Originally Posted by Volourn
The issue is that none of these recent rule changes/taking away options will sell even a single copy. Other things will push sales up including you know what. Even the casual will see dnd/from the creators of dos/the bg name and go from there. They're not gonna really pay attention to these stat changes.. so who are these changes for? Not the hardcore. Not the 'fake casual'? Casual players aren't gonna be interested a 100 hour turn based rpg to begin with. The rule changes doesn't change that. So, why changes? And, why not make them optional?

The stat rule changes use the exact same system that will launch when Wizards of the Coast reprints the Player's Handbook in 2024 which they are referring to as 5e(2024)

The change was likely negotiated between WotC and Larian.