Find myself agreeing with almost everything that has been said here but my feelings are best expressed by @Tuco
Wolfheart is one of the best channels and his taste in games and mine are almost identical so I give him lots of leeway. But he's sliding down that slope that all influencers do. He gets a name for himself, gets invited to corporate hq and his opinions start to shift.
The chain system is simply broken. As RedQueen says I'd rather have these QoL suggestions implemented instead of none of the but the language of "reasonable ask" is nonesense. No one actually likes the chain system. They can tolerate it, the fight can be made easier to or harder but I just don't like feeling like I'm fighting the engine when I'm playing.
10 dollars says he got the idea of what's a "reasonable ask" from Larian and prepared his requests accordingly.