I'm alright with it. Bothers me none. Still, more options=more comfortable players.
It makes little sense when the two previous games had it. I understand they had to patch it in DA2 post-launch, but at least it was there by the time I got around to playing it. The "Push A for AWESOME!!!" marketing campaign was cringe worthy and was quite frankly, insulting.
Yes, some console gamers are drooling idiots who go for that sort of thing, but most are just as intelligent and are just as into the game making process as PC gamers; they don't like being treated as if they're too stupid to understand. And that's literally all that was: "Console gamers don't like auto attack or tactics because they're too stupid. So, just push A... you moron."