I agree generally though the Question bank and Quiz creation seems to have moved on leaps and bounds in the last few releases. I rarely hear anyone say "Moodle is lacking in features", but I do hear people say it is too complex/unfriendly. (Of course they are utterly wrong in this and need to buck their ideas up *
Word from HQ seems to be a focus on improving the UI, and the split of developers between front and back end seems like a very good idea. Plus they were recruiting a UI designer not so long ago.
*(Example of fix the user?)