The game got better because fans provided constructive feedback.
Undoubtedly. However, I see many posts without any constructive content on the forum. What I find particularly harmful and unacceptable are suggestions that WotC shouldn't grant Larian the rights to make any more D&D games. How is this sort of attitude constructive? How will it help to improve anything? It's just trolling of the worst possible kind and nothing else.
You need to check out the WOTR and travel with the companion Daeran. He gives Astarian a run for his money. This isn't to say that all of the companions are great but I really liked Daeran, Ember and Seelah.
Yes, I'll definitely play WotR, probably soon enough. I'm also going to replay Kingmaker, because it was actually a lot of fun and I'd like to try it in TB mode.