I hear anecdotal comments on how Larian concentrated only on the beginning of their DOS games which resulted in the end being a mess. I fear the same of BG3.
I understand they can’t and shouldn’t reveal all the game in EA but limiting to levels 1-4, I think is very shortsighted. Even if Larian manages to balance the game well up to level 4, a lot changes from level 5 and up. And without extensive testing, the second half of the game will be broken and unbalanced.
My other fear is Larian is aware of what I just wrote and has decided not to reveal level 5 because the game is broken due to all their homebrew rules. That concerns me that there’s a lot of things still untested and unbalanced which means the game is nowhere close to completion and Larian may just push it forward anyways since they can’t stave off launch forever.