Yes, but we can fight it tooth and nail. The more people calling for at least a difficulty setting that is 5e, the better our chances that we get it.

BALANCED 5e, mind you,. Again, Larian, don't you balance this game around your homebrew stuff and then give us actual 5e stats and rules as if you're just slapping it out there to appease us. I do NOT want a 5e experience that is so freaking hard I can't really play it without constant save scumming.

3 REAL 5e imps will easily wipe the floor with the MC and Lae'zel only. I might have a shot with a party of 4 + Lae'zel, but 2 level 1 characters is suicide. Same with the intellect devourer fight on the beach. That will be very frustrating if you make us fight real 5e stat monsters without at least giving us party of 6 with up to at least 4 customs right from the beginning. Either redo the encounters or give us more companions immediately in the beginning.