You're not locked, except on companions, and I hope Larian changes that.
This review is mostly aimed at presets for companions because at character creation you can modify the presets to your likeing - not true with companions though so we should start helping Larian improve these presets as they are important for the new player experience and help simplify party planing for experienced players by reducing the amount of bad/faulty presets.
This thread is also relevant for new players as it highlights presets which are almost completly broken - like conjurer which I rated as useless due to it's stat distribution and inquisitor, which is broken at lvl 1 (unless we take into account a dwarf companion and a pc with str based weapons) due to it's stats and starting weapon alone,but through a departure from the class fantasy instiled at character creation/preset selection for companions it is salvageable.
The presets are just guidelines.
In the case of the Inquisitor this means that the guideline dictated by Larian is complete bogus when you launch the game and see how horrible the skills synergize with the starting stats and the default weapon.
Why put any weaponskills on the presets? Just put them on the other skills. I think it limits the future build way too much if you are locked to a weapontype from the beginning and there are always people who want to do/try things differently.
On some presets such as Rogues,Rangers and Fighter I feel that weapon skills are mandatory for these presets because the weapon choice strongly dictates the playstyle. This is not true however for clerics,metamorphs and conjurers.
There is one minor issue: let's say I wasn't paying attention to the preset I chose and I go ahead and customize that preset's skills, etc. Once I realize I wanted a different preset for a specific starting weapon, I have to start all over again. This could be easily avoided if we could also customize the weapon, regardless of preset.
That is just negligence on your end mate.
