The title is misleading clickbait.
No one from Larian studios is quoted in it, and the article does not even imply that anyone from Larian told them anything. It was a waste of time to read, in fact.
This. It's an opinion piece. Game mechanics can change and some will. we'll see what they do.
I am not familiar with the processes at Larian, I am however familiar with AAA game development, I worked as a game designer and I am working in the software industry right now, in total thats about 10 years of experience.
From what I can see as a 5e purist, the changes required for the game to resemble what I would consider a proper 5e implementation are simply unrealistic in the timeframe they have given and that just takes into account a rework of the core mechanics, that doesn't even take into account additional systems or finishing the product.
So while you are entitled to that opinion, I am very doubtful about that.
The fact that no community manager has entered this conversation between our factions yet also indicates that they are unsure how to handle this, if they expected this, their representatives would have a couple of statements prepared.
