His "I'm told that's a D&D thing and we can't change" statements that communicate annoyance with the rule set aren't helping Larian.
I mean this really say's a ton to me. If the name drop of 'Baldur's Gate' didnt feel cheap enough, its comments like that that just say 'We are only using this setting for name recognition, forget the rest why can't we just cover the sword coast in explosive barrels???'
Its utterly depressing.
