I've never been a fan of the obsession with balance, but it at least used to mean that everything was distinct. Things were clearly differentiated, and the balance came from making them all still equally viable. I don't care for that, but it at least doesn't actively interfere with the flavor. It seems like a lot of people are asking for the game to remove all semblance of differentiation between races, classes, backgrounds, etc., when the game already does that to a degree that would be unrecognizable to a BG2 player who time-traveled to play this game.
