Originally Posted by Kendaric
Yes, it does feel like the rug is being pulled from under one's feet.

It isn't exactly a secret that I hate virtually all of the recent changes and feel the game was in a far better state during EA than it is now.
To be blunt had I expected this ... mess (sorry, that's the way I see it), I most likely wouldn't have gotten the game at all.

It seems for all their inclusivity they forgot to include a good chunk of people who supported them over the 3 years.

Yes, I'm bitter. I'm bitter because I was looking forward to play BG 3, to play a (mostly) 5E D&D game and now I get to play... what exactly? D:OS 2.5? At last to me it feels that way.

This is exactly how I feel as well. I 100% regret purchasing the game in early access, because my voice never mattered, and the game that is about to be released "into the wild" is nothing like the game I was hoping to play. I'm sure I'll play the game, because I paid for it three years ago, and because I'll want some kind of return for my money. I might even actually enjoy parts of it. Even so, just like you say Kendaric, had I known then what the actual game would be upon release, I would not have thrown my money away on it. Kudos to Larian on that though, because I firmly believe that most of the people who bought early in the early access were moderate to heavy D&D gamers either Tabletop or CRPG or both, and Larian leveraged that audience to help them make the game they wanted all along. Way to tell an already interested audience that you were going to make the game they wanted, just so you could get that early seed money and then ignore everything they had to say. Shrewd business planning.