Some of the 'minor' abilites competes with class abilities. If I can give anyone momentum, a rogues ability to dash with a bonus move suddenly doesn't make a rogue the premiere combat mobility unit. It's whoever wears this hat, and there's a reason why the fighter isn't supposed to be super-mobile.
This battle was lost a long time ago. Larian doesn't want anyone to feel bad about being limited by what they can't do, or worse, by inherent restrictions at all. Mature adventurers know that class identity and balance are the foundation of fun gameplay, but the soap opera-loving audience doesn't want to make hard choices.
Class balance has been gone since this game was put into Early Access. Free shove all the time? Advantage for everyone? Invisibility doesn't work anymore? Everyone has spellcasting?
I think WotC is also to blame for gradually ruining their own product. Removing alignment was a huge mistake. Now we are removing races. This system says that your identity comes from your physical appearance and your "romance", not your class or your moral choices. The items are a just a continuation of this nonsense.
I would love to see a genuine 5E campaign where magic items were rare and the DM wasn't giving +3 weapons to level 11 PCs.
