Also related to the topic of Companions, a question I've been having is, so how many companions do I want? Or I should say, hope that BG3 will have?
The original BG has twenty five companions. The second game has 17, including ToB. Granted, in these games companions don't have campaign-length, multi-chapter personal quests. As far as I know, only Skyrim has more followers for you.
It's probably a bit much to hope that BG3 (or pretty much any RPG in this day and age) would have something like 15 companions. But I seriously hope it's at least 10 (I'd say 12, but that may already be too demanding). DAO has 10, but then that game has exactly 3 classes, and a party size of 4.
I'm assuming BG3 will have a pretty good number of subclasses. Combined with the number of races, the potential for "companion diversity" is high. Of course, the tricky part is the characters' character, not their class/race combination.
If I have to choose, I'd choose the BG2 way: lots of companions, simple personal quests, still plenty of character and personality. Rather than multi-chapter personal quests, but you get only 6 companions.
Most of us are probably assuming that the party size will be at least 5. Having fewer than 12 companions just wouldn't feel right.
Truth be told, worst case scenario, I wouldn't mind DLC companions, as long as they're solid. Chances are I'll replay the game at least once, so.
Last edited by Try2Handing; 28/06/19 10:05 AM.
