I hope that realism is the way of cRPG. Last patch was one of the greatest improvement of this mod. I hope in future we will see more and more realistic futures: slower movement, slower reloading crossbow and shooting arrows, stamina, climbing over low obsticals instead of jumping, less accurate range weapons and more.
For someone realism = FUN.
For example: someone enjoy playing Battlefield 3 - unrealistic running and jumping ... = FUN.
I enjoy also playing ArmA2 - I can sit all hour (round time) on one spot defending/reporting and not to kill or even see one single enemy - for me that is realism = FUN.