To me it seems like the usual problem I see these days. Who is the game really for? Seems like it is 100% Larian hombrew. Every DM is different and not all are good. Get a definitive answer on who the audience is and the vague PR nonsense gets dispelled. Honestly they don't strike me as people who take character feedback well. Most people are already trained to think popular=right so most feedback is lost from that alone. To many ways for things to get drowned out by mobs. I was naive I guess. I think this is just a simple play test for mechanical technicality and gauging reaction so they can tweak future marketing. Kind of like how dos2 had a strong opening but after act 2 it's...different to put it nicely. That was because of PR strategy in my opinion. Maybe they hope to just win by early exposure. Wear people down to just accept there hombrew. I'll just observe like always to see where it goes.
If DOS2 EA veterans are to be believed then you will be proven right when BG3 comes out in full. I just hope that Larian takes the year that they have to at least explain why our character feedback is irrelevant compared to what's in their story bible. We can only divulge so much information from Act 1 and datamining, so we will never develop enough of an understanding about the origin characters' arcs to give them anything on the level.
