If you can't understand that "eye", "ears" are physical organs (perception),
If sight and hearing were all that perception was, then two people seeing the same situation from the same vantage point would perceive it identically...
So when you get into this level of details, other ones are expected, but not found. And this is disappointing.
And yet there has to be a limit somewhere. And when features of the wish list start getting cut (like shape shifting spells), it means not too many more on the 'nice to have list' are going to be added.
Larian said they would be in.
No, they said non-human henchmen were possible, not that they would add them (and they wouldn't be adding them). If shapeshifting is out, Larian isn't going to be developing specialized skill and stat systems appropriate for animals, etc. Mods will presumably at least add cosmetic non-human henchmen; more ambitions ones may design appropriate spells and equipment, etc.