I'm not going to address the other points, but I did want to mention that BG1 had a relatively low level limit in the 5 -7 range IIRC. If Larian wants to produce a sequel (BG 4, yes?) it makes sense to leave some room for transferred characer(s) to have some headroom for more levels, yes? Much the same way BG1 characters transitioned into BG2, so might BG3 chracters transition into a sequel.
Vincke already said that they don't plan to become a FR studio.
And BG1 is a low level? Yes. But the game starts on candlekeep. Not with a freaking mindflayer spelljammer ship fighting an draconic army... Hell, you can enter on underdark at lv 1 on BG3. do you know when you get into underdark on original BG? On Chapter 5 of the second game. And many people found encounters with beholders and mindflayers, drow, etc; too difficult.
Even Pathfinder made adjustments to the rules, most of them to account for RTWP.
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HP Bloat has always been an issue in DnD.
Pathfinder adjustments actually made the game worse, like sneak attack being broken OP, with hellfire ray, you can apply 6 sneak attacks per round, compared to 1 on P&P. And sneak attack is easier to score on pfkm.
And HP bloat is not a problem on old school D&D.
Vecna, an demigod lich who rule an demiplane of shadows on vecna reborn? Has 150 hp. I saw low level spiders on BG3 close to the hit points of old school Vecna. Lv 0 commoners had d4 hp on 2e. On BG3, goblin children has 15 hp. So they require 3 shots of an heavy crossbow on average to goes down. That is ludicrous.
2e never had problems with hp bloat cuz :
1 - The con bonus to hp was negligible compared to 5e and lose a point of CON permanently was easy.
2 - Most classes had lower hit dices on average. Mages had d4.
3 - After lv 9, you get almost no hp.
Doubt? Here is the stats for Meredoth, page 122 of Domains of Dread. Here is a lv 20 dark lord stats
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On 5e, the same character would have 20*(d6 + 2) or 110 hp(assuming 3.5 as average of d6), and on BG3, probably about 400 hp(assuming the same bloat of goblins) however, he would't have all powerful and nasty magical items and spells which makes him a hard foe even for high level parties.
