No one is forcing Larian to do anything, they are listening to the loud minority, making changes based on their whinging and fucking the game up for everyone else.... THEIR CHOICE.
This whole development has been a fiasco, it's just been one bullshit move after another.
Larian have gained reputation with the casual gamers who know nothing about games in general, but they've lost the loyalty from a lot of their long time customers, but that doesn't matter 'cos they're making moolah.