For an update on recreating a first playthrough, the biggest change is going back to unweighted dice, they are still streaky and I've had to long rest more frequently to recover spell slots, I had 8 misses in a row against a random goblin, etc.

My non Min/Max Tav has gone down twice (Which didn't even happen with Gale since patch 5). Currently postured to take out Dror Ragzlin, Minthara and priestess gut have been assassinated. It's an improvement from how non Min/Max performed in Patch 3 or 4.