People replay Baldur's Gate to this day a lot - I don't get why you would claim people only used to play it for the story. Games only beloved for their stories don't have the modding scene and the replay count that BG has. Cooldowns and increased hit chance both sound terrible to me. I'd agree on including party skills in certain conversations and not having so many home-brewed quick actions, but this would make the game closer to D&D.