I'm not really a fan of the front end, mainly the headlight style. IMO the best Super Duty front end was 2000 and a couple years after that. I really do like the interior, though. My dad had a '00 and I really disliked the interior. It was all business and functional, but had no style and was very plain. This one seems to borrow quite a bit from the F-150.
I wish they do a little more to the exterior than just tweak the grille every couple years. They keep making the front end bolder and tougher looking, yet it appears they're still using the same rounded tail lights from the last ten years. Add more angular tails and a little more box depth and it wouldn't look so "front heavy" IMO.
I knew there would be people pissed they ditched the stick. If there was enough demand for it, they likely would have kept it, so those who aren't happy about that are in the minority, anyway. The new 6-speed auto looks pretty damn sophisticated to me.