Yeah - I agree larian won’t remove the essence of what made them successful- this game definitely feels like D&D to me. The effort that’s clearly gone in already is amazing.
Realistically a lot of the core feedback around mechanics of the game only really need a bit of balancing & maybe yes some removal of things - not completely as this game is targeting a wide audience & it’s really going for the doctor in terms of scope - I think over time this game is really going to be something special - I want them to keep up the quality throughout the whole game and if that means some reliance on previous LarianIP then so be it.