Of course it is. Larian doesn't care one iota about balance - if said balance gets in the way of their perception of fun.
Add to that, Larian being somewhere on the spectrum between overly confident to pig-headed with regard to defaulting to their own rather clumsily/lazily implemented homebrew over prioritizing actual D&D (or at least using homebrew that has internal logic as not to damage immersion) to achieve similarly fun gameplay while also being immersive and balanced.
The original series added quite a bit of homebrew, but it had internal logic that flowed well with the base D&D rules. Needless to say, my confidence in Larian, riding high with the flawed but excellent DOS2, is shaken as it seems to me they have doubled-down on all the worst aspects of that game. And I'm not convinced even a biased interpretation of the metrics (peace be upon it) support this as much as a rapidly upcoming developer being flattered by streamers doing goofy stuff for cheap funsies to entertain their audience.
