Yeah, it's shit like you don't have to hunt your mark. In old MH, you didn't get a fucking lazy ass thing that automatically told you where the monster was. You had to actually "hunt" it by finding its location by yourself and then you had to mark it with paint so it'd show up on your map. MHW not only gives you hints on where the monster is, it gives you a literal trail via the bugs and auto maps the monster on the map for you without effort.
If dumbing down means "appeal to western audiences" then lol. Because what I played of MHW beta, besides all of that, was identifably MH. So I'm not getting what your point is.