As I said, it's just a matter of specifying how you want to play with your mates, and that is not that much to ask. I totally understand that this changes seem rather unnecessary, i get it, I just think they are not that catastrophic given you play with some reasonable mates who can agree on stuff, especially if they are experienced D&D players. And there's the single player option where you can do whatever you want basically Maybe a "strictly 5th ed" Setting Option would be a solution?
Sure, I think everyone would agree with that last line. Unfortunately, it's not feasible at this point with less than a month until BG3 launches. Unless, I suppose, Larian has already worked on it and are saving it as a surprise...but that's fairly unlikely imo.
It seems like there will largely be one ruleset, with difficulty modes that change enemy numbers, stats, and tactics. Thus, the specifics of that ruleset are what matter. We don't get the option of "specifying how we want to play with our mates" because we'll be playing in a world with game mechanics, enemy & encounter design, and possible multiclassed companion characters are all given to us by Larian. And playing in an unbalanced world where you have to self regulate in order to not use easily-given-and-overpowered options...is not good design. I shouldn't have to design the game I'm playing. And no, the possibility of mods don't invalidate the need for the original game to be well designed.
