Seems that we are not the only ones that think that way. In his last Interview Sven of Larian stated:
https://www.rpgsite.net/interview/8...nd-partnership-with-wizards-of-the-coast"We're evolving from Original Sin II. We're basing ourselves with a bigger focus on the party. You need to gather your party, right? At the relationship level, we probably could have done more in Original Sin II, and relationship between players and the actual party was a very big focus in Baldur's Gate".
Hope they go with that.