There is no 'out of context' here, Wormerine - this is what was said, and it is at worst directly false and at best deliberately misleading.
I suppose that due to my unfamiliarity with 5e and familiarity with Larian and BG IP I might be incapable what others might have hoped for when seeing the advertisments.
WotC rejected Larian's application for the license before DOS2. That means they have some standards for how faithful the adaptation will be. I know that many gamers, including myself, did not think it was possible that WotC would allow so much of the core rules to be ignored or changed in an official product. Niara is being generous by saying it is "misleading." The final release of this game is going to cause problems when the wider D&D audience reviews it.
