I have strong criticism over how Sawyer destroyed casters on nwn2,
As it is something your bring up again and again I just wanted to share something I stumbled on recently. Unless I misunderstood his post, JE has little influence over NWN2, as he joined the project deep into the development.
I’m glad you like NWN2, but honestly I had very little to do with it.  I designed the Illefarn ruins in Act 2 and worked with George Ziets to develop the background of the King of Shadows.  Later, I helped Constant Gaw and Ben Ma develop the King of Shadows boss fight to incorporate all of the ritual powers / silver sword, which was kind of a nightmare.  I’m co-credited as the lead designer, but in reality I was acting more like the game’s custodian in the final months of development and release.  In reality, I contributed little to it.
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