Must have missed something here ..it’s essentially a single player game - yes you can multiplayer likely with friends and not randoms in which case you’ll play as per the group rules. The point is it’s irrelevant what anyone else does with the rules as presented as long as they enjoy their own experience. Many of us will self police certain features I’m a d&d fan but last I played was third edition so I’ll apply rules as I think will most help me enjoy my experience - who cares about anyone else’s ? Larian are selling a game to as wide an audience as they can so it will be wholly successful to all spectrum of rpg fans. I think this will be an amazing experience over hundreds maybe thousands of hours - choice matters in gameplay - if there are parts that you don’t like - ignore it and play it your own way and have a great time doing so.
"Just don't use it if you don't like it" is an incredibly fallacious argument when applied to game design and mechanics. In the very moment you are setting new rules and conditions, you are intrinsically changing how a game plays. That remains true even if the reaction is "I'm not a fan of it". You are basically asking the player to "pretend the flawed rule isn't there" and to self-restraining from taking advantage of it.
This argument is not fallacious in any way, shape or form. One of Larian's selling points for this game is the amount of choice they are offering via game design and mechanics. Choice implies that one or more options will not be chosen. Should I complain that Larian provides the option of killing the grove druids because I don't want to do it?
You appear to be making a tautological argument. Anything which allows deviation from the way you wish the game to be is bad. These choices allow the game to deviate from the way you want the game to be so therefore they are bad.
Tuco's post is honestly borderline troll. It's not about discussion on a forum its a statement that they are right, everyone who disagrees is stupid, and there is no possibility that anyone else might have any defensible point that applies to people that are not Tuco. No-one else's needs, wants or opinions matter. At this point even engaging is manifestly pointless.
