Thanks for adding your voice and thoughts, gametester. Most of what you've put forward here are things that have been put forward by many people already, but every independent voice that has reached the same conclusion on their own does indeed matter. If you can spare the time and effort, it's also worthwhile putting these thoughts into Larian's oficial feedback form ( use
https://larian.com/support/baldur-s-gate-3?ver=4.1.90.6165#feedback for feedback, and use
https://larian.com/support/baldur-s-gate-3?ver=4.1.90.6165#modal for bugs and bug reports) - making sure they get eyes on as many data points that are saying these things as we can is important.