Anyway I really can't see your point at all.
Why should we care that it takes no time ? Is the "10min later" screen in Solasta add something interresting ? Maybe you could add a suggestion to this thread to ask one ?
And even if we consider that the broken system to prepare spell is intended... Why would it be a problem to have (or not) to prepare the spell first ? This is a detail that doesn't add or remove anything meaningfull.
The only thing that could eventually makes ritual spell "useless" is to consider that the broken rest system is here to stay... But using spellslots over and over again and resting over and over again to cast spells that have the ritual tag in DnD is definitely boring in BG3.
What would be the problem to cast those spells "like cantrips outside combats" ? It may not be interresting but at least it solve something tedious and as much uninterresting.
There are tons of animals and dead you can talk with in BG3 and that's definitely very cool. But honnestly that's something I never get deep into because of the tedious spellslot/rest management needed to fully enjoy it.
Not sure only druids should have this quality of life (at least with animals) and that's exactly what rituals are for.
My bad, I misread the 5E rules. The way its worded is kind of odd - Solasta handled it RAW - its BG3 that full on diverts. Also in BG3 obviously we have a problem where 1)time has no meaning and 2) you can switch your spells at any time. They have not said whether that will change.
Solasta does not have Druids, Bards, or Sorcerers, but I get what you mean by them doing it correctly.
However if time doesn't mean anything then I am not sure ritual casting can work. The challenge Larian has right now is that with Multiplayer Ritual Casting is a difficult (impossible) thing to implement. If time constraints are impossible then how do you ritual cast. Do we all wait around for ten minutes? Do we fast forward ten minutes?
Any false time constraint just doesn't work in multiplayer.
