Well, congratulation. I dislike basically everything about this thread.
The smug, patronizing attitude behind it.
The underlying assumption you know better than anyone else, with that "Don't listen to them, listen to me" vibe.
The dumb conflating of very different requests as if they were all on the same on the same level. As if asking a mechanical modification of the game and a "fanservice sex scene" could even begin to be considered the same thing.
The questionable implication that a designer should always "Listen to the majority" (because majorities always know better, right?) and that minority voices couldn't have legitimate, insightful points about core design.
The equating of passionate feedback (or at time even harsh criticism) with being "haters, trolls, spoiled children".
And so on.
Also, on a more specific note, if any intelligent, valid argument exists against the option to extend the party to six members (since somehow it got piled with the "unreasonable requests"), I have yet to see it. And that's in more than a year that specific topic has been argued back and forth.
No, you wouldn't need to "redesign the entire game for it". Stop being disingenuous, people.
I agree with everything you said except the last bit.
There is a valid argument against going 6 person in that the game is balanced for 4 and to move to 6 would require them to rework all the fights for 6 players. That means additional development time. I don't know how much, but probably a lot. I am fine with a mod that does it because you are only affecting your own play experience and difficulty level but I really LOVE the current difficulty level of BG3 (actually make it harder Larian...I dare you...you won't do it :D) - and I don't want it messed with or made easier (assuming this is standard difficulty).
Anyway, but yeah this topic seems designed to bring about negative feelings, recrimination, and judgements.
