I like, overall, a Dramatic turn of events, and I don't like the self titled album.
Nevertheless I really think Portnoy was kind of right, not because his creative input was necessary (it wasn't) or because I like the heavier way he alway pursued (I don't), but because you can't do this much music every two years and keep the quality and the freshness at the standards you have had.
I would like less album, more prog sound (instead of heavy metal riffs), and new sounds. I want from them something that blows my mind, and there is nothing so far that blows my mind since Portnoy left.