They claim they made everything just like 5e and scrapped what didn't work, but did they though?
I would really like to see that quote ...
Bcs as far as i know they claimed they scrapped what didn't work
WELL ... and that is quite important word.
At least the way i understand it, but im no native speaker ... but neither are Larian as far as i know (judging by that English is not official language in Belgium and Swen sometimes have this pauses when he does "eeeeeeeeeeeh" like if he is trying to find best word).
Those aren't translation issues. Larian decided themselves to make those changes and not cause they couldn't implement it the other way.
Exactly right ... and exactly as they said. :-/
You see that is the difference i see there (maybe this is once again translation problem).
I never seen, or hear Swen claiming that something has ben impossible for them to implement to the game ... he usualy said that those things didnt "translate well" ...
Meaning both, they either didnt find the way to implement it ... or they did find the way, but they were not satisfied with the outcome.
I dont see how is such approach bad ... this is their game after all, and they keep saying from the start (as showed in those quotes abowe) that they DO want to give it their own identity.
(And they will, no matter how much you dislike it.)
Scroll use for all...wizards casting/inscribing divine spells...bonus action shove...weapon dipping...elevation bonuses/debuffs...surfaces where there shouldn't be...weapon specific attacks...etc
At least half of those you can easily ignore ...
The fact modders have been able to make the game 5e means Larian could have as well.
Could have ... yes.
Wanted to ... i dont think so either.
Promised ... certainly not.
I dunno, it seems allright to me ... mods are here so players can adjust the game any way they want to, so if there are mods for you ... you should be happy.
I cant quite understand this modern "but studio should make the game the way i want so i dont have to mod it" attitude ... no, this is not how its working, and its never ben that way ... studio create the game the way they wanted, like it or not ... and then we are allowed to tune it.
I even remember times where mods were something studios didnt like ... so they actively tryed to discourage people from using it, by implementing defensive systems against manipulating with the game.
