I want more faithfulness to 5e but if Larian wants the gameplay to be more like DOS, they should bring back the surface effects for cantrips. I mean that. There’s no reason to take them away.
Unlimited AOE DOT's in a resource based combat system is not a reason?
Is it a resource based combat system? I’m hardly seeing it.
Dunno if you have just given up and converted to being sarcastic now ( in which case /s would be helpful) but to answer your question: yes, having a limited amount of spell slots per fight at your disposal as a caster - the slots being your resource and being limited - makes it a resource based combat system.
