Originally Posted by Tuco
Originally Posted by Elessaria666
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.
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.
Honestly, I understand your frustration and respect your opinion, but I understand it even less now. You're saying if you want to meta-game you are forced to meta-game. How is this different from not liking the RAW in tabletop and agreeing homebrew with a DM? That's changing the rules right? To do something you "shouldn't" be able to?

The issue I think Larian are contending with is that even 5e is a complex system. I know this from watching dozens of EA streams of people who aren't DnD familiar getting owned by simple mistakes because they don't understand that Shadowheart's Firebolt uses Intelligence to hit rather than Wisdom for her Guiding Bolt; or that her Mace is a Strength weapon and she is more likely to hit with a dagger. DnD is FULL of traps for inexperienced players to get hardstuck on without a DM to say "that's probably a bad idea".

Players feeling they have to restart a playthrough because their build turned out to be hot trash is a MASSIVE quit moment in gameplay. Quit moments are bad. Always. Larian need to make a product that people will buy at the end of the day - and the DnD market is a tiny fraction of the gaming market. The return on investment on making a game of the scope of BG3 without mass appeal outside of the DnD community isn't there. That's a major reason why the third installment took 20 years to come around. I'd be amazed if Larian's expenditure on this game is less than 30-50x that of Crown of the Magister or Wrath of the Righteous.