Swen and Larian are too hung up on putting as much game into games as possible.
Simplistic board game combat that is solid and balanced can be better than BG3's shoving, high ground and barrels meme fest. I'm having much more fun in combat in BG1&2, or Solasta which compares to BG3 directly.
Maybe I'm old school but I never learned to like the Diablo -like loot systems in RPG's. I hate being showered with stuff in DOS games and constantly upgrading my gear for microscopic numerical stat increases. That's not fun, it's more like work. And it doesn't resemble real life at all. That's where immersion comes from. Credibility.
I don't mind getting only one, or a few actions per turn. It's much more reactive, and reactivity is a turn based system's greatest weakness. What they should be focusing on is making the turns go faster. Enemies is BG3 take too long.
So no, 5e is not boring. It's vastly superior to DOS or Diablo and many others because it focuses on the right things. Trying to force videogamey systems on top of 5e makes the whole thing an unsatisfying mess.
