And to add to this, people aren't just saying make the game closer to 5e. People are protesting because the some of the changes (and the total omission of certain features) have only served to create wildly worse imbalance rather than make the game any interesting on a tactical level. Going 'lol DnD isn't balanced!' as a defense means you don't actually have a real argument, because it's actually more balanced than whatever we have now.
The thing is ... I often read arguments that go like "in the PHB it says..." or "Solasta this, Solasta that"
Actually I even agree at least partially with most of the criticism brought up in these forums.
However D&D is not a particularly amazing system, especially considering that we are talking about a video game, so the PHB is not the be all end all.
Do not forget we are in early alpha stage and I sincerely hope that Larian can design a game system around D&D that is more suited for a computer game and overall more interesting.
