I mean we can only make so many posts over and over pointing out all the unique ways in which these changes break separate components of 5e game design. Feels like we've been saying it for months, and not much evidence that it will be digested by game designers. Of course there are people who do not like D&D and would prefer for Larian to treat this game as if they had decided to make DoS3 with D&D storylines.
I think the best we can hope for at this point is that they will include a D&D version of this game, and I really think that it should be included at launch. For the historic Larian audience that follows them for DoS, and for players who have no knowledge of what 5e would have looked like, Larian will keep their cheese because that's how they like to play their games. But they should at least deliver on their 5e promise by also including an option to toggle on a D&D 5e rule setting for the game, that way everyone can be happy.
