Does anyone else believe we might get one companion per class, so 12 total? That would be perfect.
If the first post in this thread is accurate, we'll have 8 total.
If the other news that our party will be locked after Act 1 is true, I'm still wondering how they'll manage to introduce even 8 companions in Act 1, with enough time for us to try them out and see who to commit to. Maybe it will work. I'll probably be choosing the party based more on class than personality anyway.
The OP assumes that if it's not available to be datamined right now, it's not in the game. Larian has specifically said there writers each got a companion, except one writer who got 2.
There will be more companions then what the OP has found. Larian aren't fools they know they will need to include at least one, possibly more good female hotties because of who the majority of their audience wants. I'm betting on a Choatic Good Seldarine Drow female, perhaps a Paladin, to buck the "stereotype" of Drow females.
I think the female Tiefling being a Druid could be interesting.
Halia will likely be good too, perhaps a Good Cleric Selune, good Lycanthropes tend to flock to her church, and she'd act as a counter weight to Shadowheart.
Minsc Ranger, possibly Barbarian.
I'm hoping they do Aasimar for a female companion.
Well it is certainly true that at least one writer got two companions. Kevin Van Ord stated as much when he was streaming on Twitch. He writes Lae'zel and Wyll. I don't know how many writers they have and I haven't seen anything that said each writer got one. I've seen many people say it but haven't found it myself. I believe they will shoot for 8 and add more in if time/resources allow. One would think that with a million sold in EA resources would not be something in short supply, but if all my years of management have taught me anything it's that there is never enough time and resources. It's all about managing what you have in the time you have.
