Yeah, sorry for thread derail - but they are the two 5E titles in sight for now, so it's inevitable they'll be compared.
I did actually enjoy BG3 - played it through twice after different patches - so I don't dislike the game and it has great potential and is currently fun to play (if you close your eyes are pretend its not 5E).
As for pre-buffing, one good thing about 5E is that it has severely limited that: most buffs require concentration, and you can only concentrate on one thing at a time. Initially I hated it - coming from from past D&D and PF - but it's kind of grown on me and it suits their action economy. So, the choice of buffs becomes quite critical and tactical - you can't simply power up everything as you can in PF (where I always had communal prot from poison , communal prot from evil, communal stone skin etc etc *cast*cast*cast* zzzz...surprised the party wasn't glowing ). So I actually think that's a good thing. Of course, I still love PF, but its PF which I played for years , I know it well, and it's a very good adaptation - and sort of what I expected.
I did actually enjoy BG3 - played it through twice after different patches - so I don't dislike the game and it has great potential and is currently fun to play (if you close your eyes are pretend its not 5E).
As for pre-buffing, one good thing about 5E is that it has severely limited that: most buffs require concentration, and you can only concentrate on one thing at a time. Initially I hated it - coming from from past D&D and PF - but it's kind of grown on me and it suits their action economy. So, the choice of buffs becomes quite critical and tactical - you can't simply power up everything as you can in PF (where I always had communal prot from poison , communal prot from evil, communal stone skin etc etc *cast*cast*cast* zzzz...surprised the party wasn't glowing ). So I actually think that's a good thing. Of course, I still love PF, but its PF which I played for years , I know it well, and it's a very good adaptation - and sort of what I expected.