Ok, enough for me, I'm not gonna start a new game each time they completely change the rules I'm fed up with the initial run on Cyseal before action really starts, i've already done it dozen of times during beta. I like to plan my progression, but changing things this way got rid of my patience. The time i'll be lvl10, new sets of rules may appear and i'll have to restart again? No thank you
To clarify, they don't "auto-level" to your current level, but they will level up when you use them in your party. So if you're level 12, and you hire a level 1, they won't automatically become level 12 after hiring them. You'd need to hire a henchman closer to your level.
As for the mod to add resistances back, it was out quite quickly. Here's the link.