If enough players keep referencing things they miss in BG3 to Solasta or other similar games, the devs can, and probably will, start reasoning, "well if you like that game so much why don't you go play that and leave us to do our game the way we want it."
I would think a game developer would be a tad more mature than an affronted ballerina. I'm sure they understand very well that it's beneficial for game devs to look at each other's creations and take lessons from that. Solasta can learn from BG3, too. And there's nothing wrong with helping to point out what it is exactly that works better in The Other Game - especially when there's so much overlap in both games' design goals (fun 5e video game, a living and breathing party...). On the other hand, I hardly expect anyone to point to Solasta and say "hey Larian! make BG3 more of a dungeon crawler". This is clearly not BG3's design goal.
Of course, this - as any feedback - should be provided in a constructive and polite manner, as you say.
Why would you assume that? I, on the other hand, want to see financial records from all the new accounts singing the praises of other games. Ok, I really don't, but I had this flashback to the old days where the conspiracy theory was that Blizzard was paying people to troll other MMO forums...
Does it "work better" or is it more along the lines of "it's what I wanted"? I don't think I need to point out the obvious differences here. As I continue to read critique, I really expect that a lot of players expected a 2.5d top down isometric game if it's going to have Baldur's Gate in the title. Looking at Solasta, I can see that expectation represented fairly well. It's not what I'm looking for. Ironically, the initial "but this game is better" crowd tried to claim that they didn't have a license to use 5e content to make their game, despite the site that they list as being the "source material" for the game expressing a license with WotC on their legal page. They have to have that license, btw, otherwise, they're not going to be around very long when WotC shuts them down for copyright infringement, and rightfully so.
