I'm one of these/those strange people I mean I enjoyed DA:Kirkwall more than DA:Origins. The time was more generous to DAKirkwall, Origins didn't aged well imo the fightan system is especially outdated and boring. I also enjoyed BG1 more than BG2 in the long run...imo TOB is basically.. well, shit...just my opinion no butthurt please. Gaider after ToB was full of energy and new ideas. DA is a SOLID proof of that. New world, new story and really not a BG copy pasta, really new. Some old ideas improved and expanded I mean magic being really bad and dangerous thing - very well done, convincing, belivable, has some real meaning.
After all that Gaider is burned out and he must do really REALLY BIGASS game this time, a pseudo mmorpg full of rams and fenneks totally hehe bipolar game which is both pretty awesome and totally crappy at the same time. ;PPP
Now, is Gaider full of new ideas? umm.... don't think so. Is Beamdog some kind of repository for him more than a real job?? more likely imo.
But he has some experience (and I'm sure pretty good experience) working in that kind of situation on Ascension mod, one good thing about ToB.
What I want in Dragonspear? I'm gonna play it nice and say: new npcs with a tasteful ra... ermm..romances.