that quote is disturbing...so unless abilities/spells/objects have an 'oomph' factor they won't be in the final game? Many people may not realise how useful something is because they are new to 5E, so that stats-only analysis is a really bizzare an ill conceived way of designing/evolving a game... Many spells and abilities are highly situational - it is more than likely that the broken 5E mechanics we have now render these things less useful (or so it would seem). I always used bless for tougher combats when I did my playthroughs. I really hope that Larian looks at forum feedback more than they do at aggregated data from their game. If they simply stuck to 5E proper, and people didn't have access to overpowered non 5E abilities and incendieries, they'd more than likely end up using these 'uninteresting' buffs/debuffs. I really hope that point gets through.
