First, keep the turn-based thing, but give me an option to skip stupid useless turns; give me control, let me turn the turns off! Don't worry, I'll turn them on from time to time.
I won't comment on any of TB stuff because there an existing thread for it. Do us all a favor and keep it there.
Second, in BG and BG2, the biggest reward and credibility for the player was that you started as no one, lost in a mass of people who do their daily job and later you grew into infinite! You need to consider this seriously, in your game you're already a recognized fighter and people are sparse, all already watching you; that's not Baldur's Gate.
As for starting as no one and growing into great power, it's a tired and old idea that needs to put into retirement (which isn't to say this isn't how the story will play out in BG3)
Last and not least, get a better music! not a little better, much better! BG2 is a masterpiece in that sense, you must do something here.
I like the music so far. Borislav Slavov did a masterful job with DOS2 and deserves time to let his new material settle in. There are more tracks to come, I'm sure. I don't recall BG2's soundtrack, but like most rpgs for the past 35 years, I'm sure it's second rate to the true masterpiece they we're inspired by: Basil Poledouris' soundtrack to Conan the Barbarian.
