Personally I'm fine with it.
I absolutely loathe needing X in my party for a quest, and there's no option to not pick up the damn thing without a ! haunting me. I avoid rescuing Lae because I hate her as it is.
I use Shadowheart, Gale, Astarion in my party. Wyll getting pissy if I don't take him to kill goblins. It's annoying. Reeeeeally annoying.
I can't have a quest in my log uncompleted. Just like I have to be a murderhobo. XP. Must do everything for XP. Argh.
