This adds onto the bonfire of threads of people being mad about stuff that doesn't affect them to be honest. Why do you care? Just don't use it if you think it is bad, dumb, stupid or whatever. Those are your opinions to which you are entitled; but to discount and restrict other people's desires based on your subjective opinion is the very definition of bigotry. Literally the only feature you can't passively avoid is the one about multiclass progression, and that you can actively avoid by not using those slots. These kinds of arguments literally make no sense at all. Just. Don't. Use. It.
I "care" because "If you don't like it don't use it" is a very solid principle applied to sex toys but it's garbage in reference to game design. When I play the game I want to feel like it's designed to have a proper structure and balance; Idon't want to feel like I have to put in place my own restrictions and self-limitations to enjoy what experience it offers, otherwise everything breaks apart.
Let's say I like to make my character as efficient and powerful as possible. With these new rules in place I would now being basically forced to do some broken multiclass combo OR to pretend these rules don't exist and put a restrain on myself.
Other example: let's say I will play the game as a melee class, only to learn that way later in the game I will find several strong items setting my base abilities to incredibly high values in a couple of areas that matter (i.e. STR 24). In a normal tabletop campaign or a good videogame it would be "Whatever, I needed strength to make it so far, anyway". In this game the optimal solution would be "I'm going to reset my character and set my STR at 8, buff other stats, then equip this item. Here I am, exploiting the system without having to do the work for it".
I could listen other 50 examples of this type, eventually even focused on "roleplay" if the rebuttal is going to be that "power playing is a dirty word to begin with. Because that area is going to be affected as well.
Party control in Baldur's Gate 3 is a complete mess that begs to be addressed. SAY NO TO THE TOILET CHAIN
