you get an official response.
