I think watered down isnt the term you are looking for, instead it should be shortcut. When people use the term watered down, usually it means that the game intentionally from the get go make things easily for people who cant get a hang with the mechanics of the previous iterations. While a shortcut deals with an advantage that someone has found, as long as the requirements that is needed are followed. I dont think that OS burst bait is put inside the game on purpose, but since it's useful, people are going to take advantage of it and will be another thing people that will be taking this game serious should keep that in mind.