Originally Posted by Gyson
Item drops will matter as much as story.

No they don't, because part of the experience/challenge is to beat the game with the items you get, in a given play-through. And I'd be 100% confident that the game is 100% winnable, even on hard difficulty, regardless of how your item luck goes. The game is more replayable and interesting with highly random loot, and grinding/respawns don't belong anywhere near a game like this. Of course that is subjective, but so are your comments. Either way, this is the Larian style, and has been for over 10 years. Time to deal with it.