Personally, I love multipads, just for the fact that I can assign drum sounds to them and play little riffs at the end of a song, as sometimes live drummers do.
I had two primary disappointments with the G70, besides the weight of course. The lack of effective break/fills in the styles, and the lack of text file capability.
The argument about being for "players only" falls short as long as it plays midi files. I play MP3s during breaks, and very seldom use a midi file. But that's just me. I don't care if others do. Having said this, I think midi files sound better on Roland than any of the other brands I've seen, particularly Yamaha.
I would much rather have a good break and multipads as the D-beam, which I didn't find much use for. It's hard to play, work the pb and mod and still wave a hand over the beam.
Just another viewpoint.
DonM