Personally, I don't get the whole fixation on background (which looks like quick fix for strap-on feature).
In my opinion main stuff, which needs fixing:
a) fixed stats like elf toughness, orc learning, etc. - saying no, you can't change that is opposite to what people expect from point based system,
b) class modifiers being neither shown nor affected. So wizard, thief and barbarian has same shown stats (which are based on the race, presumably due to "too much work") and have same modifiers. (well, i guess race changes get multiplied by class coefficient, but does average player is expected to know that?)