Don't look at me, I bought it in EA the instant it was announced and have never regretted it. I got basically the exact game I wanted, and am really glad of the stat changes. Tbh, honestly a lot of the early buyers of EA likely came from the same place I did-DOS2. The D&D aspect of it was actually a turn off, but I bought it because Larian. I'm definitely not alone. They're making decisions based on what's going to have the most broad appeal, and I don't see that as a bad thing. Particularly as it'll get more casual players into the game and just generally require less D&D knowledge for people to play it.