Addition: I still think the easiest and least disruptive way of improving the challenge of the game is to allow the AI to go first in combat. And I think this would be achieved, in most cases, with removing the Initiative bonus from Leadership.
this is no different from resist hard cap, or any other form of cutting back resources from the gamer side. you can just not put points on leadership can you not?
imo, it has to be on the enemy side; raise the initiative of high level enemies.
as for who really owns the game? I think Larian should stick to their own concept of core rules of the game. it can be modified based on gamer feedback for sure, but any change should not completely override their original vision of the gameplay. total overhaul is the job of modders.
