That is the downside to trying to release the game earlier, content gets cut and workers rush to fill in the gaps to tie the story up which ultimately leads to nonsensical decisions.
That's it...this game was so long in development at some point whomever pulls the strings (potentially WotC and by extension, Hasbro) said, "wrap it up now, release the game!"
The money has been made and they can patch up as they like. If any of you play multiple games and especially new releases, this is an all too frequent occurrence these days. When Amazon Game Studios (AGS) released New World a couple of years back it was a blithering mess, might still be I don't know as I gave up on it, but AAA titles come with so much hype and thus potential income, and the fact is gamers will buy anything, that devs have to follow a timeline they either can't meet or gets called short. (As an aside, AI will likely speed up game dev time but of course bring it's own potential pitfalls.)
So here we are in 2023 with a bunch of half-baked games we all buy and put hundreds of hours of personal time into - just have to consider it entertainment and nothing more.
At least Larian leaves the forum up so we have a nonReddit place to rant. Pretty tolerant of dissent too.
