It is very alarming to hear the lead systems designer basically say everyone needs Fireball sooner.
Fireball is probably the best example of an iconic power that exists to reward single class dedication. The reason to go single class in the first place. The last power you should readily hand out because it's so cool. It won't be so cool anymore if every Bard 4 / Wizard 1 has it.
Turning Wizard into a dip 1 -class would be something I wouldn't be able to recover from anymore. Probably the liberal scroll use already is when we start seeing stuff like a late game Karlach unleashing her scroll arsenal of Disintegrates and Greater Invisibility to beat a tough encounter.
Weirdly, I have more of an issue with the scrolls than I do the MCing. I guess because you can sort of choose not to MC if you don't want to, but the scroll thing exists regardless. Honestly being able to dip for spells isn't an issue to me though, and I suspect Larian thinks similarly in this regard, because if you don't want to go that route you can just stick to a single class. Pure casters work just fine. I don't see it as 'won't be so cool anymore' because you still have spell slot limits, there's over 600 spells, and it's up to you what type of spellcaster you want to be. There's enough room to focus on specific elements or spell types or *gestures* And that's all fine, even with a broader spell list. If anything a broader spell list just gives you more room to pick decent options for your theme, tbh, which I think is sort of where they're trying to lean. Greater RP and greater character options.
