I still found PoE2 combat tiresome until the they came out with the turn based system. And while PoE did somethings better -- the freedom to ignore the main plot and just explore -- the story suffered some.
Don't get me wrong, I want the PoE engine to be used for a future BG game! I just don't think they will do it by going further away from the rules. 5th ed is just better than the 3.5 / 4th hybrid that Obsidian designed.
(OT but: I have no way to prove this but I question those sales numbers -- sales numbers are now based on steam sales but the classic RtwP games were sold on platforms / mediums that didn't track numbers as well. No way to prove this really but I don't think we really know how many copies of the IE games sold)
