People's opinions on a public forum have nothing to do with Larian as a company, just as a heads up. In much the same way, a few people getting heated doesn't reflect on the community as a whole.
The locked thread you are talking about did explode quite quickly, but you have to understand why. The changes you were proposing would drastically alter a game that many people already absolutely love. People get very passionate about DOS, BECAUSE they love it. If you start proposing big changes to things people like as part of a game, its very possible for the passion they have for the game to overflow in a way that may not be helpful.
With these sorts of things, its best not to take it to heart. These forums are no ones "private circle jerk", its a bunch of people who love DOS and its best to treat them as such.
I'd also probably recommend that any new threads you make to be a little more welcoming, for some reason I get the sense you're angry in this one
