Funny stuff about this complaint is the fact that you are the only one who concidering purposely ignoring game mechanic, that game litteraly begs you to use ... as "good playing". :-/
The problem with ignoring game mechanics, is that Larian has moved the focus of combat from utilising class skills, to abusing stealth, backstab, jump/disengage, push, surface damage and height advantage. To compensate, they've monkeyed with enemy abilities, Hookhorroer/Minotaur, 90 foot jump slam, Bulette acid spit jump bowling pin scatter etc, to try to compensate.
If one ignored all of the divinity features that are now central to combat, just makes the character underpowered in face of the revamped enemies that are designed to use those same non-5th edition gameplay mechanics.
A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired. -Alexander Hamilton
