There's absolutely no incentive to use forms as a druid unless you're Moon and even then it's only raven form for a convoluted Misty Step equivalent or Polar Bear to serve as a ghetto, more restrictive Arcane Ward from the abjuration school (aka absorb a hit, but at the cost of doing nothing of use for your party while in form and being unable to reposition moonbeam or flame sphere for aoe and single target damage). If anything, forms need buffing, not nerfing so at least Moon druids can opt for a shapeshift centric gameplay. Particularly the tadpole druid form special power is super gimped right now and needs help.
That's generally the case in tabletop. Moon druids are the shape shifters and land druids are casters. Now whether or not wild shape is good in BG3 seems to be the fault of Larian as they reduced/changed certain features, like your example of not being able to move Moonbeam while shifted. Bears not having multiattack is another.
I said, after the last panel from hell that Larian should go all DOS or 5e. I still stand by it. It's why I won't argue your suggestions as you are suggesting BG3 be more like DOS. I say go all in then. It's this bizarre hybrid that's upsetting both sides of the camp. I won't like BG3 being more like DOS but at least I'll know what I am getting. This wishy washy thing Larian is doing is very frustrating.
