I did clearly say this would be without doing anything to change the balance of encounters.
Also, I saw an interview somewhere (I can't now find it) where a Larian person said that there is nothing inherent to 5e rules that makes it impossible to use RTwP even if some pieces may be complicated to handle, and it was the strong preference for TB among Larian devs that made Larian choose TB.
If you can find the interview at some point i would love to read it. im trying to get as much content and interviews as i can.
I think its fine to not expect balance i just worry about the fandom. im worried about the same thing with PF2 since now its official support of a mod the fans are going to get upset at balance or even just polish. i know i saw RTwP fans getting upset at even the idea of an option because they were worried it would destroy their game even though they said they would only balance around RTwP not TB which struck me as odd. I dont think its impossible to translate it but i do think its harder to translate it and i think it might also require a change to how RTwP works like 10 seconds instead of 6 for a round or a form of action queing so you set up a turn for each person and let it execute in real time ( i would LOVE this even if its like a hybrid TB/RTwP) I have no problem with a RTwP system in addition to TB i just would hate if it wasnt easily translateable and using the same systems as the TB because that wouldnt be fair to the RTwP and would just stall development as they would have to make sure it works on both
